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Posts Tagged ‘Bill Parry-Davies’

‘Beautiful Gothic Dalston school shut last year – we want to turn it into art and music space’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 October 2025 at 12:49
The Grade-II listed Colvestone School was built in 1862

Hackney Council listed Colvestone Primary School as an Asset of Community Value after shuttering it in 2024

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Plans for Kingsland tower blocks ignite affordable housing concerns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 12:13

Criterion Capital lodges application to demolish Matalan store and build 254 flats at rear of Dalston bazaar

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Artist collective buys ‘creative quarter’ studios from council for £1.1m

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 June 2025 at 17:46

Council sells to V22 following fears that disposal would lead to ‘private sector carve-up’ and pose risks to Curve Garden

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Community groups bid to reopen Hackney primary school as ‘creative hub’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 February 2025 at 19:43

Local charities and artists are driving campaign to save ‘rich heritage’ of unused Colvestone building

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‘Slum’ planning application for Ridley Road Shopping Village sparks outcry

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 09:32
Ridley Road Shopping Village

Proposals from offshore developer reignite gentrification fears

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High Court throws out legal challenge to Hackney’s low traffic neighbourhoods

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 6 September 2021 at 17:06
Middleton Road LTN

Horrendous Hackney Road Closures Ltd considering whether or not to appeal following setback

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Anti-LTN campaign group issues formal legal challenge to Hackney Council

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 20:00

Horrendous Hackney Road Closures applies for judicial review over what it claims were ‘unlawful’ consultation and assessment failures

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‘Only one Ridley Road’: Campaigners fighting to safeguard market release five-point manifesto

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 August 2020 at 19:51

Plan launched at outdoor screening of new film about the threats facing Dalston’s historic street market

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Ridley Road resistance continues as community plan mooted for shopping village

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 December 2019 at 18:59

Council responds to trader unrest over change in regulations as campaigns from across London join forces

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Dalston towers over Eastern Curve Garden approved despite loss of sunlight

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 7 June 2018 at 12:05

Former Speaker calls decision ‘disappointing’ and worries about garden’s future

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Celebration to mark 150 years of the arts in Dalston kicks off this weekend

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 May 2018 at 16:07

The area’s long association with creatives began in 1868 with the building of the Reeves and Sons factory

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‘Darkness to descend’ on Eastern Curve Garden as nine-storey tower threat looms

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 15:51
Young couple in Eastern Curve Garden

Community blog raises concerns over redevelopment plans for neighbouring Thames House

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Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden under threat

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 6 March 2017 at 11:42
Young couple in Eastern Curve Garden

Regeneration plans slammed as Town Hall launches consultation

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‘Run to ruin’ – the sorry tale of Dalston Lane’s Georgian terraced houses

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 December 2016 at 10:46

As diggers move in to demolish 200-year-old buildings on Dalston Lane, we look back at their recent chequered history and the campaign to save them

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Colvestone Primary School: campaigner victorious in High Court battle against council

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 September 2016 at 14:23

Dalston resident hailed as ‘environmental champion’ after building plans that would have overshadowed a school playground are overturned in the High Court

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Iain Sinclair walks ‘ginger line’ in film adaptation of London Overground

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 29 June 2016 at 10:27

Rio Cinema to premiere London Overground, in which Hackney author Iain Sinclair treks across the ‘spin-drier of capitalism’

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Colvestone School: judge grants judicial review of ‘dreadful scheme’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 12:34
Colvestone primary school impression luxury flat development

Dalston resident’s case against council planning chiefs to be heard in High Court

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Is this the end of Ridley Road Market as we know it?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 January 2016 at 13:57
Market economics: Matt Fawcett (L), Jason Julian (R) at their stall, Ridley Road Market. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Fee hikes, Crossrail 2 and a changing community are making it difficult for traders to continue

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Sadness over closure of Bliss Café as gentri-fried breakfasts order of the day

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 29 October 2015 at 17:48

Regulars express sadness over the closure of Dalston Lane’s ‘haven for old timers’ after 15 years of trading

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‘Long overdue’ Dalston Conservation Area leaves out key heritage buildings

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 April 2015 at 12:49

Local conservation groups welcome increased protection but express concern that buildings such as Reeves Printworks have been left out

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