Little Green Street off Highgate Road in Kentish Town is one of only a few intact Georgian streets in London.
Most of the dozen houses were built in the 1780s, are Grade ll listed, and both survived the Blitz and more than two hundred years of wear and tear from the generations who have raised their children in the narrow cobbled terrace.
The street, only 2.5m wide has been under a very real threat of being turned into a truck route which would see a vehicle pass within inches of the front doors of these homes every three minutes, all day every day for up to four years down this delicate cul-de-sac.
Why 'has been'? The developer's constructional (sic) methodology statement has been rejected, but the developers have appealed to the planning inspectorate to be allowed to tear up the street and run trucks down in every few minutes for the next four years. Incredibly, they might win. You can help. Read the blog and send your note saying 'No'. Letters have to be there by Thursday 12 June. We expect a decision in early July.
Thanks for your interest.
This is what a removals van (not a dump truck filled with rubble) looks like from the threshold of one of the houses. Note the size of the child, compared to the wheels. In the second picture, taken shortly afterwards and from the other side of the street, the dozen or so large vehicles every hour for around four years are put in stark perspective. Imagine if this were your child.
Little Green Street
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