The Winchmore Hill Ward Forum is happening on Friday 25nd November 2022 at 7pm at the Friends’ Meeting House on Church Hill.
More details can be found here including previous minutes.
https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=685
It seems the agenda for November’s meeting is not currently available but perhaps check again nearer the time.
After making the closure of the slip road permanent in January there was talk of a consultation on the next phase of changes to this scheme which are long overdue to resolve many issues that have plagued this scheme since its hurried implementation during the lockdown. Plans were produced which have seen some changes over the last eight months. The consultation on these plans which was pushed for by Councillor Maria Alexandrou for which we are very grateful, was first mentioned in February and due to reasons known (elections) and many reasons unknown has not materialised until now.
The WHRA will be sharing their feedback and ideas for potential additions and changes to these plans shortly which we will share with you before the AGM but here is the link to the letter which includes the plans that has been delivered to the shops and local residents near the Green.
This consultation is of course open to anyone who has an interest in making sure this important and historic part of our community is given the respect it deserves while allowing this very popular place for people to eat and drink to continue and flourish.
Please do not to feedback on this consultation which runs until 30th November until we have outlined our thoughts in an email shortly. We hope that if you agree with us there will be enough voices asking for the same thing to make sure that the council implements this having truly taken into account the very best solutions to the issues that have been identified.
We have discussed and outlined the local plan and what it means for the borough and more specifically to us in Winchmore Hill. The plan has met a great deal of resistance and opposition especially to the idea that large chunks of Green Belt could be used for development. There is a campaign group that is trying to get at least 3124 online responses via Enfield’s own petition pages in order to force the council to consider their petition and a debate on this issue. The deadline is 31st July 2022. Here is a link to the petition: https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?Id=256
Here is a link to a poster from this group so you can understand more about the issue and their aims. Please share this information with all local friends and family, the plan could have a lasting impact on this borough for generations to come and there are elements to it that need further consideration.
The Winchmore Hill Ward Forum took place on Friday 1st July at the Friends Meeting House at the top of Church Hill. We apologise that we hadn’t promoted this meeting widely as we should. We will let you know about the next one as soon as a date is arranged.
Here is the agenda and here are the minutes (they will open up in pdf format in a new window). The crime figures for the last two months and a year on year comparison were also shared. You can see this document here.
There wasn’t a member of the WHRA committee in attendance but as you will see from the minutes the focus was on the Grovelands Forest School Nursery and there were a number of other matters raised by some of the 20 or so people who attended.