As you may know, Westminster Council has identified the Westbourne Green area as the location for a Masterplan, to look at improving local housing, community facilties, parks and businesses.
The plan is currently being worked on using ideas from consultation in the community and at an exhibition last summer. During February, there will be four focus groups to look further into some of the main issues raised by residents last year. They are:

Parks and open spaces
A meeting and walkabout the local area
Saturday 4th February 2012, 11am-12.30pm

Harrow Road
The environment, shops, traffic and other issues that affect the character of the ‘neighbourhood centre’
Tuesday 7th February, 6.30-8.30pm

Parking and garages
Considering the future for parking in the neighbourhood
Thursday 23rd February, 6.30-8.30pm

New homes
What new housing in the area should be like
Monday 27th February, 6.30-8.30pm

All groups will be held in the foyer of the Stowe Centre, and rea and coffee will be provided. Please attend as many as you like to let us know your views. If you cannoth attend but would still like to have a say, please contact the Westbourne Team on 0207 266 8220 or westbourne@pdt.org.uk, or drop into the Stowe Centre any week day.

As part of the Westbourne Green Masterplan consultation process, we at Westbourne Forum have been working with the University of East London to conduct some research.

We want to know what you think about your area – what is good or bad about it at the moment and what you think the priorities are.

Please help us by filling in this survey about where you live, it should only take about 10 minutes…https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PRLPDT

Your answers will be used as part of a research project by Place Research Lab at the University of East London to help communities plan for their needs.  Responses from each area will be published on line as a unique profile of each place. For more information see  www.placeresearchlab.org.uk

Thank you!!

The exhibition displaying some of the early ideas for changes in Westbourne has now opened. Children from the three local primary schools attended the opening. They showed off the models they have made with ideas for the area (including a wildlife area, a virtual games station, better play equipment and even a theme park!). They have also made anti-dog poo posters to discourage people using the park as a dog toilet. Well done and thank you to everyone that took part in these activities!

The exhibition is open at the Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, at the following times:

Friday 8th July 2.30-6.30pm

Saturday 9th July 10.00 – 1.00pm

Monday 11th July 2.30-6.30pm

Tuesday 12th July 2.30-6.30pm

Wednesday 13th July 2.30-6.30pm

Thursday 14th July 2.30-6.30pm

Friday 15th July 2.30-6.30pm

Please do come down and have a chat with us. There are lots of plans afoot for the area that might affect your home, your school, shops, and route to work.

No ideas are fixed yet so it is really important all residents come down and share their ideas! We hope to see you there.

Over the next few months Westminster Council will be producing a plan for possible physical improvements in Westbourne Green. This will look at what the area needs well into the future.

The plan will include housing, community facilities and open spaces, and how to improve the ‘neighbourhood centre’ along Harrow Road.

The council has appointed architects to come up with proposals. It has appointed Paddington Development Trust to get the views of local people. Westbourne Forum will be helping, making sure community views are fed back clearly to the architects and the council.

The plan will shape the future of Westbourne Green, providing it gets community support, council approval, and funding. So it’s important we get the best plan we can – for that we need your views.

You can comment online or by phone, by coming to see us at the Stowe Centre, or by coming to one of the meetings or events we will be organising between now and October.

For more information about the plan for Westbourne Green please phone 020 7266 8221, email westbourne@pdt.org.uk or visit www.westminster.gov.uk/westbournegreen.