The view looking west along Goodge Street to Mortimer Street. Photo: Fitzrovia News.

Goodge Street and Mortimer Street and surrounding streets in Fitzrovia are closed to traffic for part of today for the start of a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

Protesters along Great Titchfield Street joining the march. Photo: Ann Goodburn.

The PSC march is gathering on Mortimer Street from 12noon and will then set off to follow a route through Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, Haymarket, Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square before ending in Whitehall.

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/18/goodge-street-and-mortimer-street-closed-for-start-of-psc-march/

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Goodge Street and Mortimer Street closed for start of PSC march - Fitzrovia News

Goodge Street and Mortimer Street and surrounding streets in Fitzrovia are closed to traffic for part of today for the start of march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). The PSC march is gathering on Mortimer Street at 12noon and will then set off to follow a route through Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus, Haymarket, […]

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Maya, 19 Goodge Street. Photo: Fitzrovia News.

Other Wines & Bites Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at Maya, 19 Goodge Street, on the corner with Whitfield Street in Fitzrovia.

The application seeks permission for the sale of alcohol to drink on the premises from 12noon until 10pm, every day.

The business is described as a cafe and occupies the ground floor, basement, and an outside seating area for which they are also applying separately for a tables and chairs licence.

To view the details of the application and make a comment, search Camden’s public licensing register for the following reference:

APP\PREMISES-NEW\121020, Maya, 19 Goodge Street, London W1T 2PH.

A public consultation on the application runs until 10 June 2024.

Residents in Camden may also contact the Charlotte Street Association for help and advice in responding to planning and licensing applications.

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/14/licensing-application-maya-19-goodge-street/

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Tesco Goodge Street has reopened as a much smaller store which now takes inward deliveries next to the front entrance. Photo: Fitzrovia News.

Tesco reopened its Goodge Street shop on Thursday morning after a refurbishment which has left customers with a supermarket less than half the size of what it was when it closed last summer.

The Goodge Street store was one of the 89 stores that were downgraded from the “Metro” to “Express” format in 2021.

Following its re-branding as an Express store a planning application was submitted in 2022 to expand the neighbouring offices and shrink the retail shop which has been an important part of Goodge Street since 1966.

The Charlotte Street Association residents’ group objected to the application, stating that the store is an important and affordable shop for local residents.

“The proposals as submitted indicate that the applicant wishes to reduce the size of the Tesco store,” they wrote to Camden’s planning department.

“There is no shortage of office space in Fitzrovia. But there is a need to maintain a retail shop at Goodge Street that is both viable and serves the needs to the residential community with a wide range of affordable groceries. Over the years local people have supported the Tesco store at Goodge Street as it provides affordable produce in a neighbourhood increasingly gentrified, and a shopping street sadly in decline.

“The reduced size of the store would have a negative effect on the choice of products for local residents and may undermine the store’s viability. The Tesco store is an important ‘anchor’ premises that supports the wider vitality of the street. It is the only retail premises on Goodge Street that provides for the everyday needs of the local population.

“For the above reasons, the application should be refused,” they wrote.

However, planning permission was granted by Camden Council and the store shut in August of 2023 while it underwent a total refit.

Aside from a reduced shop floor area, stock deliveries into the store now arrive at the front of the store into a smaller warehouse area.

In September 2022, a Tesco spokesperson told Fitzrovia News: “We appreciate this Tesco Express plays an important role in the local community and we look forward to continuing to provide a high quality range of products at this store.”

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/04/25/tesco-opens-its-smaller-goodge-street-store/

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Temporary traffic signals at the junction of Goodge Street and Charlotte Street. Photo: Fitzrovia News.

Goodge Street is closed from today to all motor and cycle traffic between Charlotte Street and Whitfield Street due to cables being installed below the surface of the carriageway.

Pedestrian access is being maintained.

According to signs posted on parking bays, the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week carriageway closure is due to last until 14 April.

Temporary traffic lights are in place at the junction with Charlotte Street which has been reduced to a single lane.

Diversions are in place via Windmill Street (off Charlotte Street) and Whitfield Street which has the one-way motor traffic reversed to accommodate the re-routed vehicles.

All road users will face significant delays in all directions moving through the junction of Goodge Street and Charlotte Street, as well as in the surrounding streets due to the diversion.

The Fitzrovia News suggests you avoid driving through the area if you have any sense.

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/04/02/goodge-street-carriageway-closed-between-charlotte-and-whitfield-streets/

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Goodge Street carriageway closed between Charlotte and Whitfield streets - Fitzrovia News

Goodge Street is closed to all motor and cycle traffic between Charlotte and Whitfield Streets due to road works.

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