WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 1 MY HOLIDAY – LESSONS LEARNT • Planning and Building Regulations & Distinctive Designs are the holy grail! “Symmetry”

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 2 FINISH WHAT YOU START & MAINTAIN IT WELL!

• Keep the place tidy at all times – NO FLY TIPPING!

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HORN • You can drive from East to West & North to South across India without using your indicators or seeing anyone else use theirs! The Horn is KING

More Hole than POT & loads of Sleeping WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 4 Policemen!

OUR TOWN CENTRE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD BY SO MANY COMPARISONS!

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 5 AGENDA

Introductions/Apologies Minutes! Our Survey- Comments – No completed to-date 281 on- line, 36 on Paper , 3 as .pdf. General Update Theme Updates AOB Next meeting Monday 18th May 2015 –Hartley Hall

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 6 OUR SURVEY Did you all receive your copy through your post-box? Have you completed a response? Have your family members over age of 15 also completed responses? On-Line please.

Link to Summary Data:

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 7 GENERAL UPDATE

• Pentavia Park. 15/01825/FUL Application now to include “GYM” space A1 reduced from 9053sqM by 2244sqM. A3 Restaurant remains as 664sqM and D2 becomes 2244sqM • Tesco Application approved • Belmont (Children’s) Farm threatened with closure. • Bunns Lane Car Park – Background • Approve rationale? • NIMR – Barratt London Meeting 28/04- Hartley Hall • Tony & Guy Hairdressers – becomes another Coffee Shop!

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 8 HOUSING • Barnet’s Housing Consultation live. Susan Connolly submitted our response! Our work on the housing policy for the neighbourhood plan impacts on other themes within the plan in the following ways: Transport - the impact of housing developments on local roads and the demand for public transport are well-understood. Planning new developments offers opportunities to address local transport issues and the movement of traffic, cyclists and pedestrians around the area. (current deficit) Community Together / Integrated Infrastructure- when developing new housing thought must be given to the impact on the local community and the opportunity should be taken to provide community facilities, such as schools, nurseries, doctor's surgeries and other health facilities, community and youth facilities. Employment / Town Centre - New developments can support the local economy, our town centre and our other local shopping areas. New business might be attracted to the area as part of new developments, creating employment opportunities for households in the area. Housing developments can also create an opportunity to offer homes designed to support home working. In each of these ways these themes are closely linked. Green spaces - Housing developments need to contribute towards new green spaces and enhance the public realm. Developments should promote nature conservation and bio-diversity and provide new trees. Equally existing green spaces need to be maintained and retained for the use of the growing number of households in the MHNF area.

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 9 RETAIL- TOWN CENTRE

Design & Appearance

Ownership & Champions

Funding

Working with agents

Consultation

Timescale

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 10 ASSETS THEME ACTIVITIES .Met twice to discuss what we need to do .Many assets already identified – we need to “expand this bridgehead” and provide/record the detail/evidence .Started contacting individuals and groups, but much more to do .Started to review how we hold data and display information eg .photos .maps

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 11 BUILDING A CONTACT BASE Contacted .’s history – met Michael Worms and discussed how he can help. .Evidence collection, data management and mapping - discussed with James Earl (Fortune Green and West Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum) and Maggy Meade-King (Highgate Neighbourhood Forum) Trying to meet up with: .Trinity Church Minister .Barnet/Mill Hill allotment societies

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 12 PHOTO MONTAGE The tranquil village

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 13 PHOTO MONTAGE The bustling town

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 14 PHOTO MONTAGE Recreation for all

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 15 HOW DO WE DISPLAY/MAP OUR ASSETS? Examples from West Hampstead and Highgate

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 16 ASSETS THEME NEXT STEPS

.Meet With Michael Worms and Wendy Davis (Mill Hill Historical Society) – next couple of weeks .Meet with Bob Husband (RSPB) – 26 April .Arrange meetings with affiliated organisations .Arrange meetings with allotment societies, churches, synagogue .Build evidence base for Mill Hill’s assets – ongoing! (Review output from Survey)

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 17 GREEN SPACES THEME GROUP

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WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 22 LB BARNET CORE STRATEGY – OUR LOCAL PLAN

• Barnet is one of the greenest boroughs in London

• 28% of its area designated as Green Belt (2,466 ha) and 8% as Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) (690 ha).

• Barnet has over 200 parks and open spaces (848 ha) and 67 sites of nature conservation importance

• Over a 100 formal green spaces including public parks, cemeteries and graveyards in Barnet are considered to have historic significance

• Less than half of the parks in Barnet have play provision for children and overall 54% of Barnet’s area is not within 600m of areas for play

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WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 24 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN GREEN SPACES SECTION

(1) Vision

(2) The Planning Context

(3) Green Space Assets Green Spaces Vision:

(4) Challenges and Opportunities “Mill Hill’s parks and green spaces make a significant contribution to (5) Investment Policies and Priorities our neighbourhood’s value, character and quality of life. These (6) Future Management and Maintenance should be protected and improved to enhance amenity, promote health and wellbeing and increase areas for wildlife”.

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Initial schedule of green spaces (Incomplete)

1.0 Green Belt

2.0 Public Parks 2.1 Mill Hill Park 2.2 Woodcroft Park 2.3 Bittacy Hill Park 2.4 2.5 Open Space 2.6

3.0 Playing Fields and Sports Grounds 3.1 Copthall Playing Fields 3.2 Copthall Sports Ground 3.3 Mill Hill Golf Course 3.4 Mill Hill Cricket Club 3.5 Golf Course

4.0 Nature Conservation Areas 4.1 Arrandene Open Space 4.2 Boys Hill Wood 4.3 Nut Wood 4.4 Beech Wood

4.0 Allotments 4.1 Daws Lane Allotments 4.2 Lawrence Street Allotments 4.3 Wise Lane Allotments 4.4 Sanders Lane Allotments

5.0 Cemeteries 5.1 Mill Hill Cemetery 5.2 Cemetery

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GREEN SPACES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Challenges Opportunities Development pressure Health and wellbeing Incremental loss of green resources Wildlife and ecology Poor design and landscape diversity Pedestrian and cycle routes Limited connectivity Setting for business & community activities Impact of adjacent activities, eg busy roads Sustainability and protection of resources Management of green space Climate change, flooding and temperature

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 27 TECHNOLOGY THEME – SIAN JOHN Review of United Nations ITU Smart Cities conference – Sian John

A Fleet of say 50 Tuk Tuks operating between Mill Hill East & Mill Hill Broadway Modern day equivalent could be driverless cars with say 10 predetermined destination points

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 28 AOB ?

Website statistics? Resourcing? 113 Increased Frequency –terminating at Oxford Circus -TFL Consultation deemed to be void as impinged on Election period!

WWW.MILLHILLFORUM.ORG.UK 29 NEXT MEETINGS

18th May – Hartley Hall

New dates: - 15th June - 13th July - 17th August - 21st September

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