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Mini-Holland Approach to engagement and consultation Waltham Forest Mini Holland
Mini-Holland
Approach to engagement and consultation
Waltham Forest Mini Holland
Waltham Forest Mini Holland What is Mini-Holland?
London is embarking on a cycling
revolution…
Mayor of London’s Vision for Cycling
(£900m programme)
3 outer London Boroughs selected:
(LB Enfield, LB Kingston, LB Waltham
Forest)
LB Waltham Forest awarded £27m Mini
Holland funding
Development and delivery of programme
2014-17
Waltham Forest Mini Holland Key Projects
Lea Bridge Road – A Street for
Everyone
Walthamstow Town Centre &
Villages
Town Centres
A Network of Excellent Cycle
Routes
Complementary Measures
Cycle Hubs
Waltham Forest has 266,000 residents
The population of the borough is diverse
The Mini Holland proposals will impact on
most and we want to know how people want
to get involved
The differing nature of proposals require
different engagement approaches
Many proposals include major change to local
road network and key places including
residential streets
Engaging the borough
We want to ‘villagise’ the residential areas around
Walthamstow and other town centres, and using
Woonerf principles create:
Distinct urban villages with their own identities
that are great places to walk and cycle
Quiet green areas free of through traffic
New public spaces
Direct access into the town centre
Multiple points of entry to our network of cycle
routes
Cycle parking- hubs, stands and residential
lockers
The Villages and Town CentresMarkhouse Village – Blackhorse Village – Walthamstow Town Centre
An area with 4178 residents and 30-40
businesses
Predominantly Victorian terrace housing and
shopping streets
Area with historic traffic management issues
Conservation area with strong resident and
community groups
Located next to Walthamstow Town Centre
and Walthamstow Central Station
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
The Walthamstow Village Pilot Area
A live consultation document
Closed main rat runs and introduced
temporary features to imitate potential
permanent changes
Introduced traffic counting equipment at key
locations
Used items found in Highways depot (with
some additions)
Drop in centre on street manned 2-7pm on
weekdays and 8am-8pm at weekends
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
Some closures manned during daylight hours
People able to experience how it could be
Cycle training sessions held (over 100 local
residents took part)
Dr Bike sessions
Play streets
240 children trained in pedestrian skills
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
Significant public interest
Press/media coverage
People visited the area
Other people annoyed they couldn’t drive
through the area anymore
We got lots of feedback- conducted face to
face interviews and knocked on 4,000 doors
(1856 conducted survey),
Received and responded to 700 emails
Petitions for and against
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
Data analysis, emails and enquiries
Design workshops, meetings and walkabouts
with businesses and residents
Engagement with key stakeholders
In house team worked with architects to
develop final outline proposals
Many proposals were skeletal with
opportunity for co-design post sign off
Additional proposals suggested by attendees
at events included in proposals
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
Consultation documents sent to 4500
properties
Indication that further opportunities to be
involved
Drop in sessions held for residents and
businesses
Received 735 (18%) responses
Additional 300+ emails (total of 1089)
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
When results were analysed majority in favour
of proposals
Consultation results were presented to Cabinet
on 10th Feb 2015 and approved to proceed
Works completion Summer 2015
The Walthamstow Village Pilot
Public involvement in design development
vital to project success
Co-design is a central theme
Important that community feel ownership and
empowerment
Knowledge is power that needs to be shared
Pilots or trials not feasible in entire project
area- how can we replicate level of
involvement and understanding
Our solution has been to develop a
engagement approach including both on-line
and off-line stages
Engagement process
We have used commonplace for all perception
surveys
It is also being used in conjunction with project
website as the engagement platform for Lea
Bridge Road
Mini-Holland and Commomplace
It enables us to tell the entire project story
Able to run multiple engagement/consultations
at different stages at any one time
We can provide much more detail and
background for respondents
Mini-Holland and Commonplace
Mini-Holland and Commonplace
It allows people to give their views from
general statements to detailed comments
Graphics and drawings mean respondents
can be see proposals interactively
They can also see what other people think
They can add more comments/details
Outcomes
The largest and most comprehensive
engagement exercise undertaken by the
Council
Over 2151 comments received via
perception surveys from 2561 people (so
far!)
Thousands of consultation responses,
emails
Support for schemes that is evident from
initial ideas generation to implementation
Proposals that the local community want
An open, transparent and accessible
approach
