King's Cross Railway Lands Group (KXRLG): links
New 2007: Wiki map of King's Cross. [ You can add comments to buildings or areas. here ]Local groups and resources
King's Cross environment blog http://www.kingscrossenvironment.com/Battlebridge crossing campaign blog http://www.kingscrossaccess.com/
KX Development Forum for updates on planning applications http://kxdf.wordpress.com/
The Hillview blogger - from a tenant of One Housing Group http://hillviewblogger.blogspot.com/
Caledonian Ward Islington Labour Councillors http://callylabourcouncillors.org.uk/
Local Government
Camden Council:
www.camden.gov.uk
and Camden's King's Cross pages (new location 2005)
http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/planning-and-built-environment/major-developments/king-s-cross/
Islington Council:
www.islington.gov.uk
and Islington's King's Cross pages [ not functioning at 1 October 2005. Try and find via home page above. ]
The Greater London Authority (Mayor's Office): www.london.gov.uk
Transport for London: http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/tfl/
London Civic Forum: http://www.londoncivicforum.org.uk
Other groups & organisations, local and wider
Please send in links to your group.
'Just Space' is a regional network of London voluntary and community groups working on London Plan-related policies to improve access to spatial planning policy making and its application. http://www.londoncivicforum.org.uk/page.asp?sid=10 It is hosted at the London Civic Forum and KXRLG is a member.
An organisation linking and supporting cultural industry enterprises in the locality is Create King's Cross www.createkx.org.uk
Blog by Will Perrin on the Islington side of King's Cross. http://northkingscross.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/
King's Cross Business Forum http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/business/business-forums-and-networking/king-s-cross-business-forum/
Spring 2005 Camden Central Community Umbrella: www.camdennet.org.uk/groups/cccu [ no longer working 2008 ]The Calthorpe Project: http://www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/projects/calthorpe.html
Coram's Fields: http://www.opensquares.org/pages/square/23.html [ no longer working 2008 ]
The Islington Society: http://www.libraries.islington.gov.uk/inform/published/1618/1709.html [ no longer working 2008 ]
The Amwell Society: http://www.amwellsociety.co.uk/
Camley Street Natural Park http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserve.php?reserve_id=70
St Pancras Cruising Club: http://members.aol.com/MALBABS/index.htm
Camden Cycling Campaign: http://www.camdencyclists.org.uk
Regents Canal Network: http://www.camden-canals.demon.co.uk
London Canal Museum: http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/
Voluntary Action Camden: http://www.vac.org.uk/
Islington Voluntary Action Council: http://www.ivac.org.uk/
Camden network of networks: http://www.camdennetworkofnetworks.org.uk/
Sinclair Road Residents' Association (Hammersmith and Fulham) [who have recently had a victory over St George, Argent's partner]: http://www.srra.com/
Cally Traders: http://www.xpdesign.net/cally/
Kings Cross Community Development Trust: http://www.kings-cross.org.uk/ (bankrupt - no longer operating)
Seven Sisters market / Ward's Corner Tottenham: www.wardscornercommunity.org.uk
Southwark Notes with a lot of material on the Elephant and Castle "regeneration"
Capital Transport Campaign: http://www.libraries.islington.gov.uk/inform/published/3489/3934.html
London Local Agenda 21: http://p15149738.pureserver.info/
London Social Forum www.londonsocialforum.org [currently off-line]
New 2008: our counterparts in Brussels.
International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA) www.inura.org
A curious listing, including us, at OyMap.net - a world directory
Businesses, professional offices, etc
The developers for the Railway Lands ("King's Cross Central"): www.argentkingscross.com (previously known as Argent St George, but St George have now withdrawn).
Consultants who carried out Youth Consultation and designed the youth website
KXC21.co.uk (for Argent Saint George):
www.f-l-u-i-d.co.uk
London & Continental Railways: http://www.lcrhq.co.uk
Resources, research, national bodies
Planning Policy Guidance Notes:
http://www.construction-index.com/archinduk/dtplanpolgui.html
or from ODPM http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=2263&l=2
Planning Aid For London: http://www.pafl.org.uk
Royal Town Planning Institute: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/
Royal Institute of British Architects: http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Home.html
English Partnerships: http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerID=169345dwprEOVViTRLd8xXbHBDHGbzge
Research and other resources about King's Cross at University College London's Bartlett School of Planning
www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/research/planning/kx
Wonderful photos of Saint Pancras - the Midland Grand Hotel - hosted at Urban75 http://www.urban75.org/london/st_pancras.html
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: www.cabe.org.uk
King's Cross Partnership: (closed down in 2003 but the web site somehow lived on with "this week's events" frozen at march 2003) No longer wirking 2008. www.kingscrosslondon.com
UK sustainable development commission: http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/Environment Agency: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
English Nature: http://www.english-nature.org.uk/
Sustainable Biodiversity: http://www.biodiv.org/links/default.aspx?thm=sus
Groundwork Camden-Islington: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/camden-islington/
BREEAM: (low energy building evaluation) http://products.bre.co.uk/breeam/
English Heritage: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp
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