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Winchmore Hill Residents Association is a non-political group run by residents, who seek to protect the quality of life in Winchmore Hill, now and for future generations

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Volunteering as a station partner

Great Northern have launched a programme to engage with the communities that use their stations and work with them to provide funds and support to brighten their station up.We have such a historic and interesting station and I think we all agree there could be plenty done for not that much money to make it more appealing and pleasing on the eye. As you can see some flowers and some planters outside or on the platform could transform it.

If you are someone who uses the train station regularly or even if you just think that we can make our station better then please get in touch with us (info@whresidents.org) and the association will provide all the support we can.

Please click here for a pdf with more information on what is on offer. It isn’t a time consuming thing and there could be a group that gets together to make the application and work with Great Northern.

 


Crime prevention and policing in Winchmore Hill

Many thanks to all of you who came to the AGM, it was well attended with around 50 people making it despite the stormy day we had. There were some really interesting updates from various groups and more on that in a future email but we had a visit from our PCSO Luke Lancaster and our Police Constable Michelle Carty. It was much appreciated that they agreed to stop by, introduce themselves and update us on what is happening locally and how we can work to prevent crime.

We wanted to share the leaflets they brought with them and what they said about crime locally. We were also told to encourage our members to contact them so they know what is happening and for you to let them know about criminal and anti-social behaviour locally. They can be contacted via these emails:

Luke can be contacted at: luke.lancaster@met.police.uk
Michelle can be contacted at:  p235736@met.police.uk

If you felt it was appropriate and relevant for the association to know then please also copy in info@whresidents.org

They also said you don’t have to give your name or address when you send them an email if you are concerned about reporting something anonymously so please do let them know about issues and do what you can to make our community as safe and crime free as possible.

The main forms of crime locally are car crime and theft from property and we are not alone in this situation which is affecting many areas across London.

They have provided some leaflets and we have other resources relating to other crimes that you can protect yourself from by reading below. They said if you wanted advice on how to secure your home or your car then you can email them and they can drop by to see you and let you know what you can do.

All these leaflets can be accessed via the “Crime” page on the website here as well

Protect your vehicle from theft leaflet

Little Booklet of Phone Scams

Little Book of Big Scams

You can also keep up to speed on crime prevention and other local crime related news by signing up to the Safer Neighbourhood newsletter, you can do this via www.owl.co.uk which is an online neighbourhood watch scheme.

Here is the November Safer Neighbourhoods Newsletter for Winchmore Hill which makes for interesting reading and has lots of crime prevention advice.


Proposed constituency boundary changes

Consultation on proposed changes to MPs constituency boundaries – 5th December deadline please don’t delay in feeding back on these proposals

There is a consultation about the proposals to change the constituency boundaries for M.Ps. If you put in your postcode on the Boundary Commission for England website https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/ you can see how the boundaries would be changed.

You can see below that they propose to move us in to Edmonton constituency that runs all the way to Chingford which we think is not the right change and it makes much more sense for the boundaries to remain as they are. This boundary change would add 10,000 people to the current number of people covered by Enfield Southgate constituency. The Enfield Southgate constituency would change to be Enfield Wood Green and stretch from the M25 in the north to Turnpike Lane in the south which doesn’t make sense either. Please feed back on these change to make sure these changes are not agreed.

There is a campaign to highlight these proposed changes with a poster that you can see here. Also Cllr. Maria Alexandrou has put together a very comprehensive list of reasons why this boundary change is not in Winchmore Hill’s best interests. Please take a look at this if you plan to object to help you provide reasons for your objections. You can see this document here.

 

 


Update on Dining on the Green Consultation

Many thanks to those who made it to the AGM. There were a number of issues to cover as you will have seen from the agenda but we want to bring your attention to some important developments as far as the pedestrianisation of the Green is concerned.

The scheme has been made permanent and we supported the scheme from the beginning but the scheme needs a number of changes. This was recognised by the council who have produced a couple of different sets of plans in the last 14 months since the changes were first talked about. They have agreed on a consultation on this process which unfortunately has taken 10 months to put in place. It is now underway and there is a consultation that runs until 30th November 2022. We would urge you to read our thoughts on these proposals before you respond to the consultation.

We also feel strongly that the Green deserves a more integrated approach and so we have a two stage plan, the first part is getting the changes proposed by Enfield adapted and agreed, the second part of the plan is to simultaneously work towards a more ambitious plan based on an inspiring set of designs created by our Planning representative Niki-Marie Jansson. Niki-Marie is a local architect who grew up in the area and now works on the Green. She has a passion for this type of public space project and has the vision and skills to make this pedestrianised area into something special for future generations.

She has put together some drawings and designs showing how effective some relatively small changes could be to create a more integrated, greener and attractive entrance and boundaries to the outdoor dining area.

These are the starting point for a discussion alongside the proposed changes by Enfield Council on how we can truly make this scheme feel permanent, practical and one that works with and enhances the beauty and the heritage of the Green. We plan to work with residents and the businesses on the Green to make sure that everyone is behind the vision set out in these plans. We can then move forward to investigate sources of funding.

First things first we need to make sure that the basic changes that are being consulted on are agreed and we feel they need to be slightly adapted from the current proposal. If you agree with our thoughts please reiterate these in your response to the consultation. Even if you don’t please respond to this consultation with your feedback.

Please read our thoughts on this proposal first and then to respond to the consultation please email traffic@enfield.gov.uk with the subject “Traffic Team” before the 30th November 2022. 

Please click here to see the pdf of the letter and the plan proposed by Enfield Council

Please click here to see a pdf of our response to the plans to be summitted to the consultation

Please click here to see the pdf with plans and drawings for further changes to the Green that we would like to develop