The St Johns wood sciety exists to promote the interests of St Johns Wood

SJWS Book Club - Inaugural Meeting

The St. John's Wood Society Book Club will meet for the first time on Wednesday 18th April. The book to be discussed is ‘The Imperfectionists’ by Tom Rachman a well-reviewed debut novel. It is published in paperback by Quercus and available through Amazon. The Book Club will meet at 8pm in the sitting room of the Alms Houses at 80, St John's Wood Terrace (near the junction with Woronzow Road - go to the central door). Read more...

Basement Developments in St. John's Wood

In a parliamentary debate on 8th November, Karen Buck, MP for Wesminster North, told MPs that basements in the more prosperous corners of her constituency were being turned into "underground cinemas, swimming pools, gymnasiums and gun rooms" with scant regard for the "devastating" effect such developments could have on nearby residents. Read more...

St. John's Wood Barracks, Ordnance Hill

The barracks has been sold by the Eyre Estate and will be vacated in 2012 when the Royal Artillery’s King’s Troop move to Woolwich. The site was granted planning consent from Westminster City Council for 133 homes on the 5.5 acre site on Ordnance Hill in September 2010. Read more...

Chairman's Message

There has been much to occupy the society over the few months since the last newsletter, and the next few months also promise to be extremely busy.

Of fundamental importance to the Society, and to every amenity society in the country, is the Localism Bill, which, if passed, will materially change the way in which local authorities and amenity societies operate.

The Bill itself has led to the Council issuing a large volume of consultative documents, all of which have required detailed consideration from members of the Executive Committee. Once again, I am happy to pay tribute to the enormous efforts made by the members of the Planning Committee and, to an only slightly lesser extent, the Traffic Committee.