We asked, you said, we did

We asked

We asked for your views on the proposals on how Barnet’s Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) is be allocated to Area Committees and the priorities on which they spend NCIL.

You said

We received 47 responses to the online questionnaire.

The summary of the responses is:

• most respondents are supportive of the proposal to allocate Neighbourhood CIL to Area Committees based on the population of that area
• most respondents are supportive of the proposal to broaden how NCIL may be spent
• most respondents are supportive of the proposed NCIL spending priorities:

• Community Engagement

• Sustainability

• Community Safety

• Public Health

• respondents set out the following as additional priorities for NCIL spending:
  • improvement in parks & greenspaces
  • restoring town centres & public realm
  • bringing community assets back into use
  • enhancing youth services and provision
  • improving air quality
  • making public spaces and streets safer for everyone and working with partners to reduce crime
  • contributing to the use of library services
  • addressing poverty & deprivation and alleviating social isolation/exclusion
• most respondents are supportive of the proposal to continue the management of the Barnet Road Safety and Parking fund at the borough level.

We did

The consultation results will be reported to the Policy and Resources committee with a recommendation to approve the proposals, and to implement them for the Area Committee meetings in the spring.