Welcome to the May Newsletter of the Belsize Society.
Last month saw the Society, with Retrofit Kentish Town, organise an event where Camden Council’s planning team presented their new thinking on enabling residential retrofitting. The Newsletter reports on the event and then describes a national scheme that allows residents to visit installations of a heat pump for those unfamiliar with this technology. A recent event organised by the Council on climate action is also featured.
The Newsletter also describes the work of the Heath Hands group, a voluntary body that helps conserve green spaces including Hampstead Heath and its bat population.
April also saw the Society’s local history walk about Belsize in the first half of the 20th century. Averil’s tour was well attended and it was great to see many members were able to attend.
On planning news, the Newsletter has pieces about 100 Avenue Road and the Ye Olde Swiss Cottage pub. The Society has objected to the new plans being proposed at Swiss Cottage. In parallel, the Society’s planning team recently successfully listed the pub as an asset of community value.
In March, we met at our AGM. The Newsletter covers the issues discussed there which also agreed the new committee.
With the Newsletter is your copy of Traders You Can Trust, covering the local tradespeople recommend by members. If you’re reading this online, this is a benefit of being a member of the Society.
We are looking forward to the talk with the Friends of Belsize Library about the Golden Age of Housing in June and there is a piece about how you can help the Friends as well as a note about volunteer roles for the Society.
We hope you enjoy the Newsletter.