1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
FEBRUARY 2012 ISSUE
HADLEY WOOD NEWS
Graham Sharp. Letter from the Chairman.
The Localism Bill. Visions?
Barnet Market. Unstalled
Cat Hill. Developments.
Primary School pupils. Domestic duties Photos by John Leatherdale
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2. Letter from the clamped in the future, with a possible level, including individuals,
substantial fine payable to neighbourhoods, professionals and
Chairman release the wheel clamp. communities as well as local councils and
Just as we were beginning We have some positive other local institutions.
to believe that we had news at the Association, in Community rights
experienced one of the that the Football Club is New community rights will ensure that
mildest winters on record, enjoying a successful season, community organisations have a fair
the bitterly cold weather the Tennis Club members chance to bid to take over land and
and snow has made its seem to appear on the Courts buildings that are important to them.
presence known with a whatever the weather, the Every town, village or neighbourhood
vengeance. Why is this Graham Sharp Ballet School is loving its new has buildings that play a vital role in local
particularly relevant to the floor (the best it has had for the life. Using new community rights, local
Association? The answer is that the snow last 25 years!), the Playgroup is enjoying community and voluntary bodies, and
and ice have caused further deterioration the improved central heating, and there parish councils, will be able to identify land
of our Car Park. Despite the constant re- are not too many complaints from the and buildings that are important to them,
filling of potholes over the years the Bridge Club! We hope to see cricket such as a village shop, local pub,
surface has now become totally continuing on the Bartrams Lane playing community centre or library.
unsatisfactory. However help may be at field this summer, and we are delighted They can then nominate them for
hand. The Enfield Residents' Priority Fund that St. Martha's School is making as inclusion on a list of assets maintained by
has been set up during the current much use of that facility as possible. the local authority. If an asset on the list
financial year, with grants to be allocated Our wish list has yet again been comes up for sale, communities will be
to each of the Wards in Enfield. Through extended: our current priority is to upgrade able to trigger a pause for up to six
the good offices of our local Councillor from a ride-on mower to a tractor. We have months, in order to raise capital and bid to
Paul McCannah, we have applied for a to employ outside contractors to cut the purchase the asset before it goes on the
small share of this grant to repair our car fields, and our present equipment is really open market. This will help local
park and bring it up to an acceptable only suitable for a large garden. This communities keep much-loved sites in
standard. The Council decision-making means the management of our twenty two public use and part of local life.
committee on this project will give their acres is not carried out as efficiently as we Neighbourhood planning
verdict during the second half of this would like. I would be delighted to hear New rights will allow local communities to
month. We hope we are successful! Whilst from any kind benefactor who could help shape new development by coming
on the subject of the car park, I would like us to take the tractor off the wish list into together to prepare neighbourhood plans.
to remind all residents and visitors to reality. As it currently stands, the planning
Hadley Wood that the Association car park Graham Sharp. system doesn't give local communities
is only for the exclusive use of the Chairman. HWA enough influence over decisions that
Members of the Hadley Wood make a big difference to their lives. New
Association, the Primary School and for rights in the Localism Act will mean local
those who use the facilities at the Centre
The Localism Bill people can decide where new homes and
and surrounding grounds. The Localism Bill was given Royal Assent businesses should go and what they
IT IS NOT FOR COMMUTERS TO on 15 November 2011.This Bill will shift should look like
LEAVE THEIR CAR THERE ALL DAY!! power from central government Parish and town councils or, where they
Any regular offenders will find their car downwards and outwards to the lowest exist, neighbourhood forums will lead the
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3. Open Day for Weddings
and Banqueting
Sunday 26th February 11.30 am – 3.30 pm
West Lodge Park & its 35 acres of beautiful grounds are
open for you to visit and have a walk around. View our
wonderful four poster rooms. Our lovely banqueting suites
will be laid up for the function of your dreams. With free
entry & complimentary glass of sparkling wine, our team shops, or a new community hall or sports
will be on hand to give tips and advice and offer diary dates. facilities.
creation of neighbourhood plans, MOTHER’S DAY Q: What do I need to do to plan for the
supported by the local planning authority. Sunday 18th March powers?
Treat your Mother to Sunday Lunch at our Mary Beale
Once written the plan will be Restaurant. 3 course lunch with coffee, chocolates and a A: If you're interested in a community-led
surprise gift for mum. £42 per adult, children under 12
independently examined and put to a £22.00. Payable on booking. Be sure to book early!
development you should talk to your
referendum of local people for approval. Alternatively treat Mother to Afternoon Tea at West Lodge neighbours to get an idea about what sort
Neighbourhood plans will enable local Park. Enjoy a stroll around the stunning gardens and then of development the whole community
relax between 3.30pm and 6.00pm with Afternoon Tea.
people to ensure there are enough homes would want to see. You may also want to
in their area by providing planning talk to your local council, housing
permission for homes in community association or other community groups.
WEST LODGE PARK
ownership (particularly through the YO U R C O U N T RY R E T R E AT And you might find it useful to get advice
Community Right to Build). Town centre Cockfosters Road, Hadley Wood, Herts, EN4 0PY. from people who already have experience
T: 020 8216 3900 Email: wlpreception@bealeshotels.co.uk
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and regeneration through neighbourhood schemes.
planning - local people will have genuine The Government is planning to give
opportunities to influence the future of citizens more rights to decide what is built
where they live. Q: What is Community Right to Build? in their communities, including housing,
Community Right to Build A: We see Community Right to Build as a local shops and community facilities.
The Community Right to Build is a set of means by which like-minded people from Any successful proposal for the
proposals that would give local the local area come together with a shared Community Right to Build will need to be:
communities the power to decide what is vision of what they want to achieve in their from a community group such as a
built in their area. The new powers would community and how they can go about it. community interest company or a
mean that where developments for new New powers for these communities will community land trust, etc or
houses, community facilities or shops mean that community organisations would independently assessed to see whether
have the agreement of the local area be able to take forward new local the proposals meet specific key criteria;
through a 'community referendum', and developments without the need to go and be supported by more than half of the
meet a minimum criterion, communities through the normal planning application community that vote in a referendum.
will not need to go through the normal process, as long as the proposals meet You can access a “Plain English Guide
planning application process. certain criteria and there is community to the Localism Bill” via the following
This will give communities the freedom backing in a local referendum. http://www.communities.gov.uk/document
to decide how to meet the local priorities in Q: Who will be able to use the new s/localgovernment/pdf/1896534.pdf
their area, and allow new homes, shops, powers?
businesses or facilities to be built where A: Community Right to Build would be Barnet Market under
they want them. Communities would be able to be used throughout England - in new ownership and
able to decide the type of developments both rural and urban areas. We also
and housing they want to see, and the envisage that communities would be free management
benefits would be retained for the to use property developers, should they As readers will know the Barnet Market site
community - managed by a corporate wish to do so or enter into partnerships has been bought by UBS, the owners of
body formed by members of the local such as with a housing association to the Spires, and longstanding supporters
community. manage their homes. See the links below of the market. Following a recent meeting
Whilst it will be for communities to for examples of areas that have taken between Friends of Barnet Market and the
identify suitable land, sources of finance forward community-led schemes. new Market management we can report
and secure support for their proposals, Q: What developments could the that all is well. Strenuous efforts have been
there will be help and guidance in powers be used for? made and a lot of money already spent to
available, and advice from people who A: A wide range of plans could be make the site both safe and more
already have experience of community-led approved where a community agrees. For attractive. A new fence has been installed
schemes. example additional housing to meet the all along the back of the site, electricity has
demand of future generations, new shops been laid on, gas pipes made safe,
where communities want to offer low rent missing drain covers replaced and
Q& A deals to local convenience stores or farm rubbish cleared away. The dangerous
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close scrutiny. Indications are that it will be appointments
tackled next but no specification for "In year 5 we have been learning about
Please contact our reception
resurfacing has yet been drawn up. food. This has included details of nutrients
16 Crescent West, Hadley Wood,
We should remember that resurfacing and what makes a balanced meal as well
would be both a sizeable and expensive as stories of famous TV chefs. The Barnet, Herts, EN4 0EJ
job, so no quick decisions can be taken. children really enjoyed their visit to West Tel: 020 8441 0257
The Market would probably have to move Lodge. They were shown how the kitchen
off for a time to allow the work to take is run and they even had the opportunity on behind the scenes. I hope they
place. This will take a lot of organising if to make and decorate their own enjoyed the visit and I guess parents will
we are not to lose any days. biscuits. Thank you very much to all the be pleased if the bed making has rubbed
Please support the Market as much as staff at West Lodge who welcomed us so off!”
you can. With Spring around the corner warmly and contributed towards making Jane Manners
and new owners in place, for the first time this such a worthwhile experience for the 07971 262124
in many years there is a lot of optimism in children."
the air. I have been assured that our The children have also been set a
Market is safe. A soon as possible it will challenge by Head Chef Wayne Turner, to
Cat Hill developments
begiven the chance to grow in size. create a well balanced, nutritional menu The story so far. Following the closure of
Chris Smith once back in the classroom. The winning the Middlesex University campus at Cat
Friends of Barnet Market menu making group will be invited back to Hill, the site at the junction of Cat Hill and
the hotel to taste their creation as cooked Chase Side was bought by L&Q
Local children have by the top West Lodge Park culinary team. developers. Subsequently a plan was
lessons in submitted for demolition of the existing
Hotel Managing Director Andrew Beale buildings and redevelopment of the site.
housekeeping said : “It has been lovely to welcome the The plan provided for 272 residential units
Youngsters from Hadley Wood Junior school and show the children what goes involving 178 flats situated in 5 six storey
School had an introduction to good old blocks, 2 three storey blocks, one part 3
fashioned housekeeping this week part 4 storey block and 94 terraced
including how to lay the table and make a houses (2 and 3 storey). There has been
bed properly. The eleven year olds visited very strong opposition to the plan by local
their local four star hotel, West Lodge Park residents on the basis of: the poor and
on January 24th, where they spent time intrusive design of the buildings, a major
working with housekeeping, restaurant increase in local population without
and catering staff and even had a tour of provision for an increase in social services,
the wine cellar. No tasting allowed though! increased traffic, insufficient parking
Teacher Fabienne Burns said the provision, loss of trees and woodland,
children were very excited : flood risk and damage to wildlife.
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7. Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor
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Local resident Kim Coleman continues the
good order and I do not want to be
story.‘Until today we understood the blamed for other people’s mis-use of
decision regarding the demolition of the the area. Thank you
site would be taken, behind closed doors, Iris Ewen
on 12th February. Richard Laws, the chief
planning officer at Enfield Council has now
confirmed the decision will be made at the decision is taken. Therefore, I feel no
final planning decision, which we expect decision can be taken in early March,
to be on 6th March, although this is yet to except one which rejects the application.
be confirmed. At this stage I am quietly confident.
Natural England have written to Enfield However, if L&Q have new surveys done
stating the bat and great crested newt and resubmit their application we will be
surveys are inadequate and need to be back to square one. We have won a small
undertaken again. These cannot be done battle at the moment but not the war’.
until March/April after the planning Kim Coleman .Tel. 0208 447 5740
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bathrooms (all en suites), garage, garden approx, 200’, substantial grounds of about 1/2 of an acre. 6 bedrooms (6 en suites), 3 reception suites), 5 reception rooms, garage, rear garden.
gardens and grounds which is held by the local authority. rooms, kitchen/diner, utility room, garage and garden.
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The Hadley Wood Association
7 Crescent East Hadley Wood Herts EN4 0EL 8449 7193
hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com www.hadleywood.org.uk
Chairman Graham Sharp 020 8449 2133 sharpie14@btinternet.com
Editor Publisher Rod Armstrong 020 8449 5924
Advertising and Centre Manager Lisa Winston 020 8449 7193 hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com
Advertising Manager Betty Brough 020 8441 6859 bbr1934@aol.com
Hall Bookings Annie 07903 138 235 hallbookings.hwa@gmail.com
Security Task Force Membership Secretary/Admin Caroline Berlyn 020 8441 8020
HWA Membership Secretary Mrs Sue Finlay Tel. 0208 441 2595
Safe Neighbourhood Team Police Sergeant Peter Moxham 020 8721 2688 or 07920 233 775
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