As the hearing on the site in Hadley Wood has now taken place we are not asking for further donations.
Why we needed your donation
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We have since 2021 used expert consultants to help us draft comments on the Council's proposed Local Plan.
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The generous donations by residents have allowed us to engage the following experts:
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Legal - Landmark Chambers, Foot Anstey and Womble Bond Dickinson
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General, Housing & Transportation - Troy Planning
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Landscape and Green Belt - EnPlan
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Heritage - JB Heritage
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Walkability - Space Syntax
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Sustainability - Hadley Property Consulting
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Our senior legal counsel is Rupert Warren KC, one of the country's leading planning barristers, from Landmark Chambers - thank you to those of you who have so generously contributed!
How the money has been managed
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The response to the Local Plan was drafted by the Planning Sub-Committee (PSC), whose members were David Harbott, Lakis Pavlou, Hugh Small, Desmond Taljaard, Steve de Vos, Cindy-Lee Watts and Dawn Wellings.
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The PSC was established as a sub-committee of the HWA to gain the benefits of its legal status, Gift Aid registration and banking facilities. Donations to the 'Save the Hadley Wood Green Belt' fund are held in a separate bank account.
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Utilisation of the Green Belt fund - appointment of professional advisors, scoping of their activities, cost of public campaigns and approval of disbursements - was directed by the PSC.
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To maximise the impact of our comments, the representations were submitted by the Hadley Wood Neighbourhood Planning Forum, a stand alone body formally designated by Enfield Council and which developed the Neighbourhood Plan. The Forum Committee members (listed here) largely overlapped with those of the PSC.