Street Trees in Colindale

Last night the Planning Committee discussed two major items.  The wider development policies of the Council can wait for a later post.  I want to focus now on the narrower issue of street trees in Colindale.

The document we looked at last night was more imaginative in seeing the wider role of street trees than others I have seen.  It suggested, for example, that Burnt Oak would benefit from a "feature" tree, rather as another area might from a major work of public art.  There were also some interesting ideas about creating more of an avenue effect for the A5, and using some form of central reservation to mprove road safety.

It is clear that to deliver the regeneration agenda in Colindale, we will need a better level of engagement between Barnet and Brent.  There seem to be good links at officer level, but nothing much at councillor level.  The new Director for Planning promised to take this on board in developing the policy.