The Brentford High Street Steering group Link: /projects/brentfordhighstreet/community-planning Link: ../community-planning has established a number of sub-groups to take forward work on specific aspects of the area's regeneration. After a series of workshops in March the sub-groups will report back on their findings in late April/early May 2007. If you would like to get involved in a sub-group's work please contact the group lead directly.

Brentford Area Action Plan - May 2007

Environmental sustainability, arts, culture and leisure sub-group

Group lead(s): Andrew Dakers andrew.dakers@blueyonder.co.ukand Jan Lennox jan@watermans.org.uk

Community workshop: Sunday 4th March 2007 – Environmental sustainability 10-2pm & Arts, Culture and Leisure 2.30-5pm, Watermans Arts Centre

Resources...

Overview

• ((Brentford High Street - Environmental Sustainability Overview - 4 March 2007)) - Andrew Dakers

• Hounslow Council Sustainable Development Checklist

• Sustainable Construction - practical guidance for planners and developers

• BREEAM EcoHomes
• DCLG Code for Sustainable Homes - Dec 2006
• Planning policies for sustainable building- 2006 Local Government Association report
• Sustainable refurbishment of Victorian housing - guidance, assessment method and case studies - £42 PDF download (!)
• Case study 1: Sustainability Action Plan New England Quarter Brighton (Crest Nicholson / BioRegional Quintain)
• Case study 2: Swift bricks
• Case study 3: Kinsale 2021 An energy decent action plan(part of the Transition Towns initiative)
• News: Stamp duty cut on Zero carbon homes (see bottom of page)

Energy

• Energy Presentation Briefing (Powerpoint presentation)
• What are we waiting for? (Greenpeace video)
• Decentralised energy - the energy revolution (Greenpeace presentation)
• Decentralising Power: An Energy Revolution For The 21st Century (Greenpeace report)
• Case study 1: Energy services companies (ESCOs) - Funding and managing renewables
• Case study 2: TV Energy - Mastering the Merton Rule - Renewable Energy Technology Options - Technology options continued

Water

• ((Brentford, Flooding and Sustainable Drainage - Adam Glass - 4 March 2007))
• Water & Biodiversity Briefing (Powerpoint presentation)
• Interim Code of Practice for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)

Materials and waste

• ((Reclaiming Brentford High Street - Jonathan Essex - 4 March 2007))
• Materials and Waste Briefing (Powerpoint presentation)
• Sustainable Construction Materials - Lambeth Housing

Leisure, arts and culture

• Arts in Town Centres - August 2006 - Report by Arts & Business, the Arts Council and Association of Town Centre Managers
• CAMRA Public House Viability Test

Historical context sub-group

Group lead(s): Nigel Moorenigelmoore@mynow.co.uk

Community workshop (including site visit): Sunday 11th March – 10-12pm Site tour & 12-5pm Workshop, Brentford Dock Residents Room, Justin Close

Resources...

• An introduction to the area's history Link: /projects/brentfordhighstreet/history-of-the-town Link: ../history-of-the-town
• ((Research on Waterside area at Brentford)) - Susie Barie - English Heritage (2000)
• ((Proposed Conservation Area Supporting Statement)) - English Heritage (Nov 2000)
• ((Conservation area appraisal report - 19 January 2006)) (pgs. 55-60)
• ((Historical context survey))
• The value of Heritage - Kim Wilkie
• ((Part 1 - Historical context workshop - Local industries and maps through the centuries)) - Nigel Moore - 11 March 2007 (9 mb)
• ((Part 2 - Historical context workshop - Different development approaches to historical assets)) - Nigel Moore - 11 March 2007 (2 mb)
• ((Part 3 - Historical context workshop - Review buildings and yards)) - Nigel Moore - 11 March 2007 (13 mb)
• ((Recipe - Brentford Rolls))

Local economy sub-group

Group lead(s): Rory Hendrikz brentford@classiceyes.co.uk

Community workshop: Thur 1st March, 6.30-9.30pm – St Pauls Church, St Pauls Rd

Resources...

• The Money Trail: Measuring your impact on the local economy using LM3- New Economics Foundation
• Plugging the Leaks- New Economics Foundation
• Strategy for the Protection of Boatyards for British Waterways London Region - Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
• How to...Manage Town Centres
• ((Local business survey))
• Shop - New retail space for London -- Catalogue of exhibition at New London Architecture, The Building Centre (3 May - 23 June 2007)
• Case study 1: New Brunswick Development Corporation
• Case study 2: Farmers City Market, Hampton Hill

Marketing and image sub-group

Group lead(s): Julia Quilliam julia@quilliam.co.ukand Matt Harmer mattharmer@aol.com

Community workshop: Sun 4th March – 2.30-4.30pm, Watermans Arts Centre

Resources...

• Manual for Small Downtowns (pg 42-46)
• Towards a Typology of Marketing Town Centre Management Schemes through the use of KPIs, Sophie Hogg, Dominic Medway and Gary Warnaby, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (July 2001)
• Case study 1: Becoming West Edge (Main Street News)
• Case study 2: Surbiton Reward cards scheme
• Case study 3: Huntingdon Town Centre Partnership Marketing
• Case study 4: Mansfield Town Centre Partnership Marketing
• Case study 5: Wedge Card - Loyalty card links charities and local business
• Case study 6: Thames Path Map - Brentford section

High street design and liveability sub-group

Group lead(s): Chris Richards sch.richards@virgin.netand Denis Browne browne_partnership@hotmail.com

Community workshop: Sat 24th March 2007 - 10-5pm, Brentford Free Church, Boston Manor Rd

Resources...

• ((Urban Design Brief)) - 1998
• Kim Wilkie ((High Street study)) for English Heritage - 2000 (high res version)
• ((Planning officers report)) - 2000
• ((Grand Union Canal and Boston Manor conservation area)) - Established April 2001
• ((BHS Urban design brief and BAAP - Lesley Underwood - 24 March 2007))
• ((English Heritage and Kim Wilkie Associates studies on BHS - Paul Velluet - 24 March 2007))
• ((BHS - Urban design and liveability - 24 March 2007 - Part 1))
• ((BHS - Urban design and liveability - 24 March 2007 - Part 2))
• ((BHS - Urban design and liveability - 24 March 2007 - Part 3))
• ((Urban design - Look and feel of the street scene)) - Online discussion paper - 31 March 2007
• ((Brentford High Street - More ideas from elsewhere - 13 April 2007))
• Manual for Streets (UK gov't)
• Great Streets(US resource)
• Street Design Basics, Transportation and Growth Management Program, Oregon USA
• Future search
• Modelling
• Virtual 3D Modelling...

Case study: Designing public space on your desktop - Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council

Tools: Google Earth / Google SketchUp/ Google 3D Warehouse

Google example 1: Middlesborough Town Centre

Google example 2: Stoke on Trent Town Centre

Children and young people sub-group

Group lead(s): Luke Kirton luke.kirton@blueyonder.co.uk

Young peoples conference - By invitation only - Mon 26th March, Holiday Inn

Final report: ((Creating a community vision - 26 March 2007))

Resources...

• ((Brentford High Street - Creating a Community Vision Conference - 26 March 2007))
• ((Urban design and liveability workshop at Young Peoples conference - 26 March 2007))
• ((BHS - Environmental sustainability at Young Peoples conference)) - 26 March 2007

Older people

A workshop looking at the needs of older people in Brentford was hosted by Age Concern Hounslow at Alexandra House on Wed 21 March from 10.30am-12.30pm

Resources...

• ((Older peoples workshop - 21 March 2007))
• The vital role of street design and management in reducing barriers to older peoples' mobility, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 35, Issues 2-3, August 1996, Pages 181-192, Irvine Lavery, Shannon Davey, Alan Woodside and Ken Ewart ($36 to purchase and download)

If you have suggestions for other tools, resources or whole processes we should be looking at please contact the theme lead or email Andrew Dakers: andrew.dakers@blueyonder.co.uk