Appendix

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

293 Appendix - Background and Context

BACKGROUND TO OPDC STATUS OF THE LOCAL PLAN

A1.1. The Mayor of established Old Oak and Legal Status the NPPF, the associated National Planning Practice Development Corporation (OPDC) on 1 A1.5. This document is a Development Plan Guidance (NPPG) and the . The policies April 2015 as a ‘Mayoral Development Corporation’ Document (DPD) and is part of the Government’s contained within this plan are considered to comply under powers of the Localism Act (2011). OPDC is the planning policy system introduced by the Planning and with the NPPF and take a positive approach reflecting second of its kind in London, the first being the London Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. the overall presumption in favour of sustainable Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). development. A1.6. Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Local A1.2. The OPDC has a number of key aims, including: Planning) () Regulations 2012 sets out the Relation to Local Authority Planning Documents procedure for the production of Local Plans. This A1.10. Until OPDC adopts its own Local Plan for a) transforming one of London’s most inaccessible version of the Local Plan constitutes the consultation the OPDC area, the development plan documents areas into a well-connected, world-class transport required under Regulation 19. (DPDs) from the London Boroughs of Brent, interchange; and and , that applied to the b) enabling delivery of new housing and commercial Policy Status OPDC area and that that were either adopted, or development, surrounded by sustainable and A1.7. Alongside the National Planning Policy in production, at the time of OPDC’s establishment thriving neighbourhoods and valued open space; Framework (NPPF), London Plan, Old Oak and Park (1st April 2015), will continue to form part of OPDC’s c) protecting, intensifying and strengthening Park Royal Opportunity Area Planning Framework, West Development Plan. Royal; and London Waste Plan DPD, any ‘made’ Neighbourhood d) protecting and improving Wormwood Scrubs. Plans and any adopted Supplementary Planning A1.11. As OPDC progresses its Local Plan, the weight Documents (SPDs), OPDC’s Local Plan, once adopted, of these Local Authority DPDs covering parts of the A1.3. OPDC is the local planning authority for the area will be a key planning policy document against which OPDC area will diminish as they are superseded by and as such is responsible for plan-making including planning applications within the OPDC area will be the growing material weight of OPDC’s Local Plan. The the production of a Local Plan. The OPDC Local assessed (see figure A1.1). exception to this rule is the West London Waste Plan, Plan sets out OPDC’s strategy for the sustainable which was adopted by OPDC Board in July 2015 as a development of its area as a whole, including the A1.8. The policies in this Local Plan are consistent DPD. general amount, type and location of new development with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) it considers could take place and the policies to which and in general conformity with the London Plan. Relationship with the Old Oak and Park Royal applications for planning permission should conform. Further, the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area Opportunity Area Planning Framework Planning Framework (OAPF) adopted by the Mayor in A1.12. The Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area A1.4. Its planning powers, including preparing and November 2015 as Supplementary Planning Guidance Planning Framework (OAPF) was adopted by the implementing the Local Plan, represent one part of (SPG) to the London Plan has helped to inform the Mayor in November 2015 as Supplementary Planning the OPDC’s role as a Development Corporation. policy themes and policies in this Local Plan. Guidance (SPG) to the Mayor’s London Plan. As SPG Working with its partners, including the host Boroughs to the London Plan, the document is a significant of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham and the A1.9. In order to keep the OPDC Local Plan spatial material consideration in the determination of planning local community, OPDC will help implement projects and succinct, the Plan does not seek to repeat applications in the OPDC area. This existing OAPF has and bring about change that will help meet the policies already contained in the NPPF and London helped to inform the policy themes and policies in this Corporation’s key aims. Plan save for where such policies are particular to Local Plan. The OAPF should be read in conjunction the area or type of development proposed or it is with the Local Plan, but as this draft Local Plan of particular importance to reflect them. This Local progresses through its various regulatory stages, its Plan should therefore be read in conjunction with policies accrue greater weight than the guidance and principles in the OAPF.

294 Relationship with the High Speed Rail (London- to be constructed has yet to be carried out, so the authorities should make every effort to secure the West Midlands) Act (2017) deemed planning permission is subject to a series necessary cooperation on strategic cross boundary A1.13. High Speed 2 (HS2) is the Government’s of items that require the approval of local planning matters before they submit their Local Plans for proposal for a new, high speed north-south railway. authorities on the route, known as Schedule 17 examination. Phase One of the scheme will connect London to the approvals. OPDC as the planning authority for the Old West Midlands and will run through the OPDC area. Oak and Park Royal area will be responsible for such A1.16. The bodies covered by the Duty to Cooperate Part of the project involves delivery of the new station approvals. The considerations of any approvals for are prescribed in National Planning Practice Guidance at Old Oak Common where there will be a connection works to be carried out in relation to Phase One of HS2 and in the Town and Country Planning (Local to the Elizabeth Line and the national rail services. are limited to those set out in Schedule 17. Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended). In accordance with the Duty to Cooperate, OPDC A1.14. The High Speed Rail (London- West Midlands) Duty to Cooperate has been working closely with such authorities and Act (2017) grants deemed planning permission for A1.15. The Duty to Cooperate is a legal requirement bodies in the production of this Local Plan and in the phase 1 of the HS2 project. Matters such as the set out in the Localism Act. It requires local planning preparation of other planning policy and development principle for the railway works, their limits, and matters authorities and public bodies to engage constructively, management and infrastructure delivery matters. of principle relating to mitigation are determined actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the Details on OPDC’s engagement with such bodies are through the Parliamentary Act, rather than the normal effectiveness of Local Plan preparation in the context set out in OPDC’s Duty to Cooperate Statement, which Town and Country Planning Act process. The level of of strategic cross boundary matters. The duty to can be found as a supporting study to the Local Plan detailed design necessary to enable the development cooperate is not a duty to agree, but local planning on OPDC’s website.

Figure A1.1: Policy Status and Relationship

NPPF and London Plan & Old Oak NPPG and Park Royal OAPF

West Neighbour- London Local Plan SPDs Waste Plan hood Plans

295 HOW TO USE THE DOCUMENT

A1.17. Figure A1.2 identifies how the Local Plan is A1.19. The Spatial Vision is comprised of the Policies that, alongside the Development Management structured and the broad interrelationships between the overarching Vision Statement and the Vision Policies will drive and guide future development and different elements of the Local Plan. Narratives. The Vision Statement provides an Supplementary Planning Documents. overarching view of the future considering strategic Spatial Vision elements. The Vision narratives seek to provide further Strategic Policies, Places and Delivery A1.18. The Spatial Vision is OPDC’s vision for what the detail by expanding the Vision Statement to define A1.21. The strategic policies, place policies and different places of Old Oak, Park Royal and Wormwood outcomes of development and regeneration at both the delivery and implementation policies (chapters 3, 4 and Scrubs will be like in twenty years at the end of the national and regional scale by ‘thinking big’, and to set 11) form OPDC’s strategic policies for the area and ‘plan period’. It both leads and is informed by the policy out how local people will benefit from change and how establish the framework for fulfilling the spatial vision content of the Local Plan to set out how the OPDC neighbourhoods will improve by ‘going local’. for the future of the OPDC area. The strategic policies area is intended to benefit local people, the local dovetail with the OPDC’s corporate priorities and economy and the built and natural environment. It also A1.20. These three elements provide the structure and outline how the OPDC area will be transformed over complements the wider OPDC Vision and Mission. the key themes for the policies of the Local Plan. The the plan period. objectives for how the Spatial Vision will be delivered are embedded in the Strategic Policies and Place A1.22. Chapters 3, 4 and 11 will be treated as OPDC’s Figure A1.2: Local Plan Structure strategic policies when considering the general conformity of neighbourhood planning policies. INTRODUCTION Development Management Policies SPATIAL VISION A1.23. The strategic aims of the Local Plan will be promoted through the development management policies, which plan positively to ensure development STRATEGIC POLICIES within OPDC accords with the Spatial Vision and strategic objectives. The more detailed development PLACES management policies, which are contained in chapters 5-10, are effectively subsets of the strategic policies Old Oak South Old Oak North Park Royal West Old Park Royal Park Royal Centre and should not be read in isolation of the strategic policies.

Old Oak Lane and and A1.24. The development management policies set out Old Oak Common Channel Gate Scrubs Lane Junction Wormwood Scrubs Acton Wells Lane detailed planning policies against which the OPDC will assess planning applications within its area. When considering development proposals, the OPDC DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES will take a positive approach that reflects the overall presumption in favour of sustainable development Environment and Town Centre and Design Transport Housing Employment contained in the NPPF and will work with applicants to Utilities Community Uses secure development that improves the environmental social and economic well-being of its area. Planning applications that accord with the policies in the Local DELIVERY AND IMPLEMENTATION Plan will be approved unless material considerations indicate otherwise. GLOSSARY

296 Figure A1.3: Policy Structure

A1.29. The Local Plan is supported by an Integrated Policy Title Impact Assessment (IIA). The IIA fulfils the statutory requirements for a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (in a manner that incorporates the requirements of the European Union’s SEA Directive (2001/42/EU) and the transposing UK Regulations, the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations Policy Text 2004). The approach also fulfils the requirements for Health Impact Assessment, Equalities Impact Policy Links Assessment and Community Safety Impact Assessment. As per the other supporting evidence Evidence documents, the IIA can be viewed online or in hard Base Links copy at identified locations.

A1.30. Under Article 6 of the Habitats Directive, an assessment is required where a plan or project may Supporting Text give rise to significant effects upon any Natura 2000 sites (also known as ‘European sites’). There are no European sites within the OPDC area; however, there are seven sites which form part of the Natura 2000 network that could potentially be affected by the proposals of the Local Plan. A Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) screening has been undertaken to support the Local Plan to meet these requirements. Policy Structure to identify their location and are generally either of As per the other supporting evidence documents, the A1.25. Figure A1.3 outlines the Local Plan’s policy locations within the OPDC area or are of precedents IIA can be viewed online or in hard copy at identified structure. The policy itself is contained in a coloured from elsewhere in London, the UK or internationally. locations. box. This is followed by two boxes that highlight the policies’ interdependencies with other Local Plan Supporting Studies Glossary policies, as well as key supporting studies, which A1.28. The Local Plan is supported by a number of A1.31. The Local Plan is accompanied by a glossary to should be read alongside the policy. This is followed supporting evidence documents (see figure A1.4). the rear of the Local Plan, which provides a definition by supporting text, which provides further elaboration These supporting studies have been referenced below for terms used throughout the Local Plan. to the policies and justification for the approach being the relevant Local Plan policies and where relevant in taken in the policy. The supporting text follows the the supporting text to policies or in footnotes. All the ordering of the criteria in the policy. supporting studies are available to view online or hard copies can be viewed at identified locations. As part Figures and Photos of the Regulation 19 consultation, representations can A1.26. Figures in the Local Plan should be treated as be made on these studies. Where appropriate and indicative. The exact boundaries for spatially specific relevant, supporting studies may be updated. Updates policies are set out in OPDC’s Policies map. to supporting studies will be provided on OPDC’s website. A1.27. Photos in the document have been referenced

297 Figure A1.4: Supporting Studies Integrated Impact WIDER CONTEXT Draft Local Plan Assessment Strategic Context A1.32. The OPDC area and particularly Old Oak is Affordable Housing Viability set to be transformed with the opening of Old Oak A40 Study Absorption Rate Study Air Quality Study Assessment Common Station, which will connect Elizabeth Line and National Rail services to the newly built High Circular and Sharing Speed 2 (HS2) line. The station will be nearly the size Car Parking Study Catalyst Uses Study Character Areas Study Economy Study of Waterloo, accommodating approximately 250,000 passengers a day and putting Old Oak within 10 minutes journey time of London Heathrow, the City and Environmental Modelling Development Infrastructure Decontamination Study Development Capacity Study Framework Study Funding Study the West End and 38 minutes of Birmingham.

A1.33. Catalysed by this new station, the OPDC area Education and Health Needs Environmental Standards Future Employment Growth Grand Union Canal Massing can play a significant role in supporting good growth in Study Study Sectors Study and Enclosure Note London through the delivery of a new commercial hub, a new major town centre, new high density residential Healthy Town Centres Study Heritage Strategy Housing Evidence Statement Industrial Estates Study neighbourhoods, protecting and enhancing the Park Royal industrial location and providing a full range of supporting ancillary uses.The scale of development Infrastructure Delivery Plan Integrated Water North Action Station Old Oak Outline Historic Area envisaged currently represents one of the UK’s largest (IDP) Management Strategy Feasibility Study Assessment regeneration projects, identified in the London Plan as being capable of delivering a minimum 25,500 homes and 65,000 jobs and with the potential for development Park Royal Intensification Park Royal Transport Public Realm, Walking and Precedents Study Study Strategy Cycling Strategy to generate an additional £7.6 billion per annum of gross value added to the UK economy.

Scrubs Lane Development Sites of Importance to Nature Socio-Economic Baseline Smart Strategy A1.34. Figure A1.5 shows the OPDC area in West Framework Principles Conservation Statement Study London. Regeneration in Old Oak and Park Royal will play a key role in driving growth in West London, Victoria Road and Old Strategic Housing Market Oak Lane Development Views Study Waste Apportionment Study contributing over 12% of new homes and over 20% of Assessment Framework Principles new jobs for this area.

Willeseden Junction Station A1.35. The new station at Old Oak Common, along Waste Technical Paper Whole Plan Viability Study Wormwood Scrubs Survey Feasibility Study with other transport infrastructure improvements including two potential new Statement of Community stations will place the Old Oak and Park Royal as key Park Royal Atlas Bus Strategy Duty to Cooperate Statement Involvement transport hubs that will offer exceptional connectivity to many of west London’s key locations for growth. Consequently, the regeneration of Old Oak and Park Old Oak Strategic Gypsy and Traveller Industrial Land Review Cultural Principles Transport Study Assessment Royal has the potential to bring significant benefits to the west London sub-region and act as a beating heart and driving force for its economy. Retail and Leisure Needs Sports Courts and Swimming Waste Management Strategy Utilities Study Study Pools Study

298 TOWARDS LUTON & Figure A1.5: Strategic Context TOWARDS MILTON KEYNES CITY IN THE WEST WATFORD, WEST COAST MAIN LINE NORTHAMPTON

210,000 HOMES 2016: M1 12,500 HOMES HARROW & 2,000 JOBS 300,000 JOBS WEST LONDON LINE NORTH CIRCULAR 2016: 2,800 HOMES 540,000 PEOPLE 3,000 JOBS A4005 COURT ROAD M40 THAMESLINK 2016: 500 HOMES 2016: 5,000 JOBS 10,000 HOMES KINGS CROSS A312 20,000 JOBS ST PANCRAS TOWARDS HIGH SPEED 2 2016: 2016: 11,500 HOMES EUSTON OXFORD, BANBURY 1,900 HOMES A40 1,000 JOBS 2016: 25,000 JOBS HS1 AND BIRMINGHAM 3,800 HOMES A404 KENSAL 14,100 JOBS CANALSIDE A41 2016: OLD OAK & 3,500 HOMES 2,000 JOBS PARK ROYAL 2016: 25,500 HOMES 65,000 JOBS A40 C E N T R A L L O N D O N A312 A501

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NEW MALDEN TOWARDS SHEPPERTON EPSOM 299 Local Context be explored such as the potential for Imperial short-term solutions to better connect Wembley to A1.36. OPDC’s more immediate context contains some College to continue to grow its west London the OPDC area; and of the most deprived areas in the country. Locations campus into the OPDC area; • Centres in the wider area such as Ealing, such as and Stonebridge are ranked within • Harlesden Town Centre is a designated District , Acton, Wembley, Hammersmith and the top 10% most deprived wards nationally and Town Centre, providing much needed town Kensington, will be influenced by the scale of have issues with income deprivation and health. It is centre facilities for people living in the area. The development proposed at Old Oak and Park Royal. important that development at Old Oak and Park Royal centre and its surroundings currently suffer from There is a need for close collaboration with the brings tangible benefits for local communities and economic deprivation, falling within the top 10% surrounding and host local authorities to consider offers life improving opportunities. most deprived wards nationally when measured what these influences might be and ensure that against the Index of Multiple Deprivation (2015). measures are taken to capture opportunities and A1.37. Within the more immediate area there are some Improved connections between it and the OPDC mitigate any potential impacts. significant development opportunities. The OPDC area provide significant opportunities for residents area is in close proximity to other Opportunity Areas and businesses in Harlesden to benefit from including White City, Wembley and Kensal Canalside regeneration. OPDC and Brent Council have and other large development areas such as Acton, established a Harlesden sub-group to coordinate Ealing and Alperton. projects and strategies for the area; • Kensal Canalside Opportunity Area is A1.38. Rail and road infrastructure within and immediately to the east of the OPDC area and is bordering the OPDC area currently separate many identified in the London Plan as having the capacity of the communities bordering the OPDC area. New to deliver 2,000 new jobs and a minimum of 3,500 development has the opportunity to overcome this new homes. The Royal Borough of Kensington and severance and knit together this part of west London. Chelsea are lobbying the Mayor of London and TfL The scale of transformation planned in the OPDC area for a new Elizabeth Line station at Kensal, which can further spur their regeneration and help to unlock could further increase the area’s development additional development and growth. capacity. There will be opportunities to improve connections between Kensal Canalside and the A1.39. OPDC will work with local authorities, OPDC area and OPDC will work with the Royal landowners and communities across the area to Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to explore achieve the successful integration of the OPDC area ways that this can be achieved; into the wider hinterland. Below is a list of the those • Alperton located to the west of the OPDC area in largescale areas for regeneration in the wider region Brent has been identified as a ‘Housing Zone’ by where joint working will be required to ensure that the the Mayor of London with additional funding for benefits of the regeneration can be fully captured. the delivery of affordable housing. The Alperton housing zone is identified as having the capacity to • White City Opportunity Area is currently being deliver over 3,000 homes; transformed with the expansion of Westfield, • Wembley Opportunity Area is less than 2 development of Imperial College’s White City miles from the OPDC area and is west London’s Campus and redevelopment of the BBC Television second largest Opportunity Area after Old Oak. Centre. The White City OAPF was published Wembley has the potential to deliver 11,500 homes in 2013 and development in this area is well and 11,000 jobs. In the future, Wembley could underway. Coordinated public realm improvements potentially be better connected to Old Oak through could deliver better connectivity between the OPDC the provision of a spur to the West Coast Main area and White City. Economic synergies will also Line, but there are also other opportunities for more

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• The OPDC area, primarily the Strategic Industrial • The local area contains a number of areas within • Wormwood Scrubs, covering almost 68 ha is Location (SIL) at Park Royal, is the location of over the 10% most deprived nationally, primarily to located at the south of the OPDC area. It is a major 43,000 workers across over 1,700 enterprises, and is the north and south-west. Deprivation is more recreational and environmental asset for west estimated to deliver over £2.1 billion of economic activity pronounced in access to housing and services, London and is protected as Metropolitan Open per annum to the UK economy1; levels of income and employment, and crime Land (MOL) and by its own act of parliament, the • The OPDC area accounts for 30 per cent of employment levels2; Wormwood Scrubs Act (1879); in the local region and 1 per cent of all employment within • Residents in the local area are less likely to own • The Grand Union Canal runs through both Old Oak London2. their own home and more likely to socially rent. and Park Royal and is an environmental site of • Wholesale Trade, primarily food, is the largest industry 46.7% of households in the OPDC area are socially metropolitan importance, conservation area and a in the OPDC area, accounting for 14.5% of private rented, compared to 23.6% of households in the significant amenity asset. enterprise. The other main sectors include: three adjoining boroughs. The area also has higher • North Acton Cemetery is located within the OPDC »» Professional and Technical Services (11.4%); than average levels of household overcrowding. area, while St Marys Cemetery, Kensal Green »» Retail (9.6%); • The median household income across the three Cemetery and Little Wormwood Scrubs are located »» Information and Communications (8.9%); host Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith outside the area to the east. There are also some »» Business Administration (8.7%); and Fulham is £35,6713. small public and private open spaces within the »» Manufacturing (8.2%); • Residents in the OPDC Area are more likely to OPDC area. »» Construction (8.0%); and be long term unemployed, with 2.8% of residents • Within the OPDC area, there are 19 Sites of »» Motor Trades (5.6%). long term unemployment compared to the London Importance for Nature Conservation4 (See Figure • Over 80% of all enterprises in the OPDC area are micro average of 2%; 6.3), with one of these (Grand Union Canal) of enterprises, employing less than 10 people. This is • Residents in the local area are less likely to have a Metropolitan Importance. The multiple railway lower than the London average of 90%, however this is degree level qualification compared to the average sidings running throughout the area also act as offset by higher than average levels of small (16%) and across London. important wildlife corridors. medium (2.5%) size enterprises. The proportion of large • The health of the community in the OPDC region • Parts of Old Oak and Park Royal suffer from high enterprises at 0.5% is similar to the London average of is below London average levels, with high rates levels of air and noise pollution, arising from heavy 0.4%. of disability, long-term health problems and industrial uses and the primary transport corridors • Food production and food wholesale are a major element childhood obesity, alongside lower than average life running through and adjacent the area5. of Park Royal’s economic activity, with over 30% of expectancy. London’s food produced in the area.

REFERENCES 3. Housing Evidence Statement 1. Future Employment Growth Sectors Study 4. SINC Statement 2. Socio Economic Baseline Study 5. Air Quality Study 304 305 Contact us:

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