History of the Aireborough Neighbourhood Forum from Summer 2012 to May 2014.

1. Jennifer Kirkby
Acting Programme Manager
23rd April 2014

2. ?
Neighbourhood
Forum
Leeds Core
Strategy 2,300
houses
Place-Making
Dr Rachael
Unsworth,
Leeds
University
Traffic
Congestion
and
Infrastructure
Stress
Rawdon
Billing Action
Group –
threat to
Greenbelt
Localism Bill
and NPPF

3. Locality/Eden
Project Planning
Camp
1) Do we need a
plan? Public
Meetings 2)
Engaging
Organizations
3) Recruit
Volunteers and
a seed
Committee
Qualitative
Research on
Area, Issues.
Assets and
Ideas
£

5.  Traffic , Traffic, Traffic
 Threat To Area’s Character –
Suburban Dormitory
 Loss of Green Space
 Increasing Isolation of Areas
 Overcrowded Schools,
Doctors
 Rise in Fear
 Deterioration of Facilities
and Poor Design
 Dying High Streets
Source: 2013, - Living in Aireborough – Research Synthesis (aireboroughnf.com)

6. Helen Farrar
Expertise in renaissance,
placemaking, design and
communities. Urban
Renaissance Manager at
Yorkshire Forward,
Community Investment
Manager at English
Partnerships
Tom Lonsdale
Chief Landscape Architect for
Manchester City Council for 14
years before setting up Camlin
Lonsdale a leader in design
quality in urban regeneration -
eg Hulme in Manchester;
Cardiff Bay and city centre;
and Wakefield city centre

7. Workshop
s
PopUpTeaRoom
Aireborough Youth Forum
Place-MakingWalks

8.  To stimulate identity in order to sustain vitality in this family
of ‘sibling’ settlements; to live, work and grow into a new
modern economy together, as a unique cornerstone of Leeds
City Region and the South Pennines National Area. To resist
becoming a suburban dormitory.

9. Northampton Waterside
Enterprise Zone
“ The recession has turned us into a nation
micro-businesses. Let’s hope so. That’s how
Microsoft, Google and Facebook began. “
Jeff Randall, The Telegraph 25th March 13

10. Poynton, Stockport

11. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
East London

12. World Heritage Conservation
in Haworth
“ Hobbycraft is a destination store;
people who visit are asking us, where
they can get a coffee, find a cafe, or spend
a couple of hours. “
Hobbycraft Employee January 2013

13. Aireborough Youth Forum
15th Airedale Scouts
Guiseley Infants School
St Mary’s School
Parents Action Group
AVSED
Aireborough Civic Society
Aireborough Historical Society
Airedale (Air Conditioning)
Bayfield Opticians
In Business – Guiseley
Subway White Cross
Leeds & Bradford Airport
MAS Design
EMIS
Mutual Marketing
Travelling Tea Ladies
Cooper’s Bar Guiseley
Hobbycraft
Guiseley Baptist Church
New Life Church Yeadon
Fire Brigade
West Yorkshire Police
High Royds Sports Association
Friends of Parkinson’s Park
Guiseley In Bloom
Friends of Engine Fields
Friends of Yeadon Banks
Yorkshire Countrywomen’s
Guiseley Working Men
Allotment Groups
Hawksworth Residents Association
High Royds Residents Association
Haw Lane Residents Association
Tranmere Park Design Group
Guiseley & Rawdon Cllrs
Otley & Yeadon Cllrs
MP’s x 3, Minister x 1
Rawdon Parish Council
Menston Community Group
WARD
Many Individuals – teacher, surveyor, illustrator, health workers, environment, marketing

14. Housing
Retail
Employment
Green Space

17.  All Our Stories HLF Project – Friends of Parkinsons Park
 Took part in the Guiseley School’s Consultation
 Representations on Naylor Jennings Consultations
 Organized Consultation on The Regent Plans, Guiseley
 Netherfield Road Site – S106 Monitoring
 Supported Menston Against Wind Turbine
 Supported 15th Airedale Scouts Over Planning Issue
 Worked with Leeds Sustainable Development Group
 Worked with Leeds Bradford Airport – now on committee
 Joined Leeds Planning Forum and Members on SHLAA Committee
 Worked with CABE on Place-Making Workshop Design
 Attended Leeds City of Culture for Aireborough
 Promoted Aireborough to Pennine Prospects and Leeds & Partners

18. Ian Dawes – Chair InGuiseley, Owner Subway
Alec Denton – Chair Rawdon Allotments , Guiseley
Cllr Ryk Downes – Otley and Yeadon
Francesca Entwistle – Tranmere Park PTA, High Royds
Jonathan Hart Woods – Friends of Engine Fields, Yeadon
Steve Howarth – Trustee, Community Links, Guiseley
David Ingham – Rawdon Parish Council, Chair WARD
Jennifer Kirkby –Friends of Parkinsons’ Park, Guiseley
Lynda Kitching – Chair Leeds Civic Trust, Guiseley
Frank La Corte – International Telecomms Expert, Guiseley
Cllr Graham Latty – Guiseley and Rawdon
Christine Schofield – Chair Yeadon Banks, Yeadon
Alexia Smethurst – Commercial Sales, Yeadon
Robert Turner – Local Government Infrastructure, Guiseley
Richard Webster – Teacher, Guiseley
Nigel Wilson – Chair Nether Yeadon Conservation, Yeadon
Clive Woods – Chair Aireborough Civic Society, Yeadon

19. The purpose of the ANF is to support the
regeneration and sustainable development of the
Aireborough Neighbourhood Area.
The aim is to facilitate collaboration between the
Area’s stakeholders in order to evaluate, plan and
implement initiatives to improve the economic,
social, cultural and environmental well-being of
the people who live, work or do substantial
business in the Aireborough Neighbourhood
Area.

20. £7,000
Government Neighbourhood Planning Grant

22. “I question anything that models the future by trying to extend the trends of
the past. We must be more visionary. It’s not a question of ‘business as
usual’, there are some fundamental changes happening in the way we life. “
Dr Rachael Unsworth – University of Leeds, Sustainable Development

23. Steering
Committee
Thrive & Grow
Local Economy ,
Innovation and
Jobs
Human Lifelong
Place
Infrastructure &
Housing
Mutual Identity
& Accessibility
Green
Infrastructure &
Green Ways
Beautiful &
Distinctive
Place, Character,
Conservation, &
Design
Connection not
Congestion
Traffic &
Transport
Civic
Community,
Cultural
Heritage &
Amenities
Guiseley Yeadon
Hawksw
orth
High
Royds
Aireborough
Neighbourhood
Forum
Community
Engagement

24. Website - www.aireboroughnf.com (news
items information and training)
Twitter - @aireboroughnf (promote updates)
Facebook - Aireborough Voice (scrapbook of
photos, odd points, interaction)
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