There has been a judicial review challenging the low emissions zone in the Beech Street tunnel. The City is keen to make it permanent and wants to get views on whether this should happen. In the meantime the experiment will end on 18th September.if you have an opinion please reply or email me at chair.glera@gmail.com.Thanks,TimSee More

It’s time for the GLERA AGM. Please see the flyer attached.See More

COLPAI are proposing to place a cctv camera on the side of the school next to the ramp to the east entrance to Hatfield House. You can see the position as there is some conduit looping out from where the ground floor corner is cut away. This camera appears to be positioned so that it will record everyone entering or leaving Hatfield House or accessing the stairs to the way under the block. Depending on the field of vision it may also be able to record numberplates on vehicles using the ramp. I…See More

I have just sent the City planners a consultation response on behalf of GLERA about the City of London Draft Local Plan. This plan sets the planning and development policies until 2036. In my view it is too focussed on workers and commercial buildings and not enough on residents and affordable housing.I have attached my response and you can read the plan at: …See More

OPEN LETTER TO THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL  14/4/21 Dear Members of the Court of Common Council, As the Chairs of the City’s three largest residents’ associations, we urge you to heed this petition, signed by more than 1,250 people including many of our members and other City residents, that will be presented at your meeting tomorrow: …See More

From the Chairs of the Barbican Association and the Golden Lane Residents AssociationTo the Corporation of the City of London: Officers, Lord Mayor and Sherriffs, Chairs of relevant Committees, Representatives for Cripplegate, Aldersgate, Farringdon within, without, Bassishaw, Cheap and Coleman The announcement of the abandonment of the Centre for Music and the plans to remodel the Arts Centre introduce some certainty into the future in the Northwest part of the City of London which is welcome.…See More

Dear City Resident,COVID-19 VACCINATIONSYou may have already been contacted by the NHS about your COVID-19 vaccination. If you already have an appointment booked, please attend this as scheduled.For those that haven’t been contacted, we are pleased to inform you that St Bartholomew’s have limited vaccination slots for City of London residents who meet one of the following criteria:• Aged 65 and over, living in the City of London• A registered health care worker or carer, living or working…See More