Report on work to date, and structure from the first ANF AGM meeting in 2014

1. Jennifer Kirkby
Acting Programme Manager
27 September 2014

3. ISSUES
 Traffic
 Threat To Area’s Character
 Loss of Green Space
 Increasing Isolation of Areas
 Overcrowded Schools,
Doctors
 Rise in Fear
 Deterioration of Facilities
and Poor Design
 Dying High Streets
OPPORTUNITIES
 Create a centre for Guiseley
 Create a network of cycletracks
and greenways
 Regenerate the economy with
professional service
science/engineering
 Create a heritage area around the
Steep Yeadon
 Improve quality of Nunroyd Park
 More retirement and single person
homes
 Improve Aireborough Leisure
Centre
 List Community Assets and
purchase if under threat

4. “We shape our buildings,
and, thereafter, they shape
us “ Sir Winston Churchill
“Will we let bad things
happen, because we lack
the time and courage to
insist on good things? “
John Burrell’s ground-breaking and award-winning
work on the reuse of institutional brownfield NHS land
was published in 1987

5. Community engagement; build membership
Research social, economic and environmental
needs and issues themes
Apply for and constitute a Neighbourhood Forum
for a designated area
Create a vision for the area
Build an evidence base around themes
 Master plan through urban design
 Independent examination - conformity NPPF, LDF
 Local Referendum
 Adoption as part of LDF and carries real weight in
planning applications
(Council duty to support the process and pay for examination and referendum)

6. Pop Up Tea Room
Workshop
s
Place-Making Walks
Aireborough Youth Forum

7.  To stimulate identity in order to sustain vitality in this family
of ‘sibling’ settlements. Together , to grow into a new modern
economy as a unique cornerstone of Leeds City Region and
the South Pennines National Area.
 To resist becoming a suburban dormitory.

9. Housing
Retail
Employment
Green Space

10.  All Our Stories HLF Project – Friends of Parkinsons Park
 Took part in the Guiseley School’s Consultation
 Representations on Naylor Jennings Consultations
 Organized Consultation on The Regent Plans, Guiseley
 Netherfield Road Site – S106 Monitoring
 Supported Menston Against Wind Turbine
 Supported 15th Airedale Scouts Over Planning Issue
 Worked with Leeds Sustainable Development Group
 Worked with Leeds Bradford Airport – now on committee
 Joined Leeds Planning Forum and Members on SHLAA Committee
 Worked with CABE on Place-Making Workshop Design
 Attended Leeds City of Culture for Aireborough
 Promoted Aireborough to Pennine Prospects and Leeds & Partners

11. Ian Dawes – Chair InGuiseley, Owner Subway
Alec Denton – Chair Rawdon Allotments , Guiseley
Cllr Ryk Downes – Otley and Yeadon
Francesca Entwistle – Tranmere Park PTA, High Royds
Jonathan Hart Woods – Friends of Engine Fields, Yeadon
Steve Howarth – Trustee, Community Links, Guiseley
David Ingham – Rawdon Parish Council, Chair WARD
Jennifer Kirkby –Friends of Parkinsons’ Park, Guiseley
Liz Kirkpatrick – Menston and Guiseley Green Space
Lynda Kitching – Chair Leeds Civic Trust, Guiseley
Frank La Corte – International Telecomms Expert, Guiseley
Cllr Graham Latty – Guiseley and Rawdon
Christine Schofield – Chair Yeadon Banks, Yeadon
Joan Roberts – Rawdon Residents Association
Alexia Smethurst – Commercial Sales, Yeadon
Richard Webster – Teacher, Guiseley
Nigel Wilson – Chair Nether Yeadon Conservation, Yeadon
Clive Woods – Chair Aireborough Civic Society, Yeadon

12. The purpose of the ANF is to support the
regeneration and sustainable development of the
Aireborough Neighbourhood Area.
The aim is to facilitate collaboration between the
Area’s stakeholders in order to evaluate, plan and
implement initiatives to improve the economic,
social, cultural and environmental well-being of
the people who live, work or do substantial
business in the Aireborough Neighbourhood
Area.

13. £7,000
Government Neighbourhood Planning Grant

15. Thrive & Grow
Local Economy ,
Innovation and
Jobs
Community
Interest
Company
Management
Board
Human Lifelong
Place
Infrastructure &
Housing
Mutual Identity
& Accessibility
Green
Infrastructure &
Green Ways
Beautiful &
Distinctive
Place, Character,
Conservation, &
Design
Civic
Community,
Cultural
Heritage &
Amenities
Connection not
Congestion
Traffic &
Transport
Guiseley Yeadon
Hawksw
orth
High
Royds
Community
Engagement
ANF Governance
and Organization

16. Leeds Housing Scrutiny Board – 28th October 2014
Leeds Core Strategy Ratification – Early November 2014
Leeds Site Allocations DPD – End 2014/Early 2015

17. Urban Room

18. How would we sell Aireborough to the Tour De Yorkshire?

20.  To stimulate identity in order to sustain vitality in this family
of ‘sibling’ settlements. Together , to grow into a new modern
economy as a unique cornerstone of Leeds City Region and
the South Pennines National Area.
 To resist becoming a suburban dormitory.
Theme Topic Group
Mutual Landscape Identity
Human Powered Accessibility
Green Space & Green Ways
Sporting &Creative Heritage
Civic Community
Community Facilities
Thrive and Grow Local Economy & Jobs
Beautiful & Distinctive Quarters Character, Conservation & Design
A Human Lifelong Place Infrastructure & Housing
Connective not Congested Transport Traffic and Transport
Community Engagement

21. Topic Group Task
Green Space & Green Ways Re-do green space audit
Cycle route consultation
Community Facilities Aireborough Youth Forum
Retirement needs
Centre for Guiseley
Local Economy & Jobs Economic Research Programme –
Secondary & Primary
Character, Conservation & Design Audit community assets
Nether Yeadon conservation area
Infrastructure & Housing Housing Needs Survey
State of Infrastructure Report
Site Consultations and Assessments
Traffic and Transport State of Transport Report
Exploration of shared space solution
Community Engagement Urban Room, Events
Brochure & Leaflet Design
Community Survey

22. ANF Members
Sign up for topic groups
DCLG -
Neighbourhood
Planning Support
Leeds City
Council
Support
Community
Giving
Master Planner
Project
Grants
Revenue
Generating
Services

23.  Leeds Housing Scrutiny Board – 28th October 2014
 Leeds Core Strategy Ratification – Early November
2014
 Leeds Site Allocations DPD – End 2014/Early 2015

24. Website - www.aireboroughnf.com (news
items information and training)
Twitter - @aireboroughnf (promote updates)
Facebook - Aireborough Voice (scrapbook of
photos, odd points, interaction)
Members newsletters

26. Northampton Waterside
Enterprise Zone
“ The recession has turned us into a nation
micro-businesses. Let’s hope so. That’s how
Microsoft, Google and Facebook began. “
Jeff Randall, The Telegraph 25th March 13

27. Poynton, Stockport

28. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
East London

29. World Heritage Conservation
in Haworth
“ Hobbycraft is a destination store;
people who visit are asking us, where
they can get a coffee, find a cafe, or spend
a couple of hours. “
Hobbycraft Employee January 2013

31. Aireborough Youth Forum
15th Airedale Scouts
Guiseley Infants School
St Mary’s School
Parents Action Group
AVSED
Aireborough Civic Society
Aireborough Historical Society
Airedale (Air Conditioning)
Bayfield Opticians
In Business – Guiseley
Subway White Cross
Leeds & Bradford Airport
MAS Design
EMIS
Mutual Marketing
Travelling Tea Ladies
Cooper’s Bar Guiseley
Hobbycraft
Guiseley Baptist Church
New Life Church Yeadon
Fire Brigade
West Yorkshire Police
High Royds Sports Association
Friends of Parkinson’s Park
Guiseley In Bloom
Friends of Engine Fields
Friends of Yeadon Banks
Yorkshire Countrywomen’s
Guiseley Working Men
Allotment Groups
Hawksworth Residents Association
High Royds Residents Association
Haw Lane Residents Association
Tranmere Park Design Group
Guiseley & Rawdon Cllrs
Otley & Yeadon Cllrs
MP’s x 3, Minister x 1
Rawdon Parish Council
Menston Community Group
WARD
Many Individuals – teacher, surveyor, illustrator, health workers, environment, marketing