Community Group submissions to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea electoral review. This PDF document contains 20 submissions from community groups. Some versions of Adobe allow the viewer to move quickly between bookmarks. Click on the submission you would like to view. If you are not taken to that page, please scroll through the document. Lawrence, Arion From: Waller, Matthew Sent: 07 June 2013 09:32 To: Lawrence, Arion Subject: FW: Local Government Boundary Review From: Jose Fernandez [mailto: Sent: 06 June 2013 22:04 To: Reviews@ Subject: Local Government Boundary Review Dear Sirs, I want to convey our thanks for considering and accepting our representation pertaining to the proposed new Notting Dale Ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. We sincerely wish that your draft plan for this ward will be put into action as you have proposed. Best regards, Jose Fernandez Jose Fernandez ALLOM & BARLOW RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Chair: Allom & Barlow Residents’ Association Vice Chair: Notting Hill Area Review Board Mobile: Email: Web: www.nottingbarnslive.com 1 Lawrence, Arion From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 10 June 2013 08:56 To: Lawrence, Arion Subject: FW: Chatsworth Court Residents Association support the ward changes From: Sent: 08 June 2013 19:22 To: Reviews@ Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Chatsworth Court Residents Association support the ward changes For the avoidance of doubt: The residents of Chatsworth Court, have considered the proposed ward boundaries, and are content with the proposed changes in Abingdon Ward, in RBKC, and pleased that we shall still have three councillors to represent us. CCRA In a message dated 08/06/2013 12:50:46 GMT Daylight Time, writes: I write with regard to the plans to change ward bounderies. This matter has been raised within our Committee and residents I can confirm that we are broadly in support of the proposed changes. For further information please feel free to contact us. Yours faithfully, Lloyd North Vice Chair Chatsworth Court Residents Association Tel: 07860 902070 www.chatsworthcourt.com 1 Lawrence, Arion From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 04 June 2013 13:08 To: Lawrence, Arion Subject: FW: Ward Boundaries Kensington and Chelsea From: Anthony Walker [mailto: Sent: 04 June 2013 11:42 To: Reviews@ Subject: Ward Boundaries Kensington and Chelsea I am writing to support the change in ward boundaries with regard to Abingdon Ward Anthony Walker Edwardes Square Scarsdale and Abingdon Association 1 Lawrence, Arion From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 08 April 2013 13:01 To: Lawrence, Arion Subject: FW: Custom Form Submission Received Heather Fuller Review Assistant Local Government Boundary Commission for England 76 ‐ 86 Turnmill Street, London, EC1M 5LG Tel: 0207 664 8534 Email: [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 April 2013 12:28 To: Reviews@ Subject: Custom Form Submission Received - Custom Form Submission Notification Custom Form Submission Received Review Editor, A new custom form submission has been received. The details of the form submission are as follows: Submission Information Custom Form: Online submissions form (#183) Form URL: http://www.lgbce.org.uk/current-consultations/online-submissions-form Submission ID: 1799 Time of Submission: Apr 8th 2013 at 11:27am IP Address: ::ffff:64.124.182.195 Form Answers Name: James and Caroline Beery Address 1: Address 2: Address 3: Postcode: Email Address: Area your submission Kensington & Chelsea refers to: Organisation you resident/community organisation 1 belong to: Your feedback: Re: Changing Ward Boundries in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: We are the co-secretaries of the Kensington Square Residents' Association We are in favour of the ward boundry changes proposed by the Council. We are well-served by the present three concillors. James and Caroline Beery File upload: This communication is from LGBCE (http://www.lgbce.org.uk) - Sent to Review Editor 2 Edward Davies-Gilbert [email protected] Knightsbridge Association Representative of a community group/organisation 16/04/2013 11:30 "I write on behalf of The Knightsbridge Association. Founded in 1961 it is the local amenity society for the area and is recognised by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and the City of Westminster (WWC) as the consultative body for the area. It has a membership of around 1,000. The Association is concerned about the proposed changes for breaking up Brompton Ward by merging it in to neighbouring wards. The northern section joins Queensgate; the western part, Courtfield ward; and the remainder (southern and central parts) being amalgamated with Hans Town. Knightsbridge, which is already split between two councils, will be represented by three wards in total. The KA has always maintained that the status quo is the best way to manage this neighbourhood, as at present, Brompton Ward is ideally suited for dealing with local matters. We fully appreciate that the proposed changes are within one council but to cut through the natural established boundaries would be a retrograde step. To incorporate the V&A, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum in to the reconfigured Queensgate ward but annexing them from South Kensington, where they are naturally joined by Exhibition Road and the local tube and bus stops, is perplexing. Indeed there is even a pedestrian tunnel leading from the tube station to the museums. The proposed Queensgate ward means that it will stretch between the Cromwell Road Sainsbury’s in the west and Montpelier Street in the east with Cromwell Road/ Brompton Road as the southern boundary. The south of Brompton Road would be served by Hans Town ward. In our experience this would be the wrong solution. The problems on both sides of the Brompton Road are similar but very different to further along the Cromwell Road. It would therefore be judicious to keep this RBKC area of Knightsbridge within one ward. " Lawrence, Arion From: Fuller, Heather Sent: 03 April 2013 10:22 To: Lawrence, Arion Subject: FW: In support of the proposed boundary changes From: Mary White [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 April 2013 10:01 To: Reviews@ Subject: In support of the proposed boundary changes Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to support the proposed ward boundary changes, and am especially in support of the Labour group’s proposal for a three member Notting Dale and two member Norland ward as this more accurately reflects the communities of which we are a part. Yours, Mary Mary White, Centre Manager Latymer Christian Centre 116 Bramley Road London W10 6SU T 020 8969 2290 E [email protected] www.latymer.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No 7650618 Reg charity no 1142420 ***IMPORTANT*** Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Latymer Christian Fellowship Trust unless otherwise stated. Confidentiality is very important to the Latymer Christian Fellowship Trust. However, if we receive an email that causes us concern, e.g. that the sender or someone else, particularly a child, may be at risk of serious harm, we may need to share those concerns. In these circumstances, if appropriate, we would inform the sender giving details of who would be contacted and what information would be shared. 1 Jane Whewell Princes Gate Mews Residents' Association Representative of a community group/organisation SW7 2PP 15/05/2013 13:25 "Please see my attached letter. I should be most grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of my letter. Jane Whewell" PRINCES GATE MEWS RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 20th May 2013 The Review Officer (RBKC) Local Government Boundary Commission for England Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG. Dear Sir/Madam, PROPOSED CHANGES TO BROMPTON WARD AND INCLUSION OF STREETS AND MUSEUMS NORTH OF CROMWELL GARDENS IN QUEEN’S GATE WARD I am writing on behalf of the Association and fellow Mews residents to express our deep concern about the proposed abolition of Brompton Ward and in particular about the suggestion that the Mews and the land north of Cromwell Gardens should be included in Queen’s Gate Ward – a suggestion we find very odd indeed and one which does not reflect the local communities or the natural ‘centre of gravity’ or ‘identity’ for our area. The Princes Gate Mews Residents’ Association was founded by my parents (residents since the early 1950s) in the late 1960s. Since the departure of the former Chair, long-term Mews resident Roy Anderson late last year, I have been acting as Chair of the Association. As a result, not only am I deeply familiar with the area (having lived in the Mews all my life) but in preparing this letter I have been able to draw on the knowledge of those who have lived in the area even longer. I have also spoken to fellow residents to seek their views and input. We find the suggestion that the Mews and the area to the immediate south and east be included in Queen’s Gate Ward frankly odd. The Mews and the area to the South have always naturally ‘looked’ towards Knightsbridge and towards South Kensington. An illustration of this in practice is what is now known as ‘the hole in the wall’. A WW2 bomb fell on a historic boundary wall to the east of Princes Gate Mews which gives pedestrian access to the Montpeliers and Knightsbridge (just near Harrods). So useful did this cut through become to Mews residents and others to the east of the Mews (in the Ennismores and near the north of Brompton Square) that when it was proposed to re-build the wall, there was an outcry. Eventually the wall was rebuilt with a ‘hole’ allowing Princes Gate and Ennismore Mews and Gardens’ residents to cut through to and from Knightsbridge on foot – the ‘hole’ is now marked with a plaque setting out this history.