We are publishing our draft Neighbourhood Plan here for residents and businesses to consider it and give their views.
Please have a look and send us your thoughts and comments.
Click here to see the draft Neighbourhood Plan
New West End Company (NWEC) presented their ideas at the last Forum meeting for a much needed green space in the neighbourhood around Market Place.
We agreed to be involved with the consultation and planning and welcomed this proposal.
FitzWest Forum submitted a response in December 2018 to the recent initial consultation. The Oxford Street District detailed proposals will then be available in March 2019 for further response from local residents and businesses.
The Forum welcomes WCC’s commitment to consult local organisations and asks that this is maintained at regular intervals as project planning and implementation progresses.
We also submitted an assessment of bus activity in the area in December 2018
Broadband in Central London. (Downloaded September 2018)
Some of our members have asked us to address the issues of poor broadband speeds in our area. So, we have written to the MP Mark Field and to Theo Blackwell to appeal for their help.
This is what we said;
I enclose an image showing how poor download speeds are in the West End. The received opinion seems to be that the West End is a business zone that can afford to go it alone. However in Fitzrovia we have the highest residential density in the West End and the lowest wealth scores.On behalf of residents and small businesses/start-ups who can’t afford private fibre services we appeal for your help.Surely the centre of a dynamic city like London should have digital infrastructure that is second to none – not third rate?Is there anything practical that can be done? This is stifling small business opportunity in an important centre of creative and digital endeavour.Ironically both Google and Facebook have chosen to locate offices in this zone. How can smaller firms and individuals hope to share if they can’t even download a medium sized pdf?As a community neighbourhood group we are willing to help and support new initiatives. We’d love to be super fast guinea pigs!
We held our AGM on Monday 25 June 2018 at 6pm at Fitzrovia Centre. For more details, see https://fitzwest.org/meeting-notes/executive/executive-committee-agendas-and-notes/