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Swiss Cottage Open Space: Round 3 Community Engagement Report and Short Film

Hi Everyone,

Swiss Cottage Open Space Improvements Update:

The Round 3 Community Engagement period closed on the Friday 11 November 2022. During this 5 week engagement period, 2x in-person events were held at the Open space where consultants LUC and Council officers were on hand to share and discuss the latest concept design ideas for the new Swiss Cottage open space. A summary report capturing all of the feedback received is available to view below and via the Swiss Cottage open Space commonplace website.

>> Round 3 Community Engagement Report

As part of the Round 3 engagement the Council commissioned this short film, made with local young people and supported by the Winch, which captures the in-person engagement event and some of the views of local young people about the improvement project.

You can view this exciting film using the link below.

>> Round 3 Young People Engagement Short Film [LINK]

Next Steps

We will now develop the designs presented to respond to comment received from the local community. We will be considering feedback from nearby residents, community groups and adjoining organisations as well as ensuring the design considers management and maintenance requirements. This will help ensure the improvements meet a range of local needs and are sustainable/manageable to the Council's management teams.

Will share our developing ideas with you as part of the Round 4 community engagement/presentation which is expected to take place in Summer 2023. We will now review the findings from this round of engagement and develop the design proposals further.

You can find out more about the project including the next steps via the Swiss Cottage open Space commonplace website.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to provide comments on the proposals.

Posted on 9th January 2023

by Daniel Bailey

Round 3 Community Engagement: Thank you for coming to see us!

Thank you to all the local visitors that came to speak to us at the Round 3 Community engagement events on Saturday 15th October and Wednesday 19th October.

Camden and our landscape architects Land Use Consultants (LUC), spoke to a range of local people about the new designs for the Swiss cottage open space. On Saturday we were joined by a group of young people from The Winch to discuss the plans and capture their feedback as part of an exciting youth filming project. We will share the film made by young people in the coming weeks. On both days we were joined by Your Bike Project, who provided delicious, free smoothies as part of the event.

The Round 3 Community Engagement will remain open for feedback until Friday 11th November 2022, so please complete the online survey to tell us what you think of the plans.

Please also share with others in the community that may also want to give feedback on the new design.

Feedback Survey Link: https://swisscottageopenspace.commonplace.is/proposals

Posted on 28th October 2022

by Daniel Bailey (Camden Council)

We are Back! - Swiss Cottage Open Space - Round 3 Community Engagement

Hi Everyone,

After an extended break from the Swiss Cottage Open Space Improvement project, we are back with some exciting new proposals for you to see and give us your feedback on.

The project was put on hold in May 2021 while we carefully considered the feedback from Round 2 Community Engagement.

Based on the information received from Round 2 and workshops with Camden’s Grounds maintenance and Operational teams, we are seeking your feedback on the following proposals.

Below is a link to the new designs as well as on online survey that you can use to give your feedback.

https://swisscottageopenspace.commonplace.is/proposals

If you would like to request a paper copy of the survey then please let us know by emailing: greenspaceimprovements@camden.gov.uk or calling 07989359573 (please leave a message if there is no answer).

We are also holding two events at the Swiss cottage open space, so please come and visit us if you would like to talk through the scheme or need help giving feedback. The event details are below:

Swiss cottage open space, Saturday 15 October 2022 - 11am to 4pm

Swiss cottage open space, Wednesday 19 October 2022 - 12pm to 5pm

The engagement is now open (Friday 7 October 2022) and will close on Friday 11 November 2022.

Poster below:

Round 3 Community Engagement Details

Posted on 7th October 2022

by Daniel Bailey

AmbioTEK appointed to help inform play area options at Swiss Cottage open space.

AMbioTEK and Kings College London have been appointed by Camden to help inform proposals for a new children’s play area at Swiss Cottage open space.

After months of local community engagement a strong desire for a new children’s play area was recorded as a top priority for local people. Concerns were raised about the suitability of extending the current play area outside the library as it would be closer to Avenue Road. Air quality and road safety were raised as the main concerns for local people.

To help make an informed decision on this matter, the Council have appointed air quality consultants AmbioTEK to prepare a report detailing accurate air quality data from the site as well as provide a list of recommendations for mitigation against poor air quality. The findings from their report will help inform an updated concept design which will be presented to the local community in the coming weeks for comment.

AmbioTEK will carry out the air quiality survey in May 2022 and will provide a final report in July 2022.

Kind Regards,

Posted on 20th May 2022

by Daniel Bailey

Project Update November 2021

Hello Swiss Cottage Community,

Below is an update on the Swiss Cottage Open Space design project.

Unfortunately, progress on the project has been delayed since we put the project on hold back in May 2021. The project was put on hold while the Council reviewed and considered the different community views on matters such as skating, management and maintenance. These conflicting matters were presented at the Community Services Senior Management Team (SMT) meeting in September 2021. The aim of the meeting was to ensure that the emerging designs responded to local need and could be adequately maintained by the Council.

I am happy to announce that the project is back up and running and our design consultants LUC are once again looking at proposals to enhance this much loved green space. We will now enter an extended conceptual design stage where our design team Land Use Consultants (LUC) will consider the information received from the Round 2 community engagement (which you all fed into earlier this year ) as well as the outcomes of the SMT meeting.

Two extended conceptual design proposals are being worked up with our designers and will be shared with the local community for feedback in January 2022 via commonplace.

Until then, we wish you a joyous festive period and hope to hear from you again in the new year when we invite you to feedback on the two options. Best Wishes,

Updated Project Programme:

May 2021: Project placed on HOLD

November 2021: Project re-starts with Extended Concept Design work

May 2022: Community Engagement Round 3 - Extended Conceptual Design goes out for community feedback

June 2022: Extended Conceptual Design community feedback review

June 2022: Detailed Design work begins

August 2022: Community Engagement Round 4 - Detailed Design presentation

September - January 2023: Technical Design / Contractor Procurement / Planning Update (tbc)

Early 2023: Works Commence on site

Posted on 16th November 2021

by Daniel Bailey

Swiss Cottage Open Space: Round 2 Community Engagement Summary Update

Hi Everyone,

Update

The Round 2 Community Engagement period closed on the 15 February 2021. This period also included an additional survey targeted at young people from Swiss Cottage. A summary of the both sets of survey data can be found below and via the Swiss Cottage open Space commonplace website.

>> Round 2 Community Engagement Report

>> Round 2 Young People Engagement Report

Next Steps

We will now begin to explore detailed design options for the open space that respond to the comments received from the local community about the design principles and initial design options. We will also be considering feedback from nearby residents, community groups and adjoining organisations. We will be exploring areas where there were differing views further (such as skate provision) as well as ensuring the design considers the management and maintenance of the space. This will help ensure the improvements meet a range of local needs and are sustainable.

Will share our developing ideas with you as part of the Round 3 community engagement which is expected to take place in Summer 2021. We will now review the findings from this round of engagement and develop the design proposals further.

You can find out more about the project including the next steps via the Swiss Cottage open Space commonplace website.

Thank you to everyone that took the time to provide comments.

Posted on 29th April 2021

by Daniel Bailey

Swiss Cottage Open Space: Round 2 Community Engagement Closes.

Hi All,

After just over 4 weeks of community engagement, we have now closed the second round of feedback and survey questions.

We received an incredible 129 comments from the community which are now with our design team at LUC to review, analyse and consider.

Once we have evaluated all of the responses we will provide you with a Round 2 Community Feedback report. We expect this report to be available by March 2021.

We expect to follow up with the third round of community engagement in April/May 2021, where we plan to have some developed design ideas to share with you.

Thanks again for your valuable feedback.

We will keep you posted with the Round 2 summary report as well as the Round 3 engagement in the coming weeks.

Best Wishes,

Posted on 18th February 2021

by Daniel Bailey

Swiss Cottage Open Space: Round 1 Public Engagement Summary

Hello Everyone,

Swiss Cottage Open Space Improvements

Since the first round public engagement survey closed in October 2020. The Council and its design consultants have been reviewing all of the 103 responses received via the commonplace engagement website.

Our design consultants LUC have prepared the attached illustrative summary report to show our findings from the submitted survey data.

Round 1 Engagement Summary Report_Online Questionnaire.pdf

We expect to follow up with the second round of public engagement in December/January, where we would hope to have some initial conceptual design ideas to share with you.

We will keep you posted with details for the second round of engagement in the coming weeks. However, you can remain up to date by visiting the commonplace website: https://swisscottageopenspace.commonplace.is/

Thanks again for your valuable feedback.

Kind Regards,

Posted on 23rd November 2020

by Daniel Bailey

Round 1 Public engagement closes.

Hi All,

After just over 4 weeks of public engagement, we have now closed the first round of survey questions.

We received an incredible 103 comments from the public which are now with our design team at LUC to review and consider.

Once we have evaluated all of the survey information we will provide you with a summary report. Would expect this report to be available by November 2020.

We expect to follow up with the second round of public engagement in December 2020, where we would hope to have some initial conceptual design ideas to share with you.

Thanks again for your valuable feedback.

We will keep you posted with summary report and second round of engagement in the coming weeks.

Best Wishes,

Posted on 19th November 2020

by Daniel Bailey