Issue - meetings
Petition - request to be consulted by group of Harlesden residents
Meeting: 11/10/2012 - Highways Committee (Item 7)
7 Petition - request to be consulted by group of Harlesden residents PDF 4 MB
This report informs the Committee of a petition objecting stating that areas of the Harlesden ward were not consulted on the proposed highway improvement scheme in Harlesden town centre. It seeks that those excluded are consulted on the proposals separately.
Decision:
(i) that the contents of the petition and the issues raised be noted;
(ii) that the consultation process undertaken be approved and that it be agreed that it met and exceeded the statutory consultation process.
Minutes:
Members received a report from the Head of Transportation which responded to a petition that some areas of the Harlesden ward were not consulted on the proposed highway improvement scheme in Harlesden town centre, and that those areas should be re-consulted.
Paul Chandler, Head of Transportation in outlining the extent of the consultation area stated that in addition to the normal letter drop, there was an extensive publicity on the scheme proposals for those that did not receive consultation packs. This included information on the radio, local press, Brent magazine, permanent exhibition in the local library, a staffed exhibition at the Salvation Army and information provided on lamp columns in the town centre. He continued that every effort was made to ensure that residents who lived outside of the town centre were made aware of the proposals and invited to comment on them.
In welcoming the report, Councillor Beswick noted that there was still an opportunity for residents to comment on the proposals for the scheme and suggested that consultation documents be dropped to the Unity Centre for static display. Councillor Powney enquired whether there was any further opportunity for residents to find out about the scheme proposals. Councillor Long expressed a view that the consultation did not always cover the entire Harlesden ward and suggested that residents be involved in determining the whole spectrum of consultation from the outset. The Head of Transportation undertook to send the consultation package to Cheryl Henry (speaker) to be distributed to the residents in the Church Road area and to the Unity Centre.
RESOLVED:
(i) that the contents of the petition and the issues raised be noted;
(ii) that the consultation process undertaken be approved and it be agreed that it met and exceeded the statutory consultation process.
Councillor Long asked that her dissent from the above decisions be recorded.