Issue - meetings

·         WOA

·         Pre-enagement consultation

Mr Joe Benmore had an update for Weeks Of Action being carried out by the borough. This included colleagues internally such as Parking Planning, Housing, the Police and other external services being present in Wood Green for a period of seven days. It was also important to be seen by members of the community generally and engaging with them verbally. As a result, several actions were taken including parking and planning enforcement and antisocial behaviour enforcement such as littering on the spot. There was also graffiti removal carried out. Many members of the public voluntarily engaged with officers and were generally happy to see officers.

It was encouraging to see the Council working with the Police and this was would assist with building confidence. The outcome and the learning areas would be evaluated.

The Chair thanked all those involved in the process.

The meeting also heard that Phase 1 of the Community Safety and Hate Crime Strategy Development would be published in 2023. A pre-consultation engagement was being carried out and had started on 5 December 2022 and would run until 18 December 2022. The engagement included online and face-to-face engagement. A widespread of views from the borough had been sought and engagements had been made in Tottenham, Hornsey, Crouch End, Green Lanes and Muswell Hill. The early findings indicated that people were agreeing with the key themes with the community safety and hate crime strategies. This included issues with drug dealing, racism and antisocial behaviour. There had also been a considerable response from the surveys regarding Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). 

The findings from the surveys would be evaluated, a report for Cabinet would be prepared for February 2023 and a request would be made to formally consult.