Freeholders Benefit As Court Upholds Trust Decision
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THE TRUST P u b l i s h e d b y t h e h a m P s t e a d G a r d e n s u b u r b t r u s t l i m i t e d Issue no. 10 sePtember 2012 Freeholders benefit as Court upholds Trust decision The Management Charge for the The Court ordered that the owner of The Court held that the Trust was financial year 2011/2012 has been 25 Ingram Avenue must pay the Trust’s acting in the public interest. The held steady at the same level as costs in defending, over a period of decision sets an important precedent the previous year – and there is a five years, a refusal of Trust consent for the future of the Scheme of further benefit for freeholders. for an extension. The Trust is in turn Management – and is doubly good passing the £140,000, recovered in news for charge payers. In August last year freeholders March 2012, back to charge payers. received a bill for £127. However, this THE GAZETTE AT A GLANCE year, owners of property that became The Court of Appeal ruled in freehold before 5 April 2008 will receive November 2011 that the Trust had Trust Decision Upheld ........................ 1 a bill for only £85 – thanks largely to been right to refuse consent for an Suburb Trees ........................................ 2 judges in the Court of Appeal. extension that would have encroached Hampstead Heritage Trail .................. 3 on the space between houses, Education ............................................. 5 The Hampstead contravened the Design Guidance and Garden Suburb Trust set an undesirable precedent across Trust Committees ............................... 6 Annual General the Suburb. The Scheme of Management Charge ...8 Meeting What’s happening here? See page 4 to find out. 7.30pm for 8pm start Wednesday 12th September Henrietta Barnett School, Central Square The meeting is open to all residents, but to be eligible to vote you must be a full Member of the Trust. If you are unsure if you are already a Member of the Trust please check with the Trust office. Contact details and information on how to join the Trust are on the back page of this Gazette. Members and other residents are warmly invited to join the Trust Council Members and staff for refreshments and conversation from 7.30pm - 8pm. ALL WELCOME. REFRESHMENTS The majestic trees The four main objectives of the of the Suburb survey are: 1) Protection of the environment – if we do not know what is there, we The number, quality and variety 2010 Character Appraisal, to are in a less good position to defend of trees on the Suburb are one of undertake detailed tree surveys and to trees against threats of any kind. its most distinguishing features. consider the appropriateness of Tree 2) Planning for the future – Preservation Orders. Trees add to the beauty of the The results of the survey will landscape, they complement the The objectives of the tree survey are provide an objective base from architecture, bring ecological benefits to establish the species, condition and which to plan for the conservation including the provision of wildlife exact location of trees in the Suburb and future development of trees in habitats, soften the character of which: the Suburb landscape. streets and open spaces, and add • Are the subject of Tree Preservation 3) Developing policies in consultation greatly to the pleasure of living on the Orders (TPOs); with residents – to work with the Suburb. In short, they are one of the widest possible group of residents glories of Hampstead Garden Suburb, • Appear on Raymond Unwin’s in this survey and in consultation and yet, there is no up to date record original map of the Suburb as having about criteria for future decisions of the trees on the Suburb. been retained from the pre-existing which may arise from it. field landscape prior to development; The Trust therefore proposes, with 4) The effective management of the • Make a significant contribution the support of the Residents estate – the survey will provide the to the character and landscape of the Association and the London Borough Trust and Barnet with up to date Suburb, and to recommend where of Barnet, to act on the information to inform planning and necessary that a TPO be applied. recommendation arising from the estate management. Oak tree at Lucas Crescent, Willifield Way 2 ‘Northern Heights Partnership’ launches Hampstead Heritage Trail The Trust, the Highgate Society, the Heath & Hampstead Society, and the Hornsey Historical Society joined forces this year for the first time, to create the ‘Hampstead Heritage Trail’. A new 15 mile self-guided sectional walking tour from Camden Town to Alexandra Palace runs through 5 booklets, covering 500 points of interest. The trail runs through Camden Town, Belsize Park, Hampstead, the Suburb and East Finchley. The creation of the Trail follows the Highgate Society’s successful Circular Walk around ‘London’s Northern Inspiration to Suburb architects, Rothenburg Bavaria Heights’, covering Highgate, Hampstead and the Heath. • The significance and value of the Suburb whilst working on the Suburb need to be widely understood; booklets that he recently made a The Trust’s involvement reflects pilgrimage of sorts to Rothenburg, the the importance of educating and • Its important place in the social German town which inspired Parker encouraging visitors to the Suburb. history and architectural fabric of & Unwin when designing the Suburb. England should permeate the Whilst most people with an interest consciousness of us all. in town planning or architectural Moving on from the success and heritage have heard of the Suburb, It is a long term aim of the Trust to positive reviews of the Northern relatively few have actually visited. explain the Suburb’s history and special Heights books, our next step is to look qualities of place to everyone; from at exploring the influence the Bavarian The Suburb needs protection and school children through the interested town had on Suburb architects, in constant vigilance. High land value visitor to the judiciary and parliament. collaboration with Mr Webber and creates pressures for over-development Its future lies in all their hands. contacts in Rothenburg. and degradation. If the Suburb’s charm, beauty and sense of place are The publication of these walking tours The booklets cost between £3 and £5 to be conserved: represents several steps in that direction. each. Complete set of 9, £25. Fortis The project was initiated and overseen Available from the Trust office, local Green Market Place by Richard Webber of the Highgate shops, Garden Suburb Gallery and Alexandra Muswell Society, who was so taken with the Library or via www.northernheights.eu. Hill Palace East Temple Section A Fortune Finchley Hampstead to Belsize Park – Start: Hampstead Underground Station. Length: 2.5 miles Whitestone Section B Pond Burg House Belsize Park to Camden Town – Start: Belsize Park Underground Station. Length: 3.3 miles Keats House Section C Belsize Park Hampstead Hampstead to Temple Fortune – Start: Hampstead Underground Station. Length: 3.1 miles Chalk Farm Camden Lock Section D Primrose Hill Temple Fortune to East Finchley – Start: Temple Fortune. Length: 2.8 miles Section E Regents Park Camden Town East Finchley to Alexandra Palace – Start: East Finchley Underground Station. Length: 3.4 miles 3 860-864 Finchley Road to its intended use and to restore the income from it. Suburb residents were consulted about the design of this building and their responses were published in February 2012. The work (funded from Trust reserves and not from the Management Charge) started in July 2012, and will: • Provide an appropriate return on investment; • Return the upper floors to residential use, restoring the rental income it was The Trust’s main property asset planning permission to use one of the originally intended to provide; is its building at 860-864 Finchley flats for this purpose. This permission Road. Designed in 1935 by was for temporary use and entailed the • Create more efficient offices, all on J.C.S. Soutar, the building loss of the rent from the flat – more one level; combined architectural elegance valuable than its income as an office. • Provide a larger meeting room, with financial enterprise. The available to the community for It is the Trust’s policy to invest its ground floor was office space for evening meetings; the Trust; the upper floors were reserves in property on the Suburb. Its • Provide space for the Archive Trust; two residential flats, bringing in improved financial position enables it rents to support the Trust’s work to build a single storey extension to • Improve access for people with for the Suburb. the rear of 860-864 Finchley Road. disabilities; In 2006, the Trust needed more office This provides the space the Trust • Be an exemplar of good building space. The local authority granted needs and enables it to return the flat practice. Falloden Way Gas Works As part of a £300,000 investment This work has been carefully Borough of Barnet have planned the program, National Grid are scheduled to coincide with Transport works in consultation with the Trust planning to upgrade 2km of for London’s road resurfacing work to ensure that the upgrade is carried metallic gas mains along Falloden between Hill Rise and Ossulton Way. out with minimum disruption to Way from September 2012. The work is scheduled to take about residents, and customer information 26 weeks and will involve some packs are being sent out. The new hard-wearing plastic pipes changes in road access, affecting Hill should last for many years, and are Rise and Northway at the junction of fitted by being inserted into the existing Falloden Way.