Gorillas Technologies UK Ltd has applied to Westminster Council for a new premises licence at 51 Eastcastle Street, Fitzrovia. The licensable activities applied for is the sale by retail of alcohol for consumption off the premises from 8am to midnight Monday to Sunday. The business is described as a “grocery delivery” service serving the immediate […]

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Camden Council has registered 30 planning applications so far during September 2021 in Bloomsbury ward. (This list will be updated when new applications are published.) Among the applications are a number of pavement licences, alterations to a listed building in Percy Street, and a new kitchen extract in Charlotte Place. Application Number Site Address Development […]

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Westminster Council has announced that it will not go ahead with the planned piazzas at Oxford Circus and other changes to Oxford Street until it has carried out a public consultation “with residents and other stakeholders”. However, Cllr Matthew Green, cabinet member for business, licensing and planning said Westminster Council “remain committed to supporting the […]

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Work began today on the five-day project to paint “colourful crossings” on Tottenham Court Road. Street painting contractors will be working Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm. During the works, pedestrian crossings will be closed, and pedestrian and traffic diversions and temporary traffic lights will be in place. Camden is advising southbound cyclists to […]

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Her Parlour Limited has applied to Westminster Council for a new premises licence at Kalon Parlour, 42-44 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia. The applicant is applying for the playing of recorded music from Monday to Wednesday: 09:30 to 19:00; Thursday to Saturday: 09:30 to 20:00; and Sunday: 10:30 to 18:00. And the sale by retail of […]

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Thousands of homes rented out on short-term lets in Camden exceeded the 90-night limit last year. The council found that 35 per cent of flats and houses rented out for short stays broke the rules. The south of the borough saw the highest number of the 6,215 short-term lets in 2020 — and  Bloomsbury and […]

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Pedestrian crossings will be closed and motor traffic diversions will be in place next week as work gets underway to create a series of painted artworks on the carriageway on Tottenham Court Road. From 18 September the shopping street will host 11 colourful pedestrian crossings, says Camden Council in a letter to residents and businesses today. […]

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London boroughs are responding to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan by supporting families fleeing persecution, says the cross-party group of London Councils. A survey carried out by the organisation reveals that the majority of London boroughs have offered accommodation and essential support such as counselling and school places to families in need. As of Monday […]

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Residents and businesses have voted to approve a neighbourhood plan for Fitzrovia West in a referendum which took place on Thursday 2 September 2021. The Fitzrovia West Neighbourhood Forum said they were “delighted” with the result and thanked everyone who supported the plan. The plan will shortly be adopted by Westminster Council and will form […]

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A sale of historic London transport and street signs — including a number of Fitzrovia locations — will take place this month. Over 400 railway and street signs are being put up for auction including the final part of Westminster City Council’s collection of signs. But be careful as the signs may not come cheap. […]

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Four men have been arrested after a driver crashed a sports utility vehicle (SUV) into a shopfront on Tottenham Court Road near the junction with Goodge Street. The driver crashed the Range Rover into the front of the Argos store in the early hours of August bank holiday morning, reported My London and other Media. […]

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37-41 Mortimer OPCO Ltd has applied to Westminster Council for a variation of their premises licence at Mortimer House 37-41 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia. The application is to amend condition 54 of the premises licence: 20/08227/LIPDPS. The existing condition states: “The number of persons accommodated at any one time in the licensed part of the premises […]

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They might look like someone’s party balloons have floated off and got stuck in trees, or give you a feeling of paranoia and being watched after dark. But they are actually part of a London-wide temporary art installation, and more could follow this autumn. The inflatable eyeballs are designed by artist Filthy Luker and can […]

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Eight planning applications have been validated to date during August 2021 by Westminster Council in Fitzrovia (this list will be updated a few days after the end of the month). The list includes details for construction practice at 204A Great Portland Street, alterations to a listed building at 141 Cleveland Street, and tables and chairs […]

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There have been nine planning applications to date in August 2021 registered by Camden Council in Bloomsbury ward (this list will be updated a few days after the end of the month). The list includes an application for a roof extension at 86-90 Cleveland Street (building with launderette). Application Number Site Address Development Description Status […]

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F55 G Chateau SARL (Societe a responsabilite limitee — Luxembourg equivalent of Ltd Co.) has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at 58-62 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia. “The application is for a shadow licence. All conditions which currently apply to premiseslicence number PREM-LIC/3085 to be attached to the shadow licence,” states the applicant. […]

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“Burlesque, theatre, live music and laughs. Doesn’t that sound like a great night out? Well, you can get it all rolled into one in a brand new play: The Lion’s Den at Camden Fringe,” says Cocheene Smith, an Australian actor living in Fitzrovia. The play is a story about a fictional, elite burlesque club in […]

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Camden Council has always been a bit hopeless with environmental matters. It’s policies look good on paper. But in Fitzrovia it’s all a dysfunctional mess. Its Film Office which hands out permission, it seems, to anyone who wants to take a few moving images in the streets in exchange for a fee, is a case […]

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Carburton Street in Fitzrovia will be partly closed from this August as yet another demolition and rebuild project gets underway. The footway and carriageway on the north side of Carburton Street between Great Portland Street and Bolsover Street will be closed for two years from 9 August so it can be used by demolition and […]

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The London Cocktail Club Limited has applied to Westminster Council to vary the premises licence at: Basement, Portland House, 4 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia. The application seeks to: vary the terminal hour from 23.30 Thursdays to 00.30 the following morning for film, live music, recorded music, late night refreshment and retail sale of alcohol; and […]

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