Annual Review2018

Issues included numerous planning applications anddevelopments, an increased number ofinfrastructure projects, an extended eventsprogramme, and the launch of our heritageprogramme centred on our history and legacy. Thescope of our work and more details of our keyinitiatives are described more fully in this review ofthe year.

Planning, architecture andinfrastructureOur work to protect and enhance the amenities andarchitectural heritage of Bedford Park remains at thecentre of the Society’s remit. Some progress wasmade on our two stated long-term priorities. Wecontinued our dialogue with both local authoritiesto seek a co-ordinated approach to planningbetween Ealing and Hounslow councils, with someprogress made, but hampered by Ealing’s regrettabledecision to abolish its conservation officer posts.Although we have yet to secure a constructive andworkable proposal for Bedford Corner in co-operation with other stakeholders, someimprovements to the road surfaces occured duringthe year.

This year many complex and time-consuming issuesemerged, requiring considerable effort for our hard-working Infrastructure team and a need for regularcommunications with members to keep everyone upto date. These included the recent Heathrowconsultation on airspace use, which was particularlycomplex and of concern to members. Furtherconsultation will continue this year even if the thirdrunway is not finally approved.

Our heritage programmeDuring the year we developed a more formalheritage programme centred on the richarchitectural and social history of Bedford Park. Thisincludes our expanded lecture programme, our oralhistory project, plans to develop further anddigitalise our house log books, and improving ourlibrary of photos. In this context we were very sad toreport the deaths of Ted Holloway, a foundermember of the Society, and our Historical AdviserDavid Budworth, both of whom made significantcontributions to the work of the Society over manyyears, and were each a fund of knowledge aboutBedford Park, its houses and its history.

More volunteers and membersThe work of the Society could not continue withoutthe dedication and commitment of our 70 plusvolunteers. This year, in addition to the regularmeetings of our 36 Road Representatives, the Eventsteam organised the Society’s first get-together for allour volunteers to update them on key projects andmeet in an informal setting.

We are all indebted to volunteers for the time andenergy they have given to the Society during theyear. I would like to thank in particular HilaryAtherton – who is standing down from her roles afterthe AGM – for working so hard to organise andinspire our wonderful team of Road Representatives,as well as leading our Events team in the staging ofso many successful and enjoyable events.

I’m sure that the increasing number of peopleinvolved with the work of the Society has helpedboost our membership numbers again this year to arecord 604 members. We are also finding that ourheightened profile and more effectivecommunications have greatly increased the numberof enquiries we receive. We are gratified to receivemany appreciative messages from members for ourwork in tackling local issues and helping updatemembers on key developments.

Volunteer your timeIf you have some spare time and would like to getinvolved, we are always looking for new volunteersto help us do our work more effectively and bringfresh ideas – whether on a regular or occasionalbasis – for example, representing views to localcouncils, working with other local organisations onissues affecting Bedford Park, organising events,working on our heritage programme, or helping withadministration or IT. We would be delighted to hearfrom you on these and any other topics.

1 Chair’s report

Helen Jameson, Chair, The Bedford ParkSociety

In 2018 our expanding groups ofdedicated volunteers worked

extremely hard on a wide range ofissues directly affecting Bedford Park

and our members.

The Planning Committee continued to deal with alarge number of planning applications in 2018 andwith issues relating to prominent sites within BedfordPark. The Society was also involved in the way Ealing andHounslow Council Planning Departments areorganised to respond to applications for planningpermission and listed building consent.

Decrease in planning applications The decision to grant or refuse planning permissionor listed building consent rests exclusively withEaling and Hounslow councils. The very experiencedBedford Park Society Planning Committee providesan input by comments on all applications within theConservation Area, but the councils are not obligedto take account of our comments. The Society’scomments are largely framed by the councils’published planning policies for the Bedford Parkarea, which lay out detailed guidelines for planningdecisions. These have been instrumental inpreserving the unique architectural heritage ofBedford Park, while still allowing residents to adapttheir houses to modern living.

A total of 64 applications were received by the twoboroughs in 2018. This was lower than the figure forthe previous years: 84 in 2017 and 75 in 2016. Ofthe 64 applications, the great majority, 50applications, were approved, including two grantedafter significant revisions. Seven were refused andseven were withdrawn or are pending. Of the total,33 were for work within the curtilage of a listedbuilding, requiring listed building consent as well asplanning permission.

Five appeals were made againstrefused applications. Theinspector allowed one of theseappeals but upheld four of therefusals.

Significantdevelopments The Arts Educational Schoolsconsulted widely in 2017 ontheir proposal to enhance thefacilities of the school with newstudios and rehearsal andteaching spaces, and receivedplanning permission in 2018.The Society broadly supportedtheir application. The VictorianSociety has put forwardproposals for the refurbishmentand extension of their buildingat 1 Priory Gardens, and theSociety has provided input to

the architects on their proposals. The applicationmade by St Michael and All Angels for changes tothe area to the west of the church was withdrawn.Some welcome improvements were made to thesurfacing of Bedford Corner. The British Telecomcabinet on the path to the west of the church waslocated in contravention of an earlier agreement ona less awkward and visible location. We continue tobring pressure on BT to move the cabinet from thisinappropriate location.

Council planning policiesIn July, Ealing Council decided to abolish their lastConservation Officer post, having employed twospecialists until four years ago – a decisionreflecting the financial pressures on every localauthority. The Council proposes training all caseofficers on conservation issues and, wherenecessary, using external specialist help.Conservation Officers have constituted an importantresource in ensuring that conservation issues areproperly considered in response to applications andwe are concerned that since this decision was taken,in some instances this has been inadequate. In onecase, the Society felt obliged to take legal advice.Our concerns are shared by colleagues in otherEaling Conservation areas and we will continue tomonitor the situation very carefully.

This development has had an impact on ourobjective of encouraging closer cooperationbetween the two councils on planning in BedfordPark. Nonetheless, we continue to press this issue; anumber of meetings have been held and someprogress made. Ealing is undertaking a revision oftheir detailed guidelines for planning decisions onwhich they have consulted the Society. Continuingbudget constraints on councils emphasise EnglishHeritage’s warning that the onus for the protectionand conservation of architecturally important areaswill increasingly fall on local organisations andresidents who are being called upon to providedetailed conservation expertise, as well ascampaigning to ensure that local authorities adhereto their own guidelines.

Bedford Park is fortunate in the strength of theSociety’s team able to meet the considerableworkload generated by regular planning work andthe extra challenges posed by broaderdevelopments. Our Planning Committee draws onfour experts with immense experience and thedistinguished members of our Planning SteeringGroup have continued to advise and act in supportof the Society.

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Ealing parkingWe worked intensively over many months toinfluence Ealing Council’s plans to introduce SharedParking Bays in certain roads in Bedford Park andwere in regular contact with Ealing members.Initially unconvinced by our strong pleas to excludecertain “over-parked” roads, the Council was

eventually persuaded to make some concessions tothe scheme. After a meeting in August, council staffagreed to accept our suggested limit of a 4-hourmaximum period in some of the key sections ofroads closest to Turnham Green station. Althoughthis was not as much as we requested, we arehopeful that the compromise will make a differencein controlling the use of the bays. More recently, wereminded Ealing members of the importance ofensuring any problems were reported to the Councilbefore the end of the six-month review.

Following the introduction of Ealing Council’s newsystem for applying for/renewing resident parkingpermits, some members reported that they had notbeen sent reminders and had received penaltycharges for non-renewing. We issued furtherguidance to members to help explain thecomplicated new system and also raised the issue

with council contacts, resulting in a more flexibleapproach being taken with some of the penaltycharges. We have raised again with the Council theneed to clarify the policy for providing papervouchers in special circumstances when residentsare unable to use RingGo for visitor parking and forit to be applied consistently. Although the Councilstates that “no reasonable application is refused,”we are still trying to establish a foolproof processthat can be followed.

Electric Vehicle Charging PointsBoth councils are at the early stages of developmentof Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs). TheSociety welcomes the extension of the network andis keen to work with the councils to ensure that,wherever possible, existing features such aslampposts are used and stand-alone pointsminimised to avoid street clutter in Bedford Park. Italso seems preferable to avoid restricting residentparking spaces and use shared parking bays forcharging points. In November we communicatedupdates from both councils to members, drawingattention to a consultation process about Ealing’sproposals to introduce EVCPs in 27 streets acrossthe borough, including one location in Bedford Park.In Hounslow, we advised members that the Councilis fitting EVCPs into streetlights as part of a three-year TfL funded trial, allowing residents withoutoff-street parking to directly charge their car fromlamp columns located on the kerbside.

Dockless bike schemes Following the launch of the Mobikes’ dockless trialin Hounslow and their on-going use in Ealing,members reported that some cycles are being left inan inconvenient or inconsiderate space, are blockinga pavement or access point, or representing ahazard. This seems to have been exacerbated by theintroduction of the electric Lime Bikes at the end ofthe year. We alerted members to the best way toreport any concerns and now await the outcome ofHounslow’s questionnaire on their use and the workbeing done to persuade Ealing to review theschemes.

3 Improving the streetscape…

Our thanks go to the all the membersof the Infrastructure Committee who

tackled an increasing number ofcomplex issues on behalf of

residents.

Cycle Superhighway Some of the route of the proposed CycleSuperhighway (CS9) from Kensington Olympia toBrentford will run along Chiswick High Road.Recently, TfL published documents rejecting all theobjections made by Chiswick residents andrepresentatives (60% of respondents were opposedto the scheme) and stating that CS9 will essentiallybe implemented as originally proposed, subject tocertain small changes, and to two slightly moresignificant, proposed changes. Work is planned tostart in June 2019, provided formal approvals arereceived. As a result of TfL's intention to proceedwithout making any adjustments reflecting theconcerns of residents, we are continuing to monitorand support efforts aimed at ensuring that suchadjustments are made, particularly in relation to thesafety of both cyclists and pedestrians.

Trees, pavements and lightingWe have worked hard to maintain our dialogue withboth councils to discuss and resolve issues withtrees and other street issues. In Ealing, we checkedfor remaining empty tree pits and any which havebeen filled with tarmac following the tree felling. Wethen reviewed with the Council the requests forreplacement of felled trees with new ones. On theHounslow side, we reminded the Council abouttimely pruning of trees and their contractualobligation to replace dead trees. In response,Hounslow Council acknowledged that the previouspruning of some of the horse chestnut trees was notadequate and agreed to redo these trees. We alsoraised the problem of uneven pavements in AddisonGrove and Rupert Road. We continue to monitordevelopments and follow up as required.

There was concern that the non-functioning streetlight opposite the St Michael’s vestry entranceposed a safety and security risk for residents but

despite numerous complaints over many monthsHounslow Highways failed to respond. TheInfrastructure committee co-ordinated a campaign,reporting the issue online and tweeting on the sameday. This resulted in SSE appearing the next day andfixing the light.

Heathrow expansion Following the disappointing government vote infavour of the Third Runway, we remain committed tosupporting any further efforts to challenge thisdevelopment, which represents such a significantthreat to Bedford Park and Chiswick. Many questionsare still unanswered, such as reconciliation with airpollution limits, binding Climate Change targets, theeconomics of the project, including creating accessto the airport, and the adequacy of the government’sproposed compensation scheme. The next stage inthe process is a planning enquiry and legalchallenges from a number of bodies and localauthorities.

During February and March 2018, we encouragedmembers to respond to Heathrow Airport’s firstAirspace consultation, which influenced itsproposals for the development of the airspace ofChiswick. We sent members a summary of the keypoints and provided responses that the Society andCHATR (Chiswick Against the Third Runway)suggested should be made, and also submitted aformal response from the Society. In April weattended a meeting with the Aviation Minister whereCHATR emphasised the noise disruption, whichwould be caused by the flight path passing overChiswick and Bedford Park. The most recentHeathrow public consultation in 2019 includedproposals, which will result in more flights, morenoise and more pollution for everyone in Chiswick,even if the Third Runway does not go ahead.Working with CHATR we produced suggestedresponses on how to submit responses for membersand helped publicise the importance of respondingto all local residents. Our efforts have been muchappreciated by members and residents alike.

Acton CommonAlthough enjoyed as a convenience by a number ofresidents, the granting of a licence for a second yearto Pines and Needles, the company selling Christmastrees on Acton Common, caused concern toresidents living close by and prompted questionsabout the commercialisation of our open spaces. Wediscussed this at a meeting with Ealing Council andfollowing representations to our Councillors andobjections from the Society, together with theSouthfield Residents’ Association, we havechallenged the legality of the operation. Localcouncillors have confirmed that they now opposethe commercialisation of the Common.

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New signal-controlled pedestrian crossingoutside Kew Bridge Station

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No access to South Circularfrom Stile Hall Gardensfor all vehicles except cyclists

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No left or rightturn into British Grovefrom King Street/Chiswick High Road

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Cycle Superhighway 9 (CS9)Kensington Olympia to Brentford

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Segregated two-way cycle track replaces traffic/bus lane and/or narrows footway

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Cyclists use 24-hour bus lane

Cyclists use quieter road

Off-carriageway cycle facility

Cycle Superhighway 9 Chiswick to Brentford town centre

changes to bus and coach stops, bus lanes, loading and parking on (or close to) the CS9 alignment (except Wellesley Road / Heathfield Terrace) including: - Bus stop bypasses - Relocation of some bus stops - Relocation / removal of some bus lanes. Remaining bus lanes would operate 24-hours,

7 days when used by cyclists, otherwise 7 days - Single yellow lines replaced with double yellow lines, no parking at any time except in marked bays - Changes to some parking and loading provisionFurther details of proposed changes, including parking and loading maps are available at tfl.gov.uk/cs9

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Winter Party The final planning of the year for the Events team isalways the preparations for the Society’s WinterParty held each January in the Michael Room of St Michael and all Angels. This year, the teamneeded to up their game, following last year’ssurprise performance of Priscilla Queen of the Desertby the cast of the Arts Educational Schools. Thelatest troupe of Arts Ed students did not disappoint,treating the delighted audience to a rousingrendition of numbers from their upcomingperformance of Newsies and staying on to chat withmembers and enjoy the excellent food and wineavailable.

The hard work behind the scenes was muchappreciated by the more than 100 guests and therewas a great buzz in the room. Thanks go to theEvents Committee for organising the party and therefreshments; the Road Representatives who helpedon the night; our culinary expert, advisor and chiefcook, Caroline Villiers; the three staff, Ellie, Elle andNatasha (daughters of members), who workedtirelessly throughout the evening, and to AlyNazerali for the photographs and the video, whichcan be seen on the Society’s website.

Festival Green Days Once again, the Society participated in the BedfordPark Festival Green Days on Acton Green in June.This is a focal point of the Society’s recruitment ofnew members, providing an ideal opportunity forresidents and members to stop and chat informallyto the Society’s volunteers and committee members.Our hard-working team of volunteers manned thestall on both Saturday and Sunday, recruiting anumber of new members to the Society, as well asselling a variety of Bedford Park memorabilia —ranging from cards and books to bags, umbrellas, teatowels and aprons, as well as a new Bedford ParkSociety mug for 2018.

Quiz Night New for 2018, the Society’s Quiz in November wasan instant sell-out. Intended as a way for bothmembers and potential members to get together fora fun evening, it proved a great success. Dr FintanCoyle (the brains behind The Weakest Link) was anexcellent quizmaster, bringing out the competitivespirit with his testing questions. Hegenerously waived a fee, enabling a donation to bemade to two very worthy charities: Cancer ResearchUK and Shelter. The generosity of local businessesprovided high-quality raffle prizes and members ofthe winning table carried off 2018 Society mugs,along with some fizz.

5 Events, membership and communications

2018 was another busy year for the Events team,which saw the introduction of some new events,including the popular Quiz Night in November, as wellas continued innovation within our traditionalprogramme.

The 2018 Betjeman Lecture A full house of nearly 200 assembled on 13 June tohear the talk by Colin Harrison, Senior Curator at theAshmolean Museum in Oxford: The Pissarros inBedford Park 1897–1944. The Arts EducationalSchools again kindly made available the splendidAndrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre for theoccasion, and the audience enjoyed the opportunityto gather in the Foyer Bar before and after the talk.Colin was much in demand in the bar to respond tofurther questions from the audience, in addition to alively Question and Answer session.

Colin’s talk focussed around the life and work ofLucien Pissarro, and his wife Esther Bensousan, andin particular the beautiful books produced at theirEragny Press in the studios of their houses at 62Bath Road and at Stamford Brook House. Colin also

discussed the seven paintings of Bedford Park byLucien’s father, Camille, produced during his stay at62 Bath Road in 1897. Colin’s talk was illustrated byfascinating photographs of the Pissarros in BedfordPark and by examples of the wonderful books thatthey produced. A more detailed summary of Colin’stalk is available on the Society’s website.

Membership grows againAt the end of 2018, we had 604 individual members,representing 376 households. Of that total, 552individual members from 336 households live in theBedford Park area. Our remaining members arespread far and wide but with most coming fromChiswick. The overall membership was 18% higherby the end of 2018 than by the end of 2016, beforethe Society joined forces with the Bedford ParkCommunity Group. Over that same two-year period,the number of member households in the BedfordPark area has grown by over 25%, and continues toincrease.

Our improved communications, the work of ournetwork of Road Representatives, and increasedengagement with local issues such as Heathrow andparking, have all helped to raise awareness of thework of the Society. Our annual presence at theBedford Park Festival Green Days continues toprovide an ideal opportunity to engage with thelocal community and showcase our work. There havebeen an encouraging number of new members andre-joiners in the early months of 2019.

Two-way communicationsIn such a busy year, it’s perhaps unsurprising thatthere has been a significant increase in enquiriesand messages directed to the Society’s “mailbox”from both members and residents. These range fromquestions about the history and architecture of thesuburb to specific complaints or requests for helpon issues of local concern. Although it is sometimesdifficult for us to respond as quickly as we wouldlike to, it has been pleasing to receive many positivemessages, acknowledging our efforts to tackleproblems and provide up to date information tomembers through our regular E-news emails and thewebsite. We were also delighted that the secondedition of the Bedford Park Journal was so wellreceived by members, a number of whom took thetime to send their appreciation.

Tabard pub signDuring refurbishment of the Tabard in 2016, wewere delighted that the landlord discovered thelong-lost original pub sign painted by TM Rooke in1880. The Society discussed the future of the signwith Greene King, the owners of the pub, and it wasagreed that ownership of the sign would betransferred to the Society. We are now exploringoptions for conserving and displaying the sign.

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Heritage developmentsRecently, a number of steps have been takentowards the ambitious reinforcement of theSociety’s commitment to developing knowledgeabout and appreciation of Bedford Park, through theencouragement of research and through exhibitions,publications and talks. Several projects seek tocreate a better understanding of Bedford Park’sarchitecture and improve our knowledge of pastinhabitants and their way of life. An importantelement of our work on architecture centres on anextensive photographic survey of architecturaldetails, aiming to record and raise awareness of therich detail of the buildings.

We have already published, in recent editions of theBedford Park Journal and the Society’s website,examples of Bedford Park’s porches and stainedglass. This programme will be extended to otheraspects of internal and external detail. In addition,we will also be looking to extend our knowledge ofthe architects who created Bedford Park and to thebroader architectural context through theprogramme of talks, now expanded to two per year.

Broadening knowledgeOur understanding of earlier times in Bedford Parkand its transformation in recent years is beingenriched by our Oral History of Bedford Park, forwhich the first interviews have now taken place.Thematic articles will begin to appear as we deepenour knowledge through more interviews. We alsocontinue to build on the work of the late ChristinaSpeight and the late Lawrence Duttson in theirMainly About Bedford Park People and plan to publishan updated edition of this work.

The Society is considering how to improve theaccess to the growing body of information aboutBedford Park. As well as publishing more informationon the website, we are looking at how the BedfordPark logbooks could be updated – an innovativeproject undertaken in the early 2000s to gather andissue information about each listed house inBedford Park. We are now reconsidering thisapproach, which offers the possibility of providingindividualised information, to a broader group ofhouseholders.

Society committees andofficers 2018The Society is managed by an Executive Committeewith specialist committees working on Planning,Infrastructure and Environment, Events andMerchandise, and Communications. We are verygrateful for the vital support and assistance wereceived during the year from our many hardworking and committed volunteers and specialadvisers.

Although David Budworth and Ted Holloway bothserved during 2018, we are very sorry to report theirdeaths and the great loss to the Society.

Executive Committee and TrusteesChair: Helen JamesonHon Treasurer: Simon BaddeleyHon Secretary: Nick Bueno de MesquitaMinutes Secretary: Simon Hillyard Hilary Atherton Kate Bowes Raj ParkashWendy Williams Carol Woolner DipArch RIBA (retired)

Nigel Woolner MBE, President, and Martin Landy,Special Adviser, attend by invitation

Planning Committee: Chair Carol Woolner DipArchRIBA (retired), William Taylor DipArch, MA, RIBA, FRSA,Charles Wagner BSc DipTP, MA, IHBC, MRTPI, FSA, FRSA,George Butlin (member of the Ealing Panel for BedfordPark), Ted Holloway (consulted)

Infrastructure and Environment Committee: Chair RajParkash, David Blackburn, Kate Bowes, Chris Carrington,Ruth Clarke, Peter Eversden, Simon Hillyard, HelenJameson, Martin Landy, Justin Morris-Wyatt, Paul Walker

Events and Merchandise Committee: Chair HilaryAtherton, Simon Baddeley, Ruth Clarke, Anna Duns,Jackie Cowell, Nick Cowell, Karen Griffiths, TessaHopkins, Imelda Jones

Communications Committee: Chair Kate Bowes, Nick Bueno de Mesquita, Helen Jameson

Road Representatives Coordinator: Hilary Atherton

Membership Secretary: Wendy Williams

Planning Steering Group: Chair Sir Donald Insall, HughBroughton, Architect, Steven Bee, Principal of UrbanCounsel, Nigel Woolner, President, Bedford Park Society,Peter Murray (Convenor) Special Adviser, Bedford ParkSociety, David Selby, Architect

Society Patron: Sir Donald Insall, CBE

President of the Society: Nigel Woolner MBE, FRSA,FRCM, Dip Arch RIBA (retired), Ted Holloway, VicePresident Emeritus

Special Advisers: David Budworth MBE, HistoricalAdviser, Peter Eversden MBE, Special Adviser,Infrastructure and Environment, Martin Landy, SpecialAdviser, Infrastructure and Filming, Peter Murray,Special Adviser, Architecture, Exhibitions andPublications

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Acknowledgements

Photography by Aly Nazerali, Visual Storytellerwww.storieswithaly.com – front cover, pages 3 and 5and Ellen Rooney www.ellenrooney.com – front coverand page 7.