SAVE Camden Stables Market

AUGUST 2007 UPDATE: SADLY THE PLANNING APPLICATION WAS PASSED BY CAMDEN COUNCIL LAST YEAR - HOWEVER. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO TRY & STOP THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHES SCHEDULED FOR 28 AUGUST 2007!! WE STILL NEED YOUR SUPPORT & SIGNATURES!! PLEASE E-MAIL KEN LIVINGSTONE (mayor@london.gov.uk) WITH YOUR PROTESTS & CHECK THE FORUM FOR UPDATES!!

To:  Camden Council

If you love Camden's Stables Market as it is, and don't want it transformed into yet another shopping mall, check out:

www.camden.gov.uk/planning

Once you've satisfied yourself that this is NOT what you want Camden Stables Market to become, read on!

If you've been to Camden recently you will already be aware of the enormous glass atrocity looming over The Stables & The Lock markets. Be warned, unless you act now there's worse to come - the famous Arches are next on the developers' list. Gone will be the wonderfully mysterious catacombs as you know them - to be modernised and built around, beyond recognition. The plans are to build two 4 storey buildings with basements (read the planning application)!

!!PLEASE LET'S JOIN TOGETHER & STOP THEM!!

A planning application is scheduled to be heard by Camden Council during the 1st week of October 2006 (date to be confirmed), so any objections need to be submitted to them by the end of September.
All & any objections will be considered by Camden Council, so long as they are not frivolous ones.
If you have any queries about the plans, please contact Camden's planning officer, THOMAS SMITH, on: 020 7974 5114

Written objections can be sent by post to:
Development Control
Customer Services Team
5th Floor
Camden Town Hall
Argyle Street
WC1H 8ND
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SUBJECT: ref: 2006/3182/P

I object to the current planning proposals (ref: 2006/3182/P) and all associated proposals, on the grounds that The Stables Market is a unique architectural site and a pivotal part of London's heritage. The proposed building plans will leave the original architecture of the Arches obscured & unrecognisable. The diverse & quirky appeal of the market has endured for generations, to Londoners & tourists alike, all of whom flock to Camden to soak up the vibrant and inimitable atmosphere, which is now being eroded by modernistic re-developments. Small innovative traders, unable to afford higher rents, are already being forced out of the market, making way for the high street names to snake in. Camden's Markets are an essential part of what London is all about. There are enough homogenised glossy shopping malls across the country - there is only ONE Camden!
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Links: www.zyra.org.uk/camden.htm
www.camdenguide.co.uk/news/catacombs.html

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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