Following consideration of responses, both Brent and Camden Councils approved the application to re-designate the Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum.
This means the Kilburn Neighbourhood Forum will be able to continue the preparation of a neighbourhood plan in their area.
South Kilburn is not included in the Forum.
Consultation responses can be found HERE
I objected : Do not support given its coverage. Kilburn is a town not a neighbourhood. Should include South Kilburn due to its population and sensitive areas of open space. Should be a Kilburn Town Council.
ReplyDeleteBrent response was: The term 'neighbourhood forum' is set in legislation to mean an organisation or group empowered to lead the neighbourhood planning process in a neighbourhood area where there is no town or parish council. It does not change the status of an urban area. This consultation focuses on if the neighbourhood forum is appropriate for re-designation. Whilst neighbourhood forums expire after 5 years neighbourhood areas do not, and the forum have not sought to amend the neighbourhood area boundary. As such, this is outside the scope of this consultation. The neighbourhood area was designated in 2016. The boundary covered by the Forum is considered to be consistent with their aims and objectives. It is not necessary for it to be amended. Note no reason is given as to why the forum are not appropriate to represent the area proposed, and their designation would not preclude the proposal to develop a Kilburn Town Council.
Further notes
How glacial pace NF's are, I know the Maida Hill one as well. They would both give the term 'talking shop' a bad name, whereas for developer led land greed it's always fast action and yes who cares anyway?
'Kilburn Conservation' in 2016 decided to remove 'Kilburn Growth' from its plan area and that is rubber stamped for another 5 years now. South Kilburn TBZ has no forum and is instead developer led (developer dead? developer lead?).
Not appropriate because most of Brent Kilburns population is being KNP excluded, with Brent Kilburns only park sized park and other key non KNP map social infrastructure remaining being thrown to the developer led wolves as surplus brownfield land.
Brent's Kilburn Growth Area Tall Building Zone- south of the mainline electrified railway is citizens of nowhere, brownfield surplus, "we can do whatever we want," high tax, no public services Kilburn, and therefore brutal Neighbourhood Plan total excluded.
ReplyDeleteBut why is super wealthy City of Westminster's Kilburn also being Kilburn Neighbourhood Plan excluded? Is that for delusional Kilburn as 'village' continuity instead, with village social infrastructure funding levels to match- the major town denial political consensus ongoing in Kilburn for decades?
Westminster Kilburn has cathedral-like grade 1 listed St Augustine's church (the tallest spire in all London), St Augustine's giant education campus (all school years) with sports hall- it IS Kilburn. While Westminster social rent housing clearances starting on Carlton hillside, will flood threaten the new Brent Westbourne Riverside housing enclosures down below in Brent Kilburn? With the Environment Agency in rivers environment total denial mode, a forum of Kilburn local regeneration consumers is urgently needed before 'Big Venice' becomes the irreversible reality for this part of London.
Kilburn has multiple serious issues for Brent, Camden and City of Westminster and agencies to be held to public account regarding. A Kilburn Town Council is needed.