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Chingford Mount and Highams Park residents can look forward to improvements after Waltham Forest’s funding bid of £8.4m to the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was approved on Wednesday 15 March.
The money will go towards projects to improve neighbourhoods, town centres and parks. On top of this, Waltham Forest will provide £1.9m to bring the whole investment package to £10.3m.
The funds will enhance high streets and town centres, encouraging more footfall that will support businesses and boost the local economy.
The projects will help young people have safe, inclusive places to socialise and develop, improve transport options, and green spaces and parks.
We’ll be in touch soon about how you can get involved in helping shape the upgrades to parks this summer.
Watch Councillor Ahsan Khan talking about the Levelling Up Fund in Chingford Mount and Highams Park.
Read more about the Levelling Up Fund in Waltham Forest.
A new approach to community safety in Chingford MountA new community safety pilot called Safe Streets was launched in Waltham Forest in March at Chingford Mount. Our street teams were out and about talking with residents, litter picking and door-knocking to tell residents all about it.
The pilot is a partnership effort between the Metropolitan Police and the London Borough of Waltham Forest to improve reporting mechanisms, reduce the fear of crime and build trust in public services in two pilot areas, Chingford Mount and South Leytonstone.
Safe Streets takes a resident-focused approach toward tackling the problems that really matter to local people on a day-to-day basis including graffiti, fly-tipping, and street drinking. There will be a particular focus on ensuring that everybody, particularly women and girls, feels safe when they are out in their local neighbourhoods by checking that lighting, CCTV coverage, and line of sight are suitable.
The programme is tailored to each area, addressing concerns raised by residents through recent public engagement on Area Frameworks, a live document that helps prioritise investment into an area.
In December 2022, Chingford residents spoke with council officers, councillors, and police by attending a session on Community Safety and by filling in a survey online. The top priorities for residents were crime reduction, addressing drug dealing and street drinking, personal safety, and that they would like to see more bobbies on the beat.
The Safe Streets programme is one of the many ways Waltham Forest is continuing to improve Chingford Mount.
Find out more about Safe Streets