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Camden News - by DAN CARRIERS
Published: 19 March 2009

Century-old tree fails to uproot Little Green Street plan

A GIANT London plane tree has failed to save the Georgian street it has cast its shade over for more than 100 years.
Councillors decided the tree, at the bottom of Little Green Street, would not be damaged by landscaping plans on Tuesday night.
Now the developers, who bought the site in 2001, can start work. It was the final hurdle facing the site’s
owners, who want to build 30 luxury homes and an underground car park on the derelict land that once housed a railway workers’ social club.
The project has been held up by ferocious opposition by people living on Little Green Street, reputed to be the oldest of its kind in
Kentish Town and the first road in the area.
Amanda Blinkhorn, whose young family have lived there for nearly 10 years, has helped co-ordinate the campaign against the development. The cobbled cul de sac is the only route on to the site and residents fear the hundreds of lorry journeys needed to clear the ground and bring in materials will devastate their homes and be a danger to their families.
Ms Blinkhorn added that the builders would soon find out for themselves how unsuitable Little Green Street is. She said: “Technically they now have full planning permission. On paper, it is now possible for them to start the work. But it is still not physically possible and they shall find out the hard way.”
Architect Satish Patel, who represents the owners, said he was relieved at the decision.
He said: “We can now get on to the next phase. It is a relief – everything we have had to do has taken so long.”
He added that the next step is to meet with the Highways Authority to discuss the state of Little Green Street’s cobble stones and kerbs and that he expected to work to start in the coming months.

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