• Give our community a voice,
• protect our environment
• improve the lives of the people who live here.

To support the creation of the Community Council the law requires that we need at least 980 valid signatures from people on the electoral register. The petition can be downloaded here.

Here’s some simple guidance for you to collect names.

1. Every person signing must be over 18 and on the electoral register in the boundary indicated by the map. Most adult residents will be on the electoral register so get them to sign. We can check later.
2. Each elector can sign as many petition forms as they want but we will check duplicates as only one signature is valid.
3. The petition must be accompanied by the map, visible to the elector.
4. The electoral number can be ignored, this will be filled in at a later stage.

The petitions should be returned to 39 Bocking Street, E8 3GL where the electoral number will be added. Call Andrew on 07778 059 290 if you need any further guidance.

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The changes are:

• Include Goldsmiths Row and Whiston Road down to the Borough boundary as it is so close to Broadway Market and may be left out of any parishing arrangement in Haggerston.
• Redraw the north west boundary to allow for the creation of a parish which identifies more with Dalston using the spatial analysis work undertaken by Guy Westbrook.
• Bring the north east boundary back from Hackney Town centre to the railway line.

The area has (approximately) 9,373 electors, 5,217 properties and would raise £43,301 from a £10 precept.

We will now be consulting on this proposal with tenants and residents groups with the aim of raising the petition in the new year.

Please send comments or suggestions to proposal2@londonfieldscouncil.org.uk

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The area has an electorate of 11,716 and 6,482 rateable properties which would produce (approx) £53,800 for a £10 precept.
To comment on the proposed area please email proposal@londonfieldscouncil.org.uk or put your thoughts  below. Please mention the street you live in when commenting (all comments are moderated.)

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The meeting will be on the 23rd October at the Regents Community Hall on Brougham Road (Opposite the Pensioners’ Hall) at 7.00 pm until 8.30pm.

Here is what the meeting needs to decide:

1. Elect a Chairperson & Secretary

2. Apologies for absence
I know that some can’t attend on this date but are interested in being involved. Please let me know. I’d be grateful if you could let me know if you would like to be removed from the distribution list.

3. Decide a name
The London Fields Community Council Campaign?
You may have a better suggestion. If you have suggestions but can’t attend, please let me know. I’ll put all suggestions to the steering group.

4. The boundary
The legislation requires there to be a map attached to the petition showing the area of the proposed Council.
I have attached some options to give you an idea of the populations of possible areas which show the population and the likely income from a precept of £10.
Big means more resources but less local – small means more local but less resources. This is the difficult bit!
Once again,if you have suggestions but can’t attend let me know your views so they can be put to the committee. If you have your own idea for a map, email me and I’ll work out the population for you.

5. Preparing the petition
The petition needs to have an exact wording and the map needs to be printed with it. This needs to be signed by at least 10% of the electorate in the area to be parished.

6. Presentation to the Council
The meeting should decide when it wants to present the petition to the Council. The Borough Council (Hackney) have up to one year to respond.

7. Date of next meeting
It’s always difficult to get a meeting time that is suitable for everyone. Day time or weekend meetings could be considered.

Helpful links:

http://www.cpalc.org.uk/

http://www.nalc.gov.uk/

http://www.queensparkforum.org/blog.php/2012/05/its-a-yes-from-queens-park/

http://www.westendextra.com/news/2012/may/self-governance-campaigners-delight-queens-park-votes-community-council

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/30/queens-park-parish-politics-democratic-revival

Please do contact me if you have any questions about the parishing process, the powers of a parish or the legislation that relates to them.
Andrew

andrew@creju.com
07778 059 290

1. Welcome
2. Challenges for the London Fields area.

Why shouldn’t we just leave things the way they are?

3. What is a community council?

Representatives from the National Association of Local Councils will explain why Community Councils are so popular and how they are set up.

4. Neighbourhood planning: Chatsworth Road leads, should we follow?

Euan Mills – Urban planner – explains the process that is under way in Chatsworth Road. Is it a model for London Fields?

5. How can it strenghten our community?

Matt McStravick from the Timber Wharf Time Bank

6. Where is out neighbourhood?

Is the proposed boundary right?

7. Action points.