Set the agenda for the next 15 years

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Waltham Forest Council are seeking your views on how it should “plan for, and manage change and development over the next 15 years“.  You have until the 1st of September at 5pm to submit your opinion on basically everything!! Land use, physical development, transport, environment, education, housing, employment, leisure, social and community facitlities, health and shopping etc, etc, etc.

After the 1st prepare for the council to respond to any complaints with the answer  “well we consulted about the next 15 years and no one mentioned this“. In short this might just be important so give it a go if you have opinions on the next 15 years, or have a particular campaign in mind, such as tower blocks, dog tracks, cinema’s, art centres or museums.

Save Our Stow put together this handy guide to help but phone WF on 020 8496 6775/6777/6774/6773 if you’re stuck

1. Go to this page: http://walthamforest-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal
2. Register as a private individual with your name and email address. You’ll get a confirmation email which will allow you to log in.
3. Look at the bottom of the page for the document marked ‘Core Strategy Issues and Options’
4. Click on the link marked ‘Core Strategy Issues and Options’ and then click ‘Read Document’
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘Next’
6. The document outlines the options facing the borough for the future and gives you points to ‘Add Comments’ throughout.
7. When you get to a page which is pink and blue, click ‘Add Comments’ – below the comments box is a summary of the options and issues and a summary of some options.
8. Please fill in the comments part of the form with anything you feel relevant. Select options A,B,C or D etc where you feel they are appropriate. You can select more than one at a time.
9. You can make comments and select options in Chapters 3 to 11.
10. When you finish writing each comments for each section, press ‘Submit’.

The document takes about half an hour to an hour to fill in but you can always fill in whats most important to you first and then return to it.

The following points may be of relevance:
Issue 3.1 – A locally distinctive borough
Issue 3.5 – Flood risk
Issue 5.1 – Sustainable Economic Development (Walthamstow Dogs is one of the biggest employers in the borough)
Issue 8.4 – Access to social and community facilities