1 / 21

wecnf

www.wecnf.org. WEST EALING CENTRE W13 _____________________________________________________________ NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM. Eric Leach Interim Chair, WECNF. Resident in West Ealing for 34 years Vice-Chair of West Ealing Neighbours (WEN) since 2007

bell-lane
Download Presentation

wecnf

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. www.wecnf.org WEST EALING CENTRE W13 _____________________________________________________________ NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM

  2. Eric LeachInterim Chair, WECNF • Resident in West Ealing for 34 years • Vice-Chair of West Ealing Neighbours (WEN) since 2007 • Ex-businessman from the computer business

  3. WHY ARE WE HERE? • Quality of Life • Local Services • It’s All About Land Use • YOU Can make a difference

  4. EALING IS A BIG PLACE • 21 Square Miles • 340,000 Residents • 8,760 Businesses

  5. WEST EALING CENTRE IS BIG TOO! • 3,478 Homes • 352 Businesses

  6. PLANNING REALITIES • With a continuously diminishing planning resource, it is not (and will not) be possible for the council to carry out detailed, fine-grained planning in Ealing • There are Local, Regional and National Planning Guidelines

  7. WHAT IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM? • It is where people who live, work or have an interest in an area discuss, agree and create a plan for that area • These forums operate under Government Guidelines (2011 Localism Act)

  8. NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUMS • Are new • There are over 700 in England & Wales and more on the way - 2 in Ealing (and a third soon), 3 in Hounslow • Become ‘legitimate’ when Government designates their chosen neighbourhood areas and the make-up of their organisation • Create Neighbourhood Plans

  9. NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUMS • Some are business areas – 10 • Many (in mostly rural areas) are Parish Councils • Any final decision on the Neighbourhood Plan is by referendum • If 50% or more agree, the plan becomes the legal Area Plan

  10. WHAT DOES A NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN LOOK LIKE? • Just three have already become legal – in Cumbria, Exeter and Thame in Oxfordshire • It consists of positive spatial policies • It can contain site allocations • It can contain aspirations for the area

  11. WEST EALING CENTRE NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM • Is a business area • First meeting of the Interim WECNF was in May 2012 • It has met monthly since then • The Neighbourhood Area was specified and Government designated in 2012 • WECNF became Government designated in March 2013

  12. NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA MAP

  13. WECNF • Has researched challenges and opportunities across a wide spectrum: Social Provision Movement Crossrail The High Street Business Improvement District (BID) feasibility Spatial Integration Planning system unhelpful Housing High targets & chronic shortage of social homes for rent

  14. WECNF has • A Bank Account • A Constitution • A small number of very hard-working, key members • A growing number of registered members • A new Web site – www.wecnf.org • A Budget • A Project Plan • Delivered its first leaflet to all publicly accessible homes and businesses in the area

  15. WECNF Support • West Ealing Neighbours (WEN) • West Ealing Traders Association (WETA) • Central & Local Government Officers • Elthorne & Walpole Ward Forums • Ealing Centre Neighbourhood Forum • Hanwell Community Forum

  16. WECNF what next? • Elect our first 12 person Management Committee – members from business (4), Community (4) and residents (4) • This committee will then elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer & Secretary • First meeting will be 7.00 p.m. Monday, 24th June at the Silva Cafe

  17. WECNF Committee • Nominations: • B - Nigel Presky, Magdalena Silva Roldan, Arthur Breens, Peter Sweetman • C – Eric Leach, Suzanne Fernandez, Inonu Khyne-Sam, Imran Hamid • R – Richard Toull, Michelle Yan, Dave Randles • Co-opted – Cllrs Nigel Bakhai & John Cowing • Key – B= Business representative, C= Community organisation, R = Neighbourhood Area Resident

  18. WECNF What Next? • Community Engagement Past, present & future • West Ealing Centre Play – to be performed 5 times in the area in August & September 2013 • Second leaflet which will ask: 1. What do you like about West Ealing Centre? 2. What don’t you like about it? 3. What does West Ealing Centre need? 4. Any other comments/suggestions? • Attend Community Events • Organise 4 workshops - analyse feedback and begin to shape an approach to a plan

  19. WECNF Project Plan • Community Engagement: June 2013 – September 2013 • Drafting Neighbourhood Plan: November 2013 – February 2014 • Statutory Public Consultation: April 2014 • External Consultation:October 2014 • Referendums: March 2015

  20. PLEASE JOIN US • Fill in Membership Forms • Attend our next Members’ Meeting • Give us your ideas • Join our Workgroups

  21. ANY QUESTIONS? www.wecnf.org

More Related