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APPENDIX 4 - CONSULTATION RESPONSES PAGE 1 - 127 Appendix 4 Consultation Responses Report Section Pages A: Report on Consultation 1-3 B: Schedule of Consultation Responses 4-65 Toys R Us 4 Holiday Inn 5 Quintain Estates 6-8 Bestway 9-14 JLP 14 NLWA 14-15 Greenwich Leisure Limited (Operators of the Hendon Leisure Centre) 15 Pharmacy 16 Accountants 16 Commercial Premise 17 Lidl 17-18 West End Group 18 Grove-mead Health Centre 19 Freight on Rail 19-20 London Wildlife Trust 21-23 Cricklewood Millennium Green Trust 23 Campaign for Better Transport (London Group) 24-27 Brent Liberal Democrat Group 27 UK Waste Incineration Network 27 MPs And London Assembly Members 28-31 Sarah Teather MP (Brent East) 28-30 Dawn Butler MP (Brent South) 30 Andrew Dismore MP (Hendon) 31 i Councillor Brian Coleman 31 Whitefield School 32-33 Brent Cyclists 33 Barnet Cycling Campaign 34 Brent Friends of the Earth 34-38 Barnet Green Party 39 Brent Terrace Residents Association 39-41 Federation of Residents Association in Barnet 41-42 Brent Terrace (14 Letters) 42 JR Ullman 43 Petition and Standard Letters 42-45 Petition (360 signatures) 43-44 Standard letter A - NW2 area (26 letters) 44-45 Standard letter B (17 letters) 45-46 Standard letter C - Railway Terraces (46 letters) 46 Standard letter D - Railway Terraces (5 letters) 46 General Railway Terraces letters + additional comments on standard 47-50 letters (36 letters) General addresses 51-52 Environment Agency 53 Highways Agency 53-54 Transport for London 54 Thames Water 54 English Heritage 54 Natural England 55 London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority 55 Hertsmere Borough Council 55-56 LB Haringey 56 LB Harrow 56 Greater London Authority 56 CAMDEN 57 LB Brent 58-60 Network Rail 60 CABE 61 National Grid 61-62 ii Metropolitan Police 62 Mapesbury Residents Association 62 Barnet NHS 63 West Hampstead Amenity and Transport 63-65 Dollis Hill Residents Association 65 C: Response to GLA Stage 1 Report – Planning Issues 66-70 D: Response to Quintain – Retail Issues 71-75 E: Transport Specific Responses 76-127 Quintain Estates 76-78 Bestway 78-81 Lidl 82-84 Campaign for Better Transport (London Group) 84-93 Brent Liberal Democrat Group 93-94 Dawn Butler MP (Brent South) 95-96 Brent and Barnet Cyclists 96-104 Brent Friends of the Earth 104-106 Federation of Residents Associations 106-107 CAMDEN 107-116 LB Brent 116-119 Dollis Hill Residents Association 119-121 TfL and GLA (Response to GLA Stage 1 Report – TfL Issues) 122-127 iii Report on Consultations. The Council has carried out extensive consultation on the planning application. This has included sending out consultation letters to more than 20,000 local residents and businesses, including the parts of Brent and Camden adjacent to the planning application boundary. In addition, 27 site notices were placed in various locations in and around the application boundary and a notice was placed in the local press. The Council has also consulted the relevant public bodies and interest groups on the application. This process was carried out twice (April and November 2008) as the initial planning application submission in March 2008 did not include the Transport Assessment, requiring a further consultation period when this was submitted in November 2008. The Council held two public exhibitions on the proposals at the Hendon Leisure Centre in May and December 2008. These exhibitions were attended by nearly two hundred residents and business and provided an opportunity to explain the proposals in more detail to local people. In addition, the Council has carried out a third round of consultation (April 2009) following the receipt of additional information in response to a request under Regulation 19 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 1999. The Council notified all the statutory and other consultees and placed site and press notices in accordance with the Regulations. A website (www.brentcrosscricklewood.com) was created by the applicant and was maintained and updated with all the application documents. All the consultation responses have been carefully considered and where appropriate concerns have been addressed either though the supply of further information or through the planning conditions and obligations. Summary details of the consultation responses are included in this Appendix. The number of responses from residents and small business totalled 519 with 511 objections and 8 letters of support. This included a total of 303 standard letters (with 13 slight variations) produced by the Campaign for Better Transport. 1 It should be noted that many of the letters received from residents expressed support for the principle of the development but contained concern about aspects of the proposal. A variety of local community groups as well as landowners and businesses also submitted comments and these are considered in the attached schedule of objections and comments. 6 letters of support have been received from local organisations (including the headteacher of Claremont School) Two petitions were received, one of approximately 360 signatures and the other of approximately 800 signatures. A standard postcard (approximately 800) was received from customers of Bestway cash and carry warehouse. Report on Exhibitions Two public exhibitions were held on 6 and 7 May 2008 and 2 and 3 December 2008. Both exhibitions were held at the Hendon Leisure Centre. 6 and 7 May - 11.00 am to 8.00 pm This exhibition was attended by approximately 70 people. In addition to explanation of various aspects of the proposal the following specific issues were raised: Heights of buildings adjacent to Prayle Grove. Arrangements for Whitefield School Open nature of Clitterhouse Playing Fields should be retained. No tall buildings. Swimming Pool would be welcome. Wind turbines welcome As much open space as possible. 2 2 and 3 December – 2. 00 pm to 8.00 pm This exhibition was attended by approximately 95 people. The following issues were raised: Concerned about proposed waste facility so near to houses. High rise buildings and increased density undesirable. Object to siting of proposed bridge across the Midland Mainline. Insufficient constraints on car access will lead to gridlock. Need to reduce and charge for car parking and provide better public transport. RTS should be permanent. RTS should be rails based so as to use other than fossil fuels, attractive to users, have an exclusive right of way, could be extended to Brent and Colindale. Future of Rosa Freedman Centre. Future of Kara Way and open spaces. The A406 after the development will be a traffic light free two or three lane road with slip roads and roundabout junctions with at grade light controlled pedestrian crossings. The proposals for pedestrian bridges are terrible and should be replaced by new crossings. Development has not met current sustainable transport guidance. Ignores Intergovernmental Conference on Climate Change and the Stern Report and the Independent Committee on Climate Change. Is the figure of 29,100 extra vehicle journeys every week day plus delivery and dust cart journeys that is contained in the Development Framework still up to date? All these issues are discussed either in the main body of the committee report or in the attached Schedule of Consultation Reponses contained in the Appendix 4 where key themes from the consultation responses are discussed. 3 Response(s) – Transport responses are also detailed in Consultee Contact details the Transport Section below Response Toys R Us - Agent: CMS Cameron - Flagship store which has recently been refurbished. The socio economic impact of the relocation of the store OBJECT McKenna, Mitre - No mention of role of Toys R Us in the area as a local and other existing on-site operations has been House, 160 Aldersgate employer and the support given to LBB over the last 20 years. considered in chapter 8 of the Revised Environmental Street, London, EC1A - Unique and prestigious location. Statement (March 2009). The ES follows standard 4DD - Socio economic impact on the area as a result of the loss of practice in assessing the net impacts of the jobs. development, including the current baseline position relating to employment on site which will be displaced A further letter was received in May 2009. This expressed by the proposals, and the net employment impacts of concern as to the consideration of alternatives in the ES and the proposed floorspace. confirmed that Toy R Us remain interested in considering how the existing store could be incorporated into the proposal. Toys The ES identifies that current employment within the R Us maintain their strong objection. application site is around 5,400 and that post- completion of the scheme it will be 30,700. This is a net gain of over 25,000 jobs. This includes an increase of over 4,000 retail jobs so whilst there will be some retail jobs that are relocated off-site there will be far more new retail jobs created on-site. Chapter 21 identifies that there will be a net gain in employment in each of the intermediate years which are assessed. The applicants recognise that most businesses on site will wish to continue trading either on or off site and have identified the overall parameters and principles behind the relocation of existing businesses, and will be required under the proposed planning conditions to obtain the LPA’s approval to a detailed business relocation strategy setting out the arrangements for relocating businesses displaced by the Development before the development commences. Where possible existing business will be re-located within the inner and wider impact areas and therefore continue to contribute to the north London economy. The Consideration of Alternatives in the ES is considered to be adequate in view of the existing London and local planning policy which supports the comprehensive redevelopment of the area 4 Holiday Inn - Agent: Rapleys First objection letter received 23rd May: The planning application is primarily submitted in OBJECT outline, however, full planning permission is sought for - Although detailed plans are not yet available the parameter the strategic access points into the site.