29,000 signature petition against 29,000 new car journeys per day
A petition has been started by residents’ associations, environmentalists, cyclists and other local groups in Camden, Brent and Barnet. It requests the Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities to ‘call in’ the Brent Cross Cricklewood development before it goes to Barnet Planning Committee, who are otherwise sure to wave it through in its current form.
According to campaigners:
The Brent Cross Cricklewood development is going to bring 29,000 extra car journeys per day* to our area – that’s 10 million per year.
In an e-mail message circulated to supporters, they say:
- The plans are for 7,500 new homes and 27,000 new jobs. Regeneration is welcome if done sustainably. Barnet Council will benefit financially from the new development, but the surrounding areas will pay the price in terms of traffic, noise, pollution, gridlock, an incinerator and a waste dump. Brent and Camden councils have both voted to reject the scheme in its current form, but despite being designated as a Regional Development, Barnet will vote to pass the plans in June.
- This area badly needs regeneration but there are elements of the plan that have significant impacts outside the Borough of Barnet: in particular 29,000 extra cars per day on the road, and the impact on local shopping and communities. A North West London Light Railway would mitigate some of these effects.
- We do not believe that Barnet Council has fully considered the proposals that in many instances do not contain sufficient detail for the Council to make an informed decision. However, there is a mechanism for Hazel Blears the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to ‘call in’ the plans for her consideration, thus taking the decision away from Barnet and triggering a public enquiry.
If you would like to see the Brent Cross Cricklewood plans be called in for scrutiny please:
1. SIGN – show that there is local opposition by signing this petition at http://www.petition.co.uk/campaign_for_a_sustainable_brent_cross_cricklewood_development , it takes 2 minutes, but do say which area you live in even though it’s not mandatory.
2. PASS IT ON – if you believe in local democracy, then please pass this email on to all your friends and neighbours in London…..we are aiming for 29,000 signatures
3. WRITE direct to Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and to Margaret Beckett MP, Minister for Planning asking for it to be called in. Contact them at hazel.blears@communities.gsi.gov.uk and margaret.beckett@communities.gsi.gov.uk respectively.
Copy to martha.mingay@london.gov.uk and BXCapplication@barnet.gov.uk
If you would like to copy and paste an example letter to personalise go to www.brentfoe.com, or simply forward parts of this email, adding your own views.
- There are many unsustainable aspects to these plans: transport , high-rise, density, environment, pollution, waste processing, recycling, incinerator, CO2, lack of renewable energy options such as solar panels, cycling provision, social inclusion, impact on local communities etc.
For more information go to
*www.barnet.gov.uk/developmentframeworkchapter_5.pdf
www.bettertransport.org.uk/london_local_group to see plans for the brilliant North West London Light Railway
www.brentfoe.com to see our submission to Barnet planners and more about our campaign on this issue
www.brentcrosscricklewood.com the developer’s website
Now please log on to the petition at http://www.petition.co.uk/campaign_for_a_sustainable_brent_cross_cricklewood_development and forward this to all your friends.
Many thanks for your support. Together we can make a difference!
Brent Cross Cricklewood Campaign Team at Brent Friends of the Earth