About the Forum.
We are a neighbourhood forum designated by OPDC in 2017 and redesinated in 2022. We hold meetings via Zoom each month, at 6.30pm for an hour or so. These meetings are open to all of our members.
We have recently switched from the first Tuesday in each month to the first Thursday. July 2024 will be an exception to avoid a clash with the General Election on July 4th. So our next Zoom session will be at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th July.
At present, future plans for Old Oak and the area around the half-built HS2/Elizabeth Line rail interchange are in a state of constant flux. October 2023 decisions by the present Government were that both a Euston HS2 terminus and the tunnel from from Old Oak to Euston would require private sector funding.
There were media reports some weeks ago that the £1bn tunnel costs are to be met from public funds. But no decision has been announced. Meanwhile HS2 are continuing with tunnel preparations on an assumption that funding will be forthcoming.
In this ever-changing scenario, our Zoom sessions are aimed at keeping local residents as informed and up to date as possible. Although HS2 hold ‘community meetings’ the answers given to questions from our members are often limited and do not address the bigger issues.
Given the many uncertainties surrounding plans for the Old Oak area, OPDC and HS2 have recently agreed to meet monthly with a small group of members of OONF and the Grand Union Alliance, for an exchange of information. These sessions are proving useful.
Please email to oonforum@gmail.com to join our mailing/membership list. PDFs of the slides used at our meetings can be downloaded from this page on this website.
You are welcome to join the Forum if you live or work in (or near) the area of north-west London for which the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation has been the local planning authority since 2015. Membership of the Forum is free and open to all.