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Cllr Paul Convery, film director and Arundel campaigner Anand Tucker, and Rupert Graves |
Actor speaks out over parking permits row
ACTOR Rupert Graves has spoken out in the row over new residents being allowed to park in congested Arundel Square.
Protesters are calling for a judicial review to stop the council giving residents in a new development permits to park in the Holloway square.
And there was a warning that, with new residents unable to afford to use the complex’s underground car park, where a space costs from £20-30,000 a year, it may be offered to wealthy motorists who don’t live in the area, or private firms.
Mr Graves lives in the square and appeared in the recent BBC TV series Garrow’s Law.
Campaigners maintain the new development was originally meant to be car free and the handing out of parking permits has created a spaces “free-for-all”.
Mr Graves said: “The development is really exciting and it is going to be lovely when the extended public gardens are refurbished and completed, but it’s just a real shame that the council seem to have messed up in their agreement about car parking.
“I hope the developer will be as keen as the local residents are to help sort out this problem as soon as possible. We are not asking for anything new – I have seen the original design statement from the developers and it states that ‘all vehicles will be housed underground’ so it was always their intention to fill their underground car park and utilise the car club scheme, and be in line with all other major new developments in Islington.”
Caledonian councillor Paul Convery said the Ombudsman is being asked to look at the scheme and residents are considering seeking a judicial review.
He added: “With new residents being unable to afford underground parking, Islington has handed on a platter an entitlement to the developer to sell spaces to whoever wants them.” |
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