Sturgess Park, West Hendon - play equipment consultation

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This consultation has now closed.

Overview

Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces, and these are an important part of what makes Barnet a green and family friendly borough. The council’s West Area Committee has agreed to allocate £115,000 to improve and refurbish the playground facility in Sturgess Park.


What are we seeking your views on?

We would like to know what you think about the proposed play equipment and the location of the equipment at Sturgess Park. You can view the proposed playground layout in 2D and in 3D and the individual pieces of proposed equipment.


How can you give

Overview

Barnet has a great collection of parks and open spaces, and these are an important part of what makes Barnet a green and family friendly borough. The council’s West Area Committee has agreed to allocate £115,000 to improve and refurbish the playground facility in Sturgess Park.


What are we seeking your views on?

We would like to know what you think about the proposed play equipment and the location of the equipment at Sturgess Park. You can view the proposed playground layout in 2D and in 3D and the individual pieces of proposed equipment.


How can you give us your views?

  • Please take time to complete the online questionnaire.
  • We will also be running two pop-up events in Sturgess Park Playground, so you can look at the proposals. Council staff will be on hand to discuss the plans and answer any questions you may have. The pop-up events will take place at Sturgess Park Playground, Sturgess Avenue, West Hendon, NW4 on the following dates:
    • Saturday 8 July 10:30am - 12:30pm
    • Tuesday 25 July 11:00 - 2:00pm
  • To request a questionnaire in an alternative format, please email parks@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 7404.
  • Alternatively, you can write to us at: parks@barnet.gov.uk or Greenspaces, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW.


What happens next?

We will review the feedback to see if there is any interest in changing the play facilities and we will make any amendments to the plans where possible and within the budget allocated. The council will then agree the final plans with the play contractor, including the location of the equipment and the play contractor will be commissioned to carry out the work. The improvement work to the playground is likely take place in late 2023.

The council will publish the consultation findings on this page, and we will also let you know how we are acting on the results of the consultation under ‘We asked, You said, We did'.

This consultation has now closed.

  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on the proposed refurbishment of the playground at Sturgess Park.


    You said

    We received 28 responses to the online questionnaire, spoke to 22 people at the two events we ran in the park, received one direct email and received 22 drawings/comments from students from Parkfield Primary School. The key themes from the public consultation were:

    • request to put the two baby swings together, and to have two flat swings together
    • request to add a second litter bin, so there are two litter bins in the playground like now
    • request to make the small multi play unit more suitable for small children
    • there are problems with overflowing litter bins in the park, particularly at the weekend
    • request for football goals in the park
    • request for better benches and litter bins in the park
    • there can be feelings of unfriendliness in the park, and there was a request for more foot patrols.


    We did

    The order has been placed for the new equipment, and this will be installed in early 2024.

    The baby swings and the flat swings have been put together and a second litter bin has been added. The small multi play unit has been changed and now does not include a fireman’s pole.

    The comments about overflowing litter bins have been passed on to the team that empties litter bins.

    This project and the agreed funding is for the playground only. We are planning to replace the benches and litter bins as part of our regular work. For the football goals we will consider this request further along with the impact on other users of the park.

    The request for more patrols in the park has been passed on to our Community Safety Team.