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Partners for Improvement in Islington

Partners manage 4,500 tenanted homes and 2,000 leasehold properties on behalf of the London Borough of Islington. This includes day-to-day repairs, major improvement works, and tenancy & leasehold management.

Their website provides up-to-date information for residents on their services.

Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment

This report published in 2011 was part of the wider Drain London project. This study has not identified any past floods that are considered to have had significant harmful consequences. This is based on the following local definition of harmful consequences: ‘Memorable past floods or otherwise registered on a national scale (such as the summer 2007 event) even if only occurring over a relatively small area.’

Future flood risk is estimated to be high in the borough. Based on the Drain London surface modelling outputs, approximately 16,400 properties are estimated to be at risk from flooding during a rainfall event with a 1 in 200 annual chance of occurring.

Islington's Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2013-2016

This strategy has been developed by Islington’s shadow Health and Wellbeing Board (sHWB). It is their overarching plan to improve the health and wellbeing of children and adults in the borough and to reduce health inequalities.

The vision of this strategy is to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of the local population, its communities and residents.

They have identified three outcomes that will help deliver this vision. They are:

1. Ensuring every child has the best start in life

2. Preventing and managing long term conditions to enhance both length and quality

of life and reduce health inequalities

3. Improving mental health and wellbeing

Community Infrastructure Levy

Islington is one of the smallest and most densely developed and populated authorities in the country. The borough has accommodated high levels of new development and population and employment growth in recent years. In order to ensure that Islington continues to be a place where people want to live, do business and visit, it is important that new development is accompanied by measures to increase the capacity of community infrastructure. This will ensure that the future growth of the borough can be accommodated sustainably.

The council has produced a 'CIL Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule' document which sets out details of the council’s proposed CIL charging rates and supporting information.

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust Equality and Diversity Report 2013

This report gives statistics on the use of the service and efforts being made to deliver equality. See here.

Islington Clinical Commissioning Group

Islington Clinical Commissioning Group has been established to commission health services for  our patients and the population of Islington and will be accountable to to the NHS Commissioning Board. Thet are required to make decisions about what health services the local population needs (commissioning). The CCG is made up of the 37 GP practices in Islington. The practices have decided how the CCG operates by developing a constitution. The CCG has an elected governing body made up of lead clinicians and NHS managers. They work jointly with the Health and Wellbeing Board and in partnership with the London Borough of Islington to help improve health and wellbeing and ensure integrated health and social care for their patients.

Meetings of the governing body can be found here.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Annual Report

The number of children subject to a child protection plan in Islington was 115 in February 2013 (latest report to the Islington Safeguarding Children Board). This reflects a rate of 34 per 10,000 (0-17 years population) which is below the average England rate (37.8 per 10,000 in March 2012) and the average London rate (35.7 per 10,000 in March 2012). Since April 2012 the number of children subject to Child protection plans in Islington has fluctuated each month but overall there has been a decrease from 136 (April 2012).

The relatively low numbers of children subject to a Child protection plan in Islington are in part attributed to the local development of early intervention strategies and services for vulnerable families. It is also note-worthy that the England and London rates (as at March 2012) have fallen since March 2011.

Air Quality Draft Report

A number of recommendations to improve air quality in Islington have been put forward in a draft report to the borough council.

Suggestions include funding to investigate the implementation of a borough-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ), low-cost cycle tracks, setting up an air quality working group and planting particular species of vegetation that can improve air quality.

The ‘Air quality – draft report of the regeneration and employment review committee’ document was put together by the council’s Air Quality Scrutiny Panel, which is chaired by Liberal Democrat councillor Greg Foxsmith.

It follows the council’s Air Quality Review, which ran from July 2012 until March 2013, taking evidence from campaigners, scientists, council officers and Greater London Authority (GLA) advisers.

The draft report will need final approval from the council before its suggested actions can be taken forward.

One of the major recommendations in the report is the need for the council to work more closely with neighbouring borough councils on specific projects, because “often air pollution in Islington was caused by sources elsewhere in London or even further afield.”

As part of this, the report proposes holding a second air quality summit with Camden borough council in Islington in 2013, following a previous summit in 2011.

The panel suggests that the council increase its engagement with businesses in order to encourage them to reduce emissions. Methods suggested include low emissions deliveries via electric vehicles or bicycles; providing showers and bike storage facilities for employees; bicycle purchase loan schemes for employees; and replacing old boilers with low-nitrogen oxide emitting boilers.

2011 Census - Further Information Released

Thursday 16 May 2013 saw the release of the latest set of data from the 2001 Census. The GIA Intelligence Unit has produced a key facts containing the headlines for London. See here.  

Energy Strategy 2013-2016

The Energy Strategy adopted by the Executive Committee on 7 February 2013 has a five point plan:

Making fuel cheaper so that people can afford to stay warm

Providing Green jobs for local people through the development of a green economy

Keeping residents warmer by developing improving the fuel efficiency and better insulating Islington housing stock

Homes people can afford by ensuring that new housing is genuinely affordable in terms of its energy efficiency rating and cost of heating

Providing an alternative to private energy companies through Islington owned power stations and brokering better fuel prices for our residents.