Issue - meetings

This report illustrates planned improvements and proposes recommendations to begin the practical actions required to improve the town centre experience, whilst also highlighting the opportunities for longer term and more significant investment to transform town centres into successful places for our residents, businesses and visitors to the borough.

RESOLVED:

11.1 Cabinet agreed to progress the detailed development and implementation of the draft action and investment plans for the nine town centres.

11.2 Cabinet agreed to prioritise nine town centres where council and external investment can be focussed to generate greater impact upon the council’s priorities (see Action and Investment Plans, Appendix 1 to the Cabinet report), including Wembley High Road, Ealing Road, Harlesden, Willesden, Neasden, Church End, Kilburn High Road, Colindale/ The Hyde, and Burnt Oak.

11.3 Cabinet agreed to prioritise six of these for additional town centre management resource, responding to levels of need identified (such as street-scene and anti-social behaviour, identified in Appendix 1 to the Cabinet report), including Wembley High Road, Ealing Rd, Harlesden, Willesden, Neasden and Church End.

Councillor Shama Tatler, Cabinet Member for Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills, introduced the report outlining the planned improvements and recommendations to begin the practical actions required to improve the town centre experience, whilst also highlighting the opportunities for longer term and more significant investment to transform town centres into successful places for our residents, businesses and visitors to the borough.

Councillors Hirani, McLenann and Miller spoke in support of the proposals.

RESOLVED:

11.1    Cabinet agreed to progress the detailed development and implementation of the draft action and investment plans for the nine town centres.

11.2    Cabinet agreed to prioritise nine town centres where council and external investment can be focussed to generate greater impact upon the council’s priorities (see Action and Investment Plans, Appendix 1 to the Cabinet report), including Wembley High Road, Ealing Road, Harlesden, Willesden, Neasden, Church End, Kilburn High Road, Colindale/ The Hyde, and Burnt Oak.

11.3    Cabinet agreed to prioritise six of these for additional town centre management resource, responding to levels of need identified (such as street-scene and anti-social behaviour, identified in Appendix 1 to the Cabinet report), including Wembley High Road, Ealing Rd, Harlesden, Willesden, Neasden and Church End.