Category Archives: announcements

Update on rival development plan

The council has now decided to reject the plans submitted by the owners of the chiropractor site to build luxury flats. The decision notice is available here. Planning overall application is here. We think this is the right decision by the council as … Continue reading

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Luxury flats proposed for Newington Green site

The owners of the dentist/chiropody building next to Hathersage Court, on Mildmay Park, are proposing to build a 5 storey block of luxury flats on the site. Object to the application here This proposal is a direct counter proposal to … Continue reading

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Council approves plans for public realm improvements and new homes on Hathersage and Besant

On December 10 Islington council’s planning committee approved the council’s plans to build a modest number of new homes in the area between Hathersage Court and Besant Courts (on the site of the disused football court and sunken playground) behind … Continue reading

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Latest on estate improvement plans

The council is still developing plans to build new homes on the sunken playground in front of Beasant Court As part of the plans the TRA has been lobbying the council for improvements to Hathersage Court, particularly to the front … Continue reading

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TRA General Meeting – Thursday 9th February, 6:30pm

There will be a Bi-Annual General meeting of the TRA taking place on Thursday 9th February at 6:30pm in the Midlmay Community Centre, Mayville Estate, Mildmay Road. All welcome!! The main points on the agenda are: Hathersage and Besant estate … Continue reading

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Open meeting – Hathersage and Besant TRA

The council is planning to knock down little Besant and build new homes on the estate, covering the children’s playground, football court and rear car park. The plans mean: FIVE new buildings will be built – two of the buildings … Continue reading

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Hathersage and Besant Court Estate: tenants response to proposed developments

Following the meeting last autumn, Islington Council have now revised their proposals for redeveloping the estate, which they presented to tenants and residents during a drop-in consultation held at the Mildmay Club at the beginning of May. As a follow-up … Continue reading

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Hathersage and Besant Court Estate improvements – meeting report

The Tenants and Residents Association held a meeting on Tuesday 6th October which was extremely well attended by residents of the combined Hathersage and Besant Court estate. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss potential improvements to the … Continue reading

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FOI request to Islington Council

A Freedom Of Information (FOI) request was made to Islington Council in August 2015 for the following: Any information – whether current or historic – held by Islington council pertaining to plans for redevelopment/new build development on Hathersage Court and/or … Continue reading

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Estate improvements

Following the very successful summer barbeque that we held in mid-August, the TRA has continued to make progress in several issues related to improving the Estate. Recent work has included: Cycle lockers have been installed at the front of the … Continue reading

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