Residents from West Hampstead and Fortune Green have issued a call to arms to battle the urban jungle which they claim is destroying the village feel of their neighbourhoods, reports the Ham and High.
Plans have been laid for up to 10 residents’ associations to unite and use new powers to oppose high-rise developments which could see thousands of new homes built in the area.
The vice-chairman of the Fordwych Residents Association, James Earl, who is spearheading the campaign, said that Camden Council had no overarching vision for West Hampstead and Fortune Green and
its character could be irreversibly damaged.
He also claimed that schools, transport facilities and doctors’ surgeries would struggle to cater for the newcomers.
Mr Earl has suggested that residents’ groups come together in a new neighbourhood forum and use powers set out in the Localism Bill, which is being debated in parliament, to protect green spaces and the areas’s character.
He said: “West Hampstead has that village feel with green space, but people still feel it is quite congested. If all these plans go ahead, we will be short of school places and doctors’ surgeries.
“It’s not the place for a high-rise development area. This kind of thing would never be proposed in Hampstead Village.
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