Proposed Submission Draft Version of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan
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Internal draft Version 5 31st January 2014 Proposed submission draft version of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015 – 2030 Includes notes to indicate where minor additions or revisions have yet to be made. Subject to editorial and presentational improvements. 1 BLANK PAGE 2 Contents 1. Introduction p.07 Purpose of the Local Plan Pubic Consultation Policy and context - Soundness 2. Spatial vision and strategy Spatial vision for the borough of Hounslow in 2030 p.13 Supporting statement to the vision Spatial objectives Spatial strategy for the borough with key diagram p.23 Spatial strategy for ten local districts p.27 Spatial strategy for Chiswick – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Brentford – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Osterley and Spring Grove – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Isleworth – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Hounslow – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Hounslow West – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Cranford and Heston – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Feltham – diagram and key points Spatial strategy for Hanworth – diagram and key points 3. Planning Policies p.49 Supporting our town centres Policy TC 1 Town and local centre network Policy TC 2 Ensuring the future and vitality of town centres Policy TC 3 Managing uses in town centres Promoting economic development Policy ED 1 Promoting office growth and development Policy ED 2 Maintaining the Borough’s Industrial Land Supply Policy ED 3 Great West - Outer London Development Area Policy ED 4 Hotels Policy ED 5 Enhancing Local Skills Delivering sustainable mixed communities Policy SC 1 Housing growth Policy SC 2 Maximising the provision of affordable housing Policy SC 3 Meeting the need for a mix of housing size and type Policy SC 4 Scale and density of new housing development Policy SC 5 Ensuring suitable internal and external space Policy SC 6 Managing building conversions and sub-division of the existing housing stock Policy SC 7 Residential extensions and alterations 3 Policy SC 8 Specialist and supported housing Policy SC 9 Gypsy and traveller accommodation Policy SC 10 Homes in multiple occupation Policy SC 11 Student accommodation Character and context Policy CC 1 Context and character Policy CC 2 Urban design and architecture Policy CC 3 Tall buildings Policy CC 4 Heritage Policy CC 5 Adverts Green and blue infrastructure Green and blue infrastructure Policy GB 1 Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land Policy GB 2 Local open space Policy GB 3 Education open space Policy GB 4 The Green Infrastructure Network Policy GB 5 Blue Ribbon Network Policy GB 6 Residential moorings Policy GB 7 Biodiversity Policy GB 8 Allotments, agriculture and local food growing Policy GB 9 Play space, outdoor sports facilities and burial space Delivering community infrastructure Policy CI 1 Providing and protecting community facilities Policy CI 2 Education and school places Policy CI 3 Health facilities and healthy places Policy CI 4 Culture and leisure facilities Policy CI 5 Places of worship Environmental quality Policy EQ 1 Energy and carbon reduction Policy EQ 2 Sustainable design and construction Policy EQ 3 Flood risk and surface water management Policy EQ 4 Air quality Policy EQ 5 Noise Policy EQ 6 Lighting Policy EQ 7 Sustainable waste management Policy EQ 8 Contamination and hazardous substances Policy EQ 9 Minerals Enhancing connectivity Policy EC 1 Strategic transport connections Policy EC 2 Developing a sustainable local transport network Policy EC 3 Heathrow Airport Policy EC 4 Telecommunications Implementing the strategy IMP 1 Sustainable development IMP 2 Implementation and monitoring framework Table: Monitoring Framework by plan objectives 4 Site allocations See Part B Map book 01 Dukes Meadow 02 500 Chiswick High Road 03 Empire House 04 Hogarth Business Park 1 05 Wheatstone House 06 BSkyB 07 Gillette 08 Boston Manor House and Park 09 Gunnersbury Park 10 Reynard Mills 11 Albany Riverside 12 Alfa Laval 13 Lionel Road 14 Brentford Football Club 15 Brentford Police Station 16 Commerce Road 17 Brentford Waterside 18 Morrisons Supermarket and Car Park 19 Thames Water 20 Alexandra House 22 Brentford Bus Depot 23 69-77 Boston Manor Road 24 632-652 London Road 25 Scout Hut at Star Road 26 South West of Gillette Corner 27 John Busch House and the Telephone Exchange 28 Europa House 29 Swan Court 30 174 Twickenham Road 31 Rugby Road 32 Former West Thames College 33 Nazareth House 35 Royal Mail Delivery Office 36 Bath Road 37 Bell Road 38 Central House 39 High Street Quarter 40 Hounslow House 41 Kingsley Road 42 Lampton Road 43 London Road North 44 London Road South - Site A 45 London Road South - Site B 46 Civic Centre 47 Staines Road East 48 Staines Road West 49 Vacant Site, Hanworth Road 50 Bus Garage 51 Upstage 52 Lampton House 53 Pears Road 54 Cavalry Barracks 55 Hounslow West Station 5 56 Bombardier Aerospace 57 Staines Road 59 Sutton Lane Indoor Bowls Club 61 The Hartlands 62 Heston Leisure Centre 63 Rectory Farm 64 Cranford Lane 65 Master Robert Hotel 67 Feltham Arenas 68 Feltham Ex-Servicemens Club 69 Fern Grove 70 Ashmead Depot, Hounslow Homes 71 Hanworth Library (Note several sites have been removed but numbering is unchanged from teh October 2013 Revised Sites consultation) Appendix 1: Implementation Framework Appendix 2: Glossary Appendix 3: Infrastructure delivery schedule Appendix 4: Town centre boundary maps – further minor revisions to be made to All Appendices and as shown in Map Books C and CC and Part D The Proposals Map designations will be retained subject to revisions identified in documents B, C, CC and D 6 1. Introduction Purpose of the Local Plan The Local Plan is a local development plan document that will set out the council’s proposals for the future development of the borough over the next 15 years through a suite of new planning policies. All local authorities are required to prepare a Local Plan with the objective of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development, addressing the spatial implications of economic, social and environmental change. Process Hounslow’s new Local Plan will replace all of the policies and proposals in the existing local development plan1currently made up of the Brentford Area Action Plan (2009), the Employment Development Plan Document (2008) and the saved policies in the Unitary Development Plan (2007) together with supporting Supplementary Planning Documents and/ or Guidance. The Local Plan process also replaces the previous local development plan terminology of Local Development Frameworks led by a Core Strategy which the council had previously been preparing. The Proposed Submission draft of the Local Plan a critically important stage in the preparation of the council’s new Local Plan. The plan has been prepared using feedback received through several earlier consultation stages (see box below) and now provides a ful and final draft document for consultation before it is submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination. The examining Inspector will assess whether the Local Plan has been prepared in accordance with legal and procedural requirements, and whether it is ‘sound’ with reference to the following tests: The plan has been positively prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet the objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, and whether it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development. The plan is justified as the most appropriate strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives, and based on proportionate evidence. The plan is effective in that it is deliverable over the plan period and based on joint working on cross boundary strategic priorities. The plan is consistent with national policy, enabling the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the NPPF. There is also a requirement for Local Plans in London to be in general conformity with the London Plan. 1 See Glossary at Appendix 2 for a definition of technical terms given in italics 7 The consultation stages and timetable Consultation on the Core Strategy May – Sept 2007 Consultation on the Core Strategy July - Oct 2011 Policy Options for the Local Plan consultation Jun – Jul 2013 Revised Site Allocations for the Policy Options Oct 2013 Proposed Submission Local Plan consultation Mar - Apr 2014 Submission to the Secretary of State Jun/July 2014 Examination of the Local Plan (anticipated) Oct 2014 Adoption (anticipated) March 2015 Sustainability Appraisal and other impact assessments The Local Plan is subject to a number of statutory impact assessments, including Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) and Habitats Regulations Assessment. Each of the options presented in the consultation document have been assessed for their impact on the economy, community and environment and have been appraised for their impact against sustainability objectives. This sustainability appraisal process has enabled the assessment of reasonable alternatives options including a comparison of their likely impacts. The Sustainability Appraisal is published as a document alongside the Policy Options document for consultation. Public Consultation The pre-submission Local Plan, Sustainability Appraisal and other documentation is published for public consultation for a six week period from XX March 2014 to XX April 2014. Please consult the council’s webpage to view the document and to respond using our online questionnaire: www.hounslow.gov.uk/consultation Alternatively, please contact the Planning Policy Team using the details below: Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 8583 5202 Web: www.hounslow.gov.uk/localplan 8 Documents Access to all the evidence documents referred to in this Local Plan is available through the Council’s Planning Policy web pages 9 Policy and Context The starting point for developing policy options for the Local Plan is to address the requirements set out in national and regional planning policy guidance.