Conclusion, Monitoring and Funding

Conclusions

This alternative AAP has presented a series of policies to ensure the healthy and viable development of Colindale and Burnt Oak over an 11-year period, from 2020-2031.

Aspirations for vibrant community centres, a tangible and welcoming local character, sustainable design and practices, and diversity of activities and communities will be achieved through the proposed policies.

A mix of guidance, incentive and control policy tools have been employed to offer a cohesive yet comprehensive development framework that both accommodates a large population increase and caters for existing communities.

The decision to include Burnt Oak into the AAP boundary is founded in the thinking that connecting the two neighbourhoods, rather than creating divisions between the two is a more sustainable way of urban planning. As a means for sharing resources, opportunities and development pressures between the two areas, connecting Colindale and Burnt Oak as development partners ensures a higher standard of living across the two in the future. Moreover, this document’s focus on ecological flows as connectors rather than harsh boundaries serves to create links between the two areas.

All policies presented under the sections Green Policies, Neighbourhood Centres and High Streets, Connections and Movement, and Housing and Character, aim to maximise a feeling of coherence across the AAP boundary by focusing development on existing and enhanced green and blue areas, existing and enhanced commercial and community hubs, increasing connections and legibility, and creating an exciting but grounded local character. Where possible, examples of successful development in accordance with these goals in Burnt Oak have been translated into policy for Colindale. As such, Burnt Oak has acted as a host in the design of Colindale’s local character.

This AAP has aimed to present innovative but realistic policies that achieve truly sustainable social, economic and environmental development in Colindale and Burnt Oak. The document has employed different policy tools as required to ensure a balance between variation and creativity in urban design and coherence and compliance in safeguarding a greener future for all.

These policies will make Colindale and Burnt Oak a pleasant place to live, work and be for both existing and future communities and maintain and enhance its social, cultural, economic and environmental assets for the future.

Monitoring

Proper review and monitoring processes are an integral part of this AAP to gauge the success of policies and adjust them as appropriate in order to achieve the presented vision for Colindale and Burnt Oak. Monitoring should take the form of formal reports upon the completion of each phase and regular meetings between stakeholders (including community groups) in order for official feedback and complaints to be formerly heard. End of phase reports should include any unexpected difficulties encountered during the phase and make recommendations for the following phase to consider. A final report upon completion of the last phase should be the first to consider in full the impact of policies on areas including public health, transport habits, local energy efficiency, air quality, economic vitality, public welfare, public wellbeing, and social housing among other areas. Further reports should be conducted once every 5 years to monitor the long-term success of the AAP policies.

Funding

Funding the policies presented in this AAP is possible through a combination of public and private funding through various channels. Moreover, as many policies will be achieved through residential development, private developers and housing associations are required to contribute funding to wider policies objectives.

Potential sources of funding include: - The Greener City Fund, Greater London Authority - The Estate Regeneration Fund, Central Government - The Clean Growth Fund, Central Government - The Good Growth Fund, Greater London Authority - The Commissioning Fund, Greater London Authority - The Climate Action Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund - The Partnership Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund