Dear Brent, You are publicising heavily that you are planning to build 1000 new Council homes between 2019 and 2024 in Brent. This aim is more than laudable. However it looks like most of them will be built in the Kilburn area, ie they will be concentrated in a small land area. We are aware …
Letter sent to Brent Council re new 1000 Council Housing units on 4th May 2021 Read More »
Welcome back! So happy that life is slowly returning to some kind of normality with our local businesses having reopened or about to re-open on the 17th May. Even during lockdown Kilburn High Road was busy simply because it hosts a myriad of essential businesses. With the lockdown easing, please support our local businesses. It …
Why the in-fills in Kilburn Square should be stopped…. According to the 2011 census, Kilburn has a very high population density on the Brent and Camden sides. In 2011, the Population density in Brent Kilburn ward was 18110 persons per Square Kilometre, ie by far the most densely populated ward in Brent. This obviously doesn’t …
Why the in-fills in Kilburn Square should be stopped… Read More »
3 years ago 2 of us met in a cafe, for the first time, exasperated by the level of bad press Kilburn was receiving. As we love Kilburn, we wanted to change that by firstly promoting what is good about Kilburn and secondly by shaming the authorities into investing into Kilburn and sorting out major …
With Willesden Lane being sadly in the news this week, Dick Weindling dug into the archives and found that Willesden Lane made it into National News (The Times) on the 3rd December 1831. There is also a mention of the Red Lion and its landlord Mr. Pope, on Kilburn High road. At this time the …
Willesden Lane- Highwaymen holding up a coach- 3rd December 1831 Read More »
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak and share what I and many others think about the future of Kilburn High Road and how the council can help. A few facts about , Kilburn Town Centre, a major town Centre. It has 448 none residential units compared to 332 in Camden High Street …
Speech on 18/01/2021 Full Camden Council meeting- Future of High Streets. Read More »
Kilburn is suffering from a very high level of fly tipping. Veolia UK is responsible to clear fly tips within a reasonable time once reported wether on the Brent or the Camden side of Kilburn. The Veolia contracts with both Councils specify that our highways (roads and pavements) need to be maintained at a level …
Fly tipping- What is it and how to get it cleared? Read More »
On the 19th April we lead a campaign for both Brent and Camden Councils to implement safer travel measures on Kilburn High Road, to enable social distancing of pedestrians. In May 2020 Camden announced changes that they would make and as we predicted these changes have not proven to be useful as expressed here. Kilburn …
Camden Safer Travel travel scheme- Kilburn High Road scheme Read More »
We are blessed by a large number of initiatives in and around Kilburn that will hopefully help spread some festive cheer to the less fortunate. Here is a list below and their plea for donations or/and volunteers. Please consider helping and direct people (in need of help) you may know to them. We have only …
Festive season- how to give back and what help is available. Read More »
Brent Council’s PR Department has been highlighting the prowess of Brent Council in terms of building new Council Homes. But what is behind those numbers? We made a freedom of information request, partially answered, about the evolution of the number of council homes in Brent. In 2009, Brent had 9261 Council homes. In 2020 Brent …