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By RICHARD OSLEY
 
King's Cross objectors to take concerns to Mayor

Talks with Ken's team before Town Hall considers £2bn project

MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone has demanded a meeting with objectors to the massive redevelopment of King’s Cross who claim they have been ignored by major developer Argent.
His planners are due to meet members of King’s Cross Railway Lands Group (KXRLG) to discuss concerns surrounding the £2 billion project.
The group maintains the blueprint for the giant site needs an overhaul. Chairwoman Una Sapietis said the meeting with Mr Livingstone’s team was likely to take place within the next seven days and definitely before the plans are discussed at the Town Hall for the first time early next month.
Mr Livingstone, who has the power to veto the scheme and tell developers to go back to the drawing board, has raised his own concerns about the project, including worries over how his Cross-River Tram project will be affected. But he will now hear what residents, businesses and conservationists in the area think in his first meeting with objectors.
Issues to be discussed include the potential destruction of King’s Cross industrial heritage, the row over how many homes should be built on the site, claims that the development breaches Camden’s planning guidelines and the possibility of including more education provision in the area’s overhaul.
Ms Sapietis said: “We are very pleased to be working with key local groups in this broad-based campaign and we urge all groups who have concerns about the proposed development to join us.
“The Mayor’s office has said they have concerns. We have said we have concerns – it is a matter of getting together and discussing them.”
The first applications submitted by Argent will face the Town Hall’s planning committee on March 8.
n Campaigners fear a money-spinning casino could open in the new- look King’s Cross unless planning chiefs take a tough stance.
KXRLG has written to the Town Hall calling for a complete ban on a casino. The sticking point is the D2 land classification, which some campaigners fear could be interpreted as allowing room for a casino in years to come.
Ms Sapietis said: “There is local concern about the possibility of a casino on the site.”
A spokeswoman for developer Argent said: “There are no plans for a casino on the site.”
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