Residents in New Street have spoken to me about the late night buskers using electronic loudspeakers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, trying to extract cash from those enjoying the night time economy in Devonshire Terrace, Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street.…
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Bishopsgate: Update on Finsbury Circus Gardens
The City of London Corporation has revealed new images showing how Finsbury Circus Gardens will look in the future. It comes as a project to transform the Grade II listed site, which is London’s oldest public park, gets underway. This…
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Bishopsgate welcomes Yayoi Kusama’s first permanent UK art installation
This week, we celebrate the arrival of a new piece of art titled ‘Infinite Accumulation’ crafted by Yayoi Kusama, which has been installed outside Liverpool Street Station as part of a partnership between the Elizabeth Line art programme and the…
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Bishopsgate: Street Renaming Consultation – Sir Nicholas Winton Square
The City of London Corporation has recently lodged an application for the renaming of a portion of Liverpool Street, through the Street Naming and Numbering process, in accordance with The London Buildings Act (Amendment) Act 1939. The section of Liverpool…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order 9 Devonshire Square London EC2M 4YF Bishopsgate 24/00174/LBC Removal…
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Epping Forest ‘Lend a Hand’ Day
As Chairman of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee at the City of London Corporation, I was delighted to host the Forest’s very first ‘Lend a Hand Day’ on Saturday 23rd March. The event drew together long-standing volunteers who have…
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City of London: Corporate Plan 2024-2029
REVEALED: City Corporation’s Corporate Plan will deliver “world-class” organisation The City of London Corporation has unveiled its new Corporate Plan with six outcomes to guide its leadership at local, London-wide, national, and international levels. The five-year plan, which takes effect from April,…
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Bishopsgate: Wardmote 2024
A sincere thank-you to all of those who were able to participate in Bishopsgate‘s annual Wardmote, which took place at the brilliant Bishopsgate Institute this evening. I thought that the presentations and questions from a wide range of residents and…
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New rough sleeping assessment centre opens in the Square Mile
Bringing an end to rough sleeping is something I have passionately campaigned for, for many years. It’s something Bishopsgate residents and workers told me they wanted me to focus on as their local Councillor and was a topic that wasn’t…
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Bishopsgate: Wardmote 2024 Invitation
As some of you may be aware, Bishopsgate is one of 25 wards in the City of London. Each ward elected a number of Councillors and one Alderman. In Bishopsgate, we have 6 Councillors, each of whom are elected by…
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