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OBVNF.
OBVNF Meeting, 29th June
Forum Meeting 29 June
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OBVNF Forum Meeting, 20th April
Forum Meeting 20 April – working groups updated info
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OBVNF ‘Getting Around update.
Working group update
‘Getting Around’
The Forum’s ‘Getting Around’ working group met on 24 February with Simon Phillips, Team leader for our area in Transport Planning at Southwark, to consider how the Forum may be able to input on the evolving traffic planning for our area. In order that a wider audience can meaningfully participate in this process we requested a map showing forthcoming changes. We have now received the response below.
We will be announcing a further meeting to discuss traffic planning within the next couple of weeks
OBVNF meeting, Wednesday 24th February
Working group Meeting
‘Getting Around’
24 February Wednesday 6.30pm Globe House SE1 3JW
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The Forum’s ‘Getting Around’ working group meeting which focuses on traffic and noise related issues is holding its second meeting next Wednesday.
Simon Phillips, Team leader of Transport Planning at Southwark has agreed to attend the meeting to discuss current issues and future options for the local highway network.
Although this meeting is primarily for the benefit of people interested in traffic issues, all our meetings are of course open to anyone who wishes engage in the neighbourhood planning process.
OBVNF Open Meeting Wednesday 27th January
REMINDER
BVAG & Old Bermondsey Forum
Open Meeting
Wednesday 27 January 6.30pm Globe House SE1 3JW
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The Council’s consultation on the draft ‘New Southwark Plan preferred option’ is due to close on 12 February. This meeting will discuss representations to be submitted by BVAG and by OBVNF. In the context of the Forum’s current efforts to evolve policy more responsive to local interests it is important that we do everything possible to ensure that the Southwark Plan does not take shape to thwart our policy initiatives before they emerge. Needless to say, our followers will need to have read the parts of the Draft Plan in which they have an interest if we are to put forward considered responses. Anyone with suggestions but who cannot make the meeting is invited to send their comments by email reply to this mailout.
BVAG will focus on its established interest in conservation, heritage and architectural quality in the local context and consideration of how applicable current draft policy might be strengthened, improved or refined.
Also on the Agenda will be a review of the responses to the OBVNF our questionnaire and wider issues of policy proposals in the draft Plan will be considered by the Forum as a whole.
All our meetings are open to everyone.
OBVNF Meeting 16th December
Area Vision Meeting
and Christmas Drinks
16 December 6.30-8.30pm (meeting) Bermondsey Square Hotel, SE1 3UN
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Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Neighbourhood Forum is next Wednesday at Bermondsey Square Hotel (Abbey meeting room), 6.30pm. The meeting will include an update on the consultation process and the progress of the various working groups so far. Also, at the request of the Council’s liaison officer, we will aim to formulate a ‘Vision Statement’ as a brief summary of aspirations for our area over the next 10-15 years. The vision statement is intended to be published on the Council’s website alongside other existing area visions for eventual inclusion in the New Southwark Plan.
After the meeting we will be serving Christmas drinks and nibbles.
All our meetings are open to everyone.
Questionnaire
The distribution of our consultation questionnaire leaflet by Council’s delivery contractors has not run smooth, with many residents and businesses within our area reporting that they have not received them. The process has now been repeated by the Council, who had them re-delivered last weekend. It is again clear that coverage has not been complete but some who didn’t receive them first time around did on the second occasion.
It will be helpful if subscribers on our mailing list who live in our designated area (see map below) will please reply back to this email with a ‘yes/no’ to confirm receipt of the questionnaire leaflet.
OBVNF Meeting, Wednesday 18th November 6.30pm
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Update and Meeting
18 November 6.30pm Tabard Community Hall, Hankey Place SE1 4LR
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Questionnaire
The Council has today had its delivery contractors distribute our questionnaire to all addresses in our neighbourhood. This process has taken longer than we had hoped and thus the notice of our next meeting in the questionnaire is shorter than we had hoped.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Forum is next Wednesday in Tabard Community Hall (Hankey Hall) at 6.30pm. The meeting will update on the consultation process and the progress of the various working groups so far.
Update
As a quick update, the initial meeting of the ‘Heritage and Conservation’ working group was held on 21 October (minutes) with the identification of a set of provisional policies. The meeting was well attended with members of BVAG, BSAP, Team London Bridge and a representative from the Council, all contributing ideas for the neighbourhood plan. A further meeting will be called in a few weeks when there are expected to be a number of draft policies to discuss (and add to).
The ‘Open Spaces and Nature’ group had their first meeting on 11 November (minutes) and discussed their main areas of focus and agreed that more research on the Council’s Open space strategy (link) and current policy is needed to form a more proactive set of policies and give scope for further inclusion in future. A further meeting is therefore expected before Christmas. Details to follow.
Email from OBVNF: Next meeting 24th June 6.00pm.
Neighbourhood Forum agreement
Next meeting 24th June 6.00pm at Tabard community hall, Hankey Place SE1 4LR
“We are pleased to report that following Monday’s mediation Council officers have agreed to reverse their recommendation to the decision maker, Mark Williams, to refuse our application on behalf of OBVNF.
The mediation was attended by a representative from DCLG as well as the independent mediator. In this company and with the declared objective of both sides being to come to an agreement to permit Council recognition of OBVNF the process was very straight-forward: The Council set out their demands and – as we have in the past – we simply agreed to meet each and every one. The difference this time was that in a mediation each side is expected to put its cards on the table and to be bound by any agreement.
A copy of the mediation agreement is attached below. The key elements were focused on meeting the Council’s demands that OBVNF is genuinely open to all who wish to participate in the Neighbourhood planning process and that BVAG doesn’t have some kind of strangle-hold on the group. Of course, we say this has never been the case and meetings have always been open and welcoming to all. But as any reasonable demands in satisfaction of such a requirement are so easy to accommodate that is of course exactly what we did.
One key issue for the council officers was that our meetings are held at a ‘neutral venue’ so as not to deter those who are uncomfortable in Globe House. Although we are aware of no such category of would-be participants, to respect this demand we will be holding a meeting this Wednesday at Tabard community hall, Hankey Place SE1 4LR. The meeting will need to be half an hour earlier than usual because it has to be sandwiched between a martial arts class ending at 6.00pm and a Borough & Bankside Forum meeting that starts at 7.00pm. However, as the purpose of the meeting is to ratify the mediation agreement, following a briefing on its implications, and elect a new Chairman (another of the Council demands we were quite ready to accommodate) an hour should be enough. If it is not we will simply need to adjourn to another venue for whatever business remains.
Amy has put herself forward as a candidate to chair future meetings. If anyone else wishes to stand against her for election to the role please let us know as soon as possible so that we can take steps to publicise the election.
Apologies for the late (and short) notice but before it was possible to call a meeting we had to find and book a new venue.”
Email from BVAG : OBVNF Council propose formal mediation
“OBVNF
Council propose formal mediation
Just as we sent yesterday’s mailout highlighting the Councl’s dilemma over recognising OBVNF we received the letter below effectively acknowledging it.
They have proposed a formal mediation.
Also see my response below.
Next Wednesday’s meeting will need to discuss and formalise our position and also select a delegation for the mediation meeting. But in case we are able to organise it for earlier next week please call if you are interested in being part of the delegation; it should be a bit like Tsipras/Varoufakis -v- the Troika.”
Tabard Gardens North T&RA 