The Friends of Ruislip Lido ran a stall at the RAFBF funday and is delighted to have raised £250 for the fund by various raffles and guess the weight.� Thanks to Les for bringing the Spitfire wheels for the guess the weight competition – the weight of each wheel is 28 lbs 12oz.
Hillingdon Council have a Climate Change Strategy.
Thanks to Carolyn Towner for reviewing the document and identifying the following points which aren’t compatible with tarmacking the Lido.
Forward
1.1 Hillingdon prides itself on being one of London’s greenest boroughs … Therefore a key objective of our Sustainable Community Strategy is to ‘protect and enhance the environment’ in Hillingdon … successes to date include the achievement of 10 Green Flag awards for our parks.
Objective 4:
To reduce and minimise the emissions in the borough associated with transport (particularly road transport) through the council’s travel planning function and its own activities and to encourage residents and members of the business community to use more sustainable modes of travel.
The climate change challenge:
4.10 Closer to home, there are likely to be problems in Hillingdon related to flooding, either from rivers, the Grand Union Canal, sewers or surface water.
Climate Change in Hillingdon
6.3 Calculated on a per-capita basis, Hillingdon has the fourth highest carbon emissions of the thirty-three London boroughs, behind the City of London, Westminster and Tower Hamlets. The quantity of emissions attributable to each borough varies greatly across the UK and London, which is mainly due to variations in the level of commercial and industrial uses located within the local authority area. It should be noted that emissions from aviation fuel and motorway travel are excluded from the figures.
Raising awareness
7.10 Climate change is likely to be the greatest challenge faced by the UK this century.
7.14 On signing the Nottingham Declaration the Leader of the Council confirmed his commitment by stating “small changes can make a big difference”.
Adapting to impacts
7.16 The impacts of these changes in weather patterns that are already beginning to be observed in the UK are heatwaves, water shortages and flooding events. This has impacts on people but also on biodiversity as the changing weather patterns affect the survival of plants and animals that in many instances are not evolved to suit the new conditions.
Hillingdon’s focus on adaptation:
7.25 The council’s civil protection service deals with emergency planning and business continuity for emergencies and disasters. Historically, neither flooding, heatwaves nor droughts have frequently or significantly affected the borough. However as these events are likely to increase in frequency and severity, there is a need for greater understanding of the threats they would pose … there is a need to continue to protect the open spaces and vegetation that the borough already has in recognition of the increasingly important role that these will have in adapting to climate change.
Reducing emissions
Transport� Objective
To reduce and minimise the emissions in the borough associated with transport (particularly road transport) through the council’s travel planning function and its own activities and to encourage residents and members of the business community to use more sustainable modes of travel.
Hillingdon’s focus on transport:
7.35 In conjunction with Transport for London (TfL), Hillingdon continues to look at ways of improving the public transport network across the borough. This approach is complemented by encouraging a reduction in road traffic through increased usage of sustainable transport modes such as walking and cycling.
7.94 Another key aspect of planning with relevance to climate change is travel demand management. This involves mechanisms such as … restricting the provision of on-site car parking in new developments
James Cracknell, journalist for the Ruislip and Eastcote Gazette, writes
“PLANS to build a new car park at Ruislip Lido have drawn fierce opposition this week, with 850 people signing a petition against the proposal. Hillingdon Council has submitted the application to construct a tarmac car park of up to 160 spaces on land adjacent to the Willow Lawn and Lakeside railway station, as part of their £1.5million Lido improvement programme. But The Friends of Ruislip Lido said the proposal would be unsafe and make the traffic problems at the site during peak times worse, not better.”
The car park planning permission site notices were posted up on the green hut and a tree on Willow lawn yesterday (8th Sept 2010), the notices will be displayed until 28th Sept 2010.
To view the site plans and submit you comments please follow the links in the Ruislip Lido Update Web Page post below.
Hillingdon Council have launched a Ruislip Lido Update Web Page which will be updated as required throughout the progression of the planned proposals.
For ease of reference, you will also find a link from the web page which will direct you to the Ruislip Lido Proposed Overflow Car Park Planning Application and associated documents.
To express your views on the car park planning application do it on-line, it’s so quick!
Please express your view above even if you’ve signed a petition, we need both the petition and your objections.