We are hosting a community meeting about the B&Q site.

26 Feb 7-8:30PM
Ivy Room Clayton Crown Hotel

This won't be a debate with Montreaux or Barnet Council. It's for people who live in Cricklewood so we can talk together about how we respond to this large planning application

A Public Service Announcement for the people of #Cricklewood and #willesdengreen :

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Willesden only recieves up to 15% of CIL because it has no Plan. Spent mainly on trees by the looks of it.

With a neighbourhood plan it would rise to 25%.

So the CIL paid in The Queensbury NW2 as part of the deal made with Brent Council goes to initiatives in Wembley.

Ominous signs as the sign comes down at The Queensbury.

We've heard from our community members that the two further appeals on The Queensbury NW2 have been withdrawn.

We didn't hear this from Planning Inspectorate nor from Brent Council

Charming.

Least that means we have certainty about what should happen next.

SaveTheQueensbury This is utterly miserable...

So sad to hear our beautiful local is set to be demolished & replaced with block of 48 flats. Housing badly needed but this site is way too tiny for that & decision lands a big blow to lovely community feel created here. A sad loss after a wonderful campaign by SaveTheQueensbury.

Short term opportunistic greed has led to the loss of a building that survived two World Wars.

Flats that had to be tweaked so as to meet bare minimum size standards, missing targets of Affordable housing also.

At least we didn't get The Tower.

SaveTheQueensbury Neil Stuke Helen Fospero this is becoming sadly the norm how sad out cultural heritage down the pan

Dithering is the understatement of the century.

Disingenuous nonsense from the Brent PR team. The government Inspector noted the lack up preparation. Those are the facts.

Award Winning Brent Planners painted themselves into a corner and we have to live with their incompetence.

Thank you everyone for your support. A campaign to be proud of. Unfortunately the council did not support us. They voted to demolish the Goldsmiths Arms

That's where it all began, but with Monkey Music 🎶

SaveTheQueensbury The Queensbury NW2 So grateful to you for saving us from a 10-storey block, and rather in awe.

Really sad news as @thequeensbury is our home too. Thanks for all your efforts so far, so committed and such a fantastic effort. #thequeensbury #willesdengreen

Developer wins appeal to demolish much-loved community pub in Willesden Green kilburntimes.co.uk/news/politics/…

Good luck. It is such a wretched process, with people paid a lot of money with a lot at stake. Communities get squeezed out along the way but it's us having to live with the decisions.