RTW Town Forum - Champions - 2009/2010

Community - Environment / Street Scene - Grot Spots - Health - Heritage - Leisure & Parks - Local Strategic Partnership - Local Development Framework (LDF) - Planning - Streetscape / Townscape - Transport - Vision for Royal Tunbridge Wells



'RTW Town Forum AIMS & OBJECTIVES'

RTW Town Forum Aims & Objectives 2010/2011 agreed at RTW Town Forum 25 March 2010
RTW Town Forum Aims & Objectives 2010/2011
RTW Town Forum 25 March 2010



'COMMUNITY'

RTW Town Forum Community Champion:
Daniel Bech, Telephone House Neighbours Association - RTW Town Centre
since January 2009
RTW Town Cente Walk 4 March 2010 - Cleaner & Greener RTW - Environment & Streetscene
Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Walk
issues: Cleaner & Greener Royal Tunbridge Wells - Environment & Streetscene
RTW Town Forum & Tunbridge Wells Borough Councillors 4 March 2010
LEH SEEDA Working Group - Tunbridge Wells and West Kent Economy 2009/2010
Tunbridge Wells and West Kent Economy 2009/2010 - Report 1 April 2010
Local Economy and Housing Select Committee - SEEDA Working Group 2009/2010
Town Forum, Tunbridge Wells Borough Councillors, Overview & Scrutiniy Officer
Powerpoint Presentation: Highways issues
affecting the streetscene / streetscape of Royal Tunbridge Wells
"RTW Conservation Area at Risk" - Royal Tunbridge Wells Streetscene / Streetscape
KCC / TWBC / RTW Town Forum Meeting
discuss issues under the responsibility of Kent Highways Services (KHS)
KHS / TWBC / RTW Town Forum Meeting 4 November 2009
Powerpoint Presentation: Environmental / Conservation issues
affecting the streetscene / streetscape of Royal Tunbridge Wells
"RTW Conservation Area at Risk" - Royal Tunbridge Wells Streetscene / Streetscape
TWBC / RTW Town Forum Meeting
to discuss issues under the responsibility of the Borough Council
TWBC / RTW Town Forum Meeting 23 September 2009

Local Strategic Partnership (Community Plan)

Local Strategic Partnership - Tunbridge Wells Together
The Council in partnership with the public, private, community and voluntary sector
— to discuss challenges and opportunities and to develop a long term vision for the borough.


'ENVIRONMENT / STREET SCENE'

GROT SPOTS - TOWNSCAPE - STREETSCAPE

Royal Tunbridge Wells - Local Press reports on Grot Spots and "Our Dingy Town!"
"Spot the Grot, Stop the Rot!"
start: October 2005
update 26 June 2010 - Rail line under town ‘grot spot’: Cinema (Kent on Saturday / KOS)

update 21 May 2010 - Grot Spots & Empty Homes close to thousand (Courier)
update 9 May 2010 - Arriva Bus Depot (Letters KOS/kentnews.co.uk)
update 8 May 2010 - Cinema - Eyesore at the heart of town to go on open market (Kent on Saturday / KOS)
update 7 May 2010 - The infamous grot spot: the old cinema site - 'eyesore is for sale yet again' (Courier)
update 3 May 2010 - Empty Properties - Blighted by an empty house for 12 years (Ross Clark - Mail Online)
update 2 May 2010 - Arriva Bus Depot, a 'mega grot spot' (Kent on Saturday / KOS)
Report a Grot Spot Report a Grot Spot in Royal Tunbridge Wells you think needs improvement
Powerpoint Presentation: "Is this Royal Tunbridge Wells in 2008?" - revisited again
Grot Spots in Royal Tunbridge Wells (Nov 2005, revisited in Oct 2006) and
Highways Grots (March 2006, revisited May 2007)
RTW Town Forum Meeting 10 April 2008

RTW Grot Spots:

> > > Grot Spot - Ritz Building/Cinema Site

MORE INFO on the history of the Cinema saga: Cinema Saga - since 2000

Cinema Site - Application for a Stopping up Order on claimed footpaths
— 9 December 2009 — TWBC Western Area Planning Committee Meeting
Note of WAPC meeting

Cinema Site Hoarding
— 29 October 2009 — At the RTW Town Forum meeting Daniel Bech circulated historic pictures of Tunbridge Wells that he supplied in August to the architects Panter Hudspith to use as a basis for display on the hoardings surrounding the derelict Cinema site / Ritz Building. It was felt that the resulting display was very poor. Disappointment was expressed in correspondence to Panter Hudspith.
e-mails - Cinema Site Hoarding

Cinema site & RTW Conservation Area at Risk
— 30 July 2009 — The Minutes of the RTW Town Forum Meeting state:
"Cllr Leonard Price (Culverden Ward) to inform Daniel Bech regarding answers to questions relating to the Cinema site (Business Rates - Demolition - Construction) and RTW Conservation Area at Risk (English Heritage Register 2009)."
— 17 December 2009 — Answers/Letter from Trevor Gasson, TWBC Interim Director Development & Planning, received from Cllr Leonard Price
Questions & Answers - Cinema Site and Royal Tunbridge Wells Conservation Area at Risk




'PLANNING'

Resignation of RTW Town Forum Planning Champion:
Philip Whitbourn, Beulah Road Residents Association
April 2009

Local Development Framework - Core Strategy

RTW Town Centre Area Action Plan - Comments to Questionnaire / Allocations
RTW Town Forum Working Group 2010
24 August 2010
Tunbridge Wells LDF Core Strategy - Newsletter
31 March 2010
LDF - Core Strategy - email to Planning Inspector 03012010
Tunbridge Wells LDF Core Strategy - Planning Inspector Roy Foster
Affordable housing threshold / Reliance of Local Planning on Windfall Site
3 January 2010
LDF - Core Strategy - Planning Inspector's Hearing Nov/Dec 2009
TWBC LDF - Independent Examination - Planning Inspector Roy Foster
Hearing Session - Day 6 - Matter: Royal Tunbridge Wells
RTW Town Forum submission - 4 December 2009
including the relevant documents/comments/submissions of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Forum during 2007-2009 in connection with the LDF – Core Strategy, Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre Area Action Plan, 'Royal Tunbridge Wells Masterplan', Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA).
TWBC Local Development Framework (LDF)





'HERITAGE'

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Heritage Champion: Councillor Mike Rusbridge
Western area of the Borough
2008/2009 and 2009/2010
Resignation of RTW Town Forum Heritage Champion:
Alastair Tod, Civic Society,
April 2009

Calverley Ground Bandstand

31 March 2010 — The demolition of the Calverley Ground Bandstand was approved by Councillors of the Western Area Planning Committee.
“Demolition of former Bandstand in Calverley Ground”
Submissions of RTW Town Forum Members to the Planning Application
14 March 2010 / 23 March 2010
Meetings with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Cllr Roy Bullock, Rob Cottrill, Director of Planning & Regneration, Nigel Bolton, Head of Leisure
5 Feb 2009, 27 May 2009, 25 September 2009, 14 October 2009




'TRANSPORT'

RTW Town Forum Transport Champion:
John V Goodfellow, Banner Farm Residents Association
since January 2009
Transport Report
Revision of the Borough Transport Strategy
for RTW Town Foum 25.03.2010
Railway from Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge
Case paper: Integrated railway system to improve economic activity in the region
February 2010
Public Transport Forum

Bus Gateway & Five Ways in RTW

Parking - Safe Crossings - Public Transport





'VISION'

Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom
(part of "Cleaner & Greener Royal Tunbridge Wells")

Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom
relaunch 2010
Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom - www.royaltunbridgewellsinbloom.org.uk - db/2010 Royal Tunbridge Wells in Bloom - www.royaltunbridgewellsinbloom.org.uk
RTW Bloom 2010 - meeting 11.01.2010
Minutes - Meeting
11 January 2010
RTW Bloom 2010 - meeting 30.11.09
Minutes - Meeting
30 November 2009
Meetings
since June 2009

The PANTILES area
(including: Union Square)

Future of the town Royal Tunbridge Wells — RTW in Bloom, Wine Fair in RTW
Meeting with Targetfollow (Adrian Goldney, Head of Marketing/Sales, Lucy Wilson)
11 March 2010
Meeting - RTW Town Forum / Targetfollow 21 01 2010
Future of the town Royal Tunbridge Wells — RTW in Bloom, Wine Fair in RTW
Meeting with Targetfollow (Jamie Curtis, Harry Savory, Lucy Wilson)
21 January 2010
Meeting - RTW Town Forum / Targetfollow 11 12 09
Future of the town Royal Tunbridge Wells — Pantiles shops/offices, RTW in Bloom Meeting with Targetfollow (Jeremy Aldous, Harry Savory)
11 December 2009





RTW Town Forum Champions 2008-2009

RTW Town Forum Champions 2008-2009RTW Town Forum Champions 2008-2009

Community - Environment - Grot Spots / Townscape / Street Scene - Planning / Local Development Framework (LDF) - Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) - Transport - Vision for RTW (RTW in Bloom - The Future of RTW)



RTW Town Forum Working Groups 2007-2008

RTW Town Forum Working Groups 2007-2008RTW Town Forum Working Groups 2007-2008

Grot Spots / Townscape / Street Scene - Planning / Local Development Framework (LDF) - Community Plan / Local Strategic Partnership - Environment / Housing - Transport - Vision for RTW (Public Art & Culture - The Pantiles Area)



RTW Town Forum Committees 2006-2007

RTW Town Forum Committees 2006-2007RTW Town Forum Committees 2006-2007

Grot Spots / Townscape / Street Scene - Community Plan - Planning / Local Development Framework (LDF) - Transport - Housing / Environment - Vision for RTW



RTW Town Forum Committees 2005-2006

RTW Town Forum Committees 2005-2006RTW Town Forum Committees 2005-2006

"Brighten-up RTW", "Community Plan", "Local Development Framework" (LDF),
"Licensing", "Vision for Kent", "South East Plan"