The Fitzrovia Partnership’s draft plan for the public realm in Fitzrovia East was launched at an invitation-only event at 80 Charlotte Street in November, and will be a concern for the thousands of people who live in the neighbourhood. The 76-page document — Fitzrovia Village: Public Realm and Placemaking Strategy — is presented as a […]

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A public exhibition of plans to redevelop a former church building in Margaret Street will go on display this month, showing off pre-planning application designs to turn the former convent into serviced apartments, offices and a wellness centre. The site was used as a convent by the All Saints Sisters of the Poor before the […]

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There are currently five large construction sites either planned or in progress around the Howland Street area in Fitzrovia, and a sixth site could be added to the already crowded theatre of demolition and construction in the neighbourhood. Contractor 8build is working on the “5th Quad” extension project at the UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Centre on […]

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Mr Lasagna Fitzrovia Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at 19A Goodge Street, Fitzrovia. The applicant is seeking permission for the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises from 12 noon to 10pm everyday. The business is described as a restaurant. APP\PREMISES-NEW\112791, Mister Lasagna Fitzrovia, 19A Goodge Street, London […]

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Original Greek Ltd has applied to the City of Westminster for a new premises licence for the basement and ground floor at 3 Berners Street in Fitzrovia West. The applicant seeks permission for the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises from 11.30am to 11pm from Monday to Saturday and from 11.30am to 10.30pm […]

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Westminster Council has validated a number of planning applications in the Fitzrovia West neighbourhood area so far during November 2022. Among the monthly list of applications are: use of ground floor as office, change of plant equipment and installation of outside metal access stair to roof terrace at 60-62 Margaret Street; air conditioning units at […]

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Camden Council has registered the following planning applications in Bloomsbury ward, which includes Fitzrovia East, so far during November 2022. (The monthly list will be updated regularly until the beginning of next month.) The list so far this month includes: outside seating at 101 Tottenham Court Road, and 12 Tottenham Street; details required by listed […]

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Camden Council has opened a public consultation on its plans to make permanent the outside eating and drinking areas at Conway Street and Whitfield Street in Fitzrovia. Camden claims its streateries programme makes the streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, and helps children on their way to and from school. “We want our streets to […]

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Clarion Housing Group has been unable to provide Camden Council with basic figures for its performance in the borough for the year 2021/2022 due to a cyber attack on its servers in June this year, according to a Council report. The report for Housing Scrutiny Committee this month contains an update from the largest housing […]

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The Justice Congo Group, part of Central London Global Justice Now, is holding a film screening in Bloomsbury this month. The Empire of Silence is a tough film to watch, documenting the past 25 years of tragedy and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and calling for international action to end the impunity enjoyed […]

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Spearmint Rhino Companies (Europe) Ltd has applied to Camden Council to renew its Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) Licence at 161 Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia. The opening hours are from 9am to 4am the following morning from Monday to Saturday, and from 10am to 2am the following morning on Sunday. No changes from the existing licence […]

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Camden Council has taken a decision to extend the temporary outside eating and drinking spaces, known as “streateries”, in Charlotte Street for another 18 months to April 2024, but will consider other longer-term options including widening the footway and greening. “The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on many businesses, and the hospitality sector has […]

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Orion’s Belt Limited has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at Unit 2, 365 Euston Road, Fitzrovia. Unit 2 extends over half the ground floor, and the whole of the first floor which also fronts onto Conway Street and 41 Warren Street. The applicant describes the business as an “Asian Restaurant Bar” […]

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Camden Council is developing a strategy for the evening and night time economy (ENTE) and wants to hear from residents in a new public consultation and at engagement events it is running. In Fitzrovia, many commercial premises have changed use over the years with fewer shops, wholesalers and services on our streets; and a steady […]

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It is with great sadness that we report that Sreto Borojevic died suddenly and peacefully at home on the evening of Saturday 22 October 2022. He was 56 years’ old. Please join his many friends in a time to remember and reminisce and recall the life of and our memories of our kind, gentle, caring, […]

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Hammer Holdings Limited has applied to Westminster council to vary the premises licence at 1 Marylebone Road, in the Fitzrovia West neighbourhood area, to allow later hours and fewer restrictions on the use of an outside area. The business is an event space which has been licensed since 2007. The current licence allows up to […]

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Camden Council and UCLH Charity faced a government planning inspector this month in another chapter of a long-running dispute over social housing on a former hospital site in Fitzrovia. During a hearing at Camden’s Crowndale Centre on Wednesday 19 October UCLHC warned it might have to find a commercial partner to deliver new homes on […]

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A vegan and vegetarian food producer has issued an apology to local residents and businesses in Tottenham Street and Whitfield Street in Fitzrovia after a promotional event for their products caused “a great deal of noise nuisance”. On the morning of Wednesday 5 October Quorn Foods carried out an “activation” using a food truck parked […]

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Cheatmeals has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at the ground floor and basement of 33 Goodge Street, Fitzrovia. The business is described as a fast food restaurant selling burgers, fries, and hot dogs cooked on the premises to eat in, for takeaway, and delivery. They are seeking permission for late night […]

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Betty May was a British singer, dancer, and model who was a well known character to patrons of the Fitzroy Tavern and the cluster of pubs around Charlotte Street during the neighbourhood’s bohemian heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. May, along with Aleister Crowley and Frieda, Lady Harris, is the subject of a new book […]

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