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Groundwork on behalf of Havering Council are putting together an urban design strategy to help secure additional sources of finance for improvements to the Upminster, Collier Row and Elm Park town centre areas
There is already £423,000 from Transport for London (TfL) for improvements to Upminster Town Centre over the next 3 years and this is forming the focus of the ongoing Upminster consultation work.
Street based interviews with a mix of users of the town centre have been completed as part of an initial phase of consultation in each town centre. The interviews were based on a simple questionnaire that detailed the previously voiced concerns of local people. Local issues of concern were derived from research that reviewed previous consultation documents, minutes of community and resident group meetings and conversations with key individuals. The objective was to take an initial snapshot of concerns that have been raised numerous times in numerous forums, and begin to formulate evidence of which are actually priorities for users of the town centre.
The series of workshops that have subsequently been held aimed to enable representatives from the community to work through key priorities for the town centres in small bite sized chunks and in a logical manner. Participants were able to prioritise projects, set realistic and focused objectives and highlight potential constraints to the project team. The workshop content compliments the street based consultation work that was undertaken. Feedback forms for Upminster, Collier Row and Elm Park (used in the street consultation work) have been and can still be used by interested parties that have not yet done so to express their views to the Groundwork team on the consultation topics being discussed.
Continuing its programme of community consultation in Havering town centres, Groundwork East London is producing three exhibitions in Upminster, Elm Park and Collier Row on how the centres can be improved. The exhibitions will be displayed for a week in May in each of the respective town centre libraries. The library exhibition dates are as follows: Upminster Library - 8 May to 13 May, Collier Row Library - 15 May to 20 May Elm Park Library - 28 May to 2 June.
Click here to see our publicity for consultation event in Upminster.
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