ONE of London’s biggest gated communities got the go-ahead last night (Thursday) following a gruelling near five-hour meeting.
Nearly 100 residents packed the meeting room of National Children’s Homes, in Highbury Park, Highbury.
Islington Council’s four-strong corporate services committee, which voted three to one in favour, insisted that a number of conditions would be subject to the scheme going ahead.
This includes a structural survey of properties near to the construction site; no movement of construction lorries during the times children are going to and leaving school; a review and possible removal of traffic humps to reduce the vibration in nearby homes and the provision of a full-time environmental health officers, available 24 hours a day on site.

ARSENAL legend Thierry Henry could hit the silver screen in a movie by Hollywood director Spike Lee.
Heartthrob actor and long-time Islington resident Clive Owen revealed the news about Arsenal’s goal ace Wednesday night at the Islington premiere of his new film, Sin City.
Veteran director Lee offered Henry a walk on part in ‘The Inside Man’, which also stars Owen, after striking up a friendship with the Frenchman. He is often seen in the striker’s luxury Highbury stadium box.
Dashing Owen made the revelations during a question and answer session at a special screening of the £45 million action flick Sin City at the Screen on the Green, in Upper Street.
He will star in the Inside Man alongside Henry and also Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster.