I totally agree with Satchers, Lacb & Michael,

I think having a neighbourhood forum is a good thing, however when it excludes people who strongly feel part of Honor Oak Park's neighbourhood (For example folks who actually live on 'Honor Oak Park' itself from the station to the top of the hill and Walters Way) resdients on Devonshire Road (Honor Oak Park side) Hengrave and Boveney and even perhaps even Honor Oak Road and Dunoon Road. I agree that a sensible definition of Honor Oak Park would also include St Augustines, One Tree Hill and the Rec, these are all in SE23 but also in Southwark. We are already challenged with Honor Oak Park being split between two wards (Crofton Park and Forest Hill) using the same political boundary to define our neighbourhood does not make sense at all. I for one would like to see ward councillors having a more open approach. Or better still the ward boundaries be re written so they make more sense!

As Satchers rightly said "There is no reason in non-parished areas for Neighbourhood Plans to follow any particular boundaries but in this case that is what the Ward Councillors have decided that is what they want to to"

A blog has been written on this and there will be many people, including myself who will oppose this boundary definition.

http://honoroak.org.uk/2014/02/13/when-a...community/