After developers withdrew an unpopular application for tower blocks at Murphy's Yard, community workshops are taking place to put together alternative ideas.
Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Forum (DPNF) and Camden Community Makers are co-ordinating community-led collaborative workshops on July 14 and 16.
They intend to submit the results to developer Folgate Estates.
Folgate withdrew its application to build multiple high rise towers following major objections from communities in Hampstead, Highgate, Dartmouth Park, Gospel Oak and Kentish Town "to allow further consultation".
Its plans included up to 825 homes, and up to 95,000 sqm of industrial space and offices as well as restaurants, and healthcare and leisure facilities.
More than a dozen tower blocks, four of them between 14 and 19 storeys high, had been planned.
The car-free site would have a new pedestrian and cycle route – the Heath Line – earmarked to connect Hampstead Heath and Gospel Oak to Kentish Town and opens up an industrial area long closed off to the public.
The traffic lights on Gordon House Road, used as the access point, may be moved to aid pedestrian and cycle access to and from the Heath.
A collection of 17 groups, including DPNF, Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association and Kentish Town Action, proposed an alternative scheme. It included a mix of housing tenures and types, including co-op housing, cohousing and family housing, and included protection of the view of Hampstead Heath from Kentish Town, as set out in the Kentish Town Neighbourhood Plan, as well as panoramic views from Hampstead Heath.
The first community workshop will be an online session on Thursday, July 14 from 6.30pm to 8pm.
The second is in person on Saturday, July 16 from 11am to 2.30pm at the old Gospel Oak Nursery site next to Gospel Oak Health Centre off of Lismore Cirrus.
The workshops will have activities and imagery on themes including housing and social housing provisions, community facilities, construction, environment, public realm, traffic, and workspace.
Emily O'Mara said: "We want as many people to attend either or both workshops to share their local knowledge and experience.
"The workshops are open to anyone and everyone living, working and studying in the area who cares what happens at Murphy's Yard."
To register for Charrette: Community-Led workshops for the Design of Murphy's Yard visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/camden-community-makers-33342679321
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