Parliament Hill Triangle draft Masterplan Consultation
Having produced a new management plan for Hampstead Heath,
consulting many people in the process, it has become clear to the
City of London that the Parliament Hill Triangle is an extremely
important gateway to the whole Heath for millions of visitors and
potential visitors.
We have, therefore, produced a draft Masterplan, detailing
proposed future improvements to the Parliament Hill Triangle, in
conjunction with some of our Heath partners. Elements of this draft
Masterplan will form part of a submission for a Heritage Lottery
Fund bid at the end of September 2008. Overall comments on this
Masterplan were invited during August 2008. Thank you to those
who gave us their comments; we are now in the process of
analysing them. All comments will be studied and a
report will be produced summarising them. This will be
considered by the Hampstead Heath Consultative and Management
Committees and the Masterplan adjusted as appropriate. Further
discussion and consultation will, of course, be required with local
community groups. In the meantime, please see the Frequently Asked
Questions sheet below, which gives initial responses to some of the
common questions that emerged as part of the consultation.
Download the Frequently Asked Questions
sheet (23kb)
Download the Masterplan (3.2mb)
(see more details
below)
Download the Masterplan explanatory note -
principles and proposals (36kb)
Download more details of the Parliament Hill Triangle draft
Masterplan:
Vision and long term aims (307kb)
Prioritisation and new
audiences (404kb)
The Triangle: existing (427kb)
The Triangle: proposals (405kb)
Landscape proposals (1.54mb)
Building proposals (286kb)
There will be opportunities to comment on the detailed proposals
that make up the Masterplan over the coming years.
Other Management and Consultation
The interim Hampstead Heath Management Plan 2006/08 and the
current annual works programme are available to download here.
Download the interim Hampstead Heath Management
Plan 2006/08 (5.3mb)
Download the annual works
programme (2.4mb)
The City of London sees consultation as a vital part of
effective management of the Heath, working closely with local
organisations which are represented on the Heath's Management and
Consultative Committees, and meeting regularly with the Heath and
Hampstead Society and English Heritage.
Ongoing dialogue with Heath users has reinforced the message
that people value the Heath and want it maintained broadly as it
is. The management plan reflects this and outlines how active
management is essential to maintain and enhance the nature
conservation, landscape and amenity interest of Hampstead
Heath.
In 2001 the City of London invited the Greater London
Authority's Strategy Directorate to produce a report indicating
management techniques suitable for the Heath's woodland, scrub and
hedgerows. The Heath Management Committee acknowledged that this
document added important detail to the Management Plan. During the
winter of 2001/2002 staff begun implementing the suggestions on
small woodland areas of the Heath. The aim is to increase the
beauty as well as the nature conservation and amenity value of our
woodlands by use of proven management techniques. The woodland
management report complements the grassland management report
produced in 2000.
Management Plan
The City of London produced a draft
plan for the management of Hampstead Heath and sought the
views of the public on its vision and objectives during a
three-month consultation period in 2007. A full report and
extended executive summary of the findings of this
consultation period was produced by the Environment Council
and Resources for Change Ltd. (June 2007).
Download the full report (464kb)
Download the appendices (622kb)
Download the extended executive
summary (117kb)
Download the brief
summary (357kb)
In the light of this report and the comments made, the City of
London made changes to the draft plan. The final plan is available
to view via the link below.
Find out more and download the draft plan
Hampstead Heath - have your say!
A website
www.greenstat.org.uk has been set up to
record feedback and provide local residents with the
opportunity to comment on how open spaces nationwide are
managed and maintained. The City of London will be able
to access this information and compare results on Hampstead
Heath with other open spaces up and down the country.
We would very much welcome your involvement. Please visit
www.greenstat.org.uk and click on the London
region, where you will then see a list of organisations – please
chose ‘City of London’ which is conveniently located at the very
top of the page. You will then be asked to select whether you wish
to comment on the Service provided by City of London, or to comment
on a specific Open Space. If you select option 2 ‘Park or Open
Space’ you will be given a list of City of London open spaces to
comment on – please select ‘Hampstead Heath’ from this list and you
will then be taken through an online survey.
Pedestrian and Cycle
Observation Study
The City of London commissioned
consultants Intelligent Space ATKINS to conduct a series of
user surveys on Hampstead Heath during the summer and autumn
of 2007 in order to determine user patterns, particularly of
pedestrians and cycles, user demographics and public opinion.
They looked at the suitability of existing routes and some
suggested routes for pedestrians and cycles to share. The aims
of the Study reflect commitments made in the draft Part I
Hampstead Heath Management Plan. The Pedestrian and Cycle
Observation Study report was produced in December 2007.
Download the executive summary (4.1
mb)
Please email us at
hampstead.heath@cityoflondon.gov.uk
if you would like a disc of the full report posted to
you.
The closing date for comments on this document was 1 February
2008. The Hampstead Heath Management Committee considered these
comments and decided that further work should be undertaken by
specialist consultants to determine the feasibility of introducing
two of the suggested routes - Routes 1 and 7. All other suggested
routes have been rejected. There is also a need to consider how
some of the existing shared use routes can be improved.