FITZROVIA AREA ACTION PLAN TRACK CHANGES VERSION SHOWING PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED SUBMISSION DECEMBER 2012 SEPTEMBER 2013 2 Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission Consultation process • Site no. 39 – 45-50 Tottenham Street, Arthur Stanley House, W1 Camden Council has decided to consult on the Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission. Following the consultation, How to respond we intend to submit the Plan to the Secretary of State for examination by a government-appointed planning inspector. In Representations about the local plan must be received on or the light of representations we receive during the consultation before Thursday 31 January 2013. Representations may be we will also prepare of list of the Council's suggested made in writing or by email to the following addresses. amendments for consideration by the planning inspector as part of the examination. There will be public hearings as part of the Strategic Planning and Implementation London Borough of Camden examination, and we anticipate that these will take place in th summer 2013. 6 Floor Town Hall Extension After the public examination the planning inspector will produce Argyle Street a report into the Plan. The Council will consider the inspector's London report and recommendations. If the inspector concludes that the WC1H 8EQ plan is sound and has complied with the necessary legal and procedural requirements, we anticipate that the Council will [email protected] adopt the Plan towards the end of 2013. When you make your representation, you can also ask the Under the terms of the Town and Country Planning (Local Council to notify you at a specific address of any of the Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, the Fitzrovia Area following: Action Plan is known as a local plan. The subject matter of the when we submit the Plan for public examination Plan and the area it covers are set out on pages 6 and 7 of this document. when we publish the report and recommendations of the inspector who carries out the public examination The Plan is intended to supersede Policy LU1 – Schedule of Land Use Proposals in the Camden Replacement Unitary when we adopt the Plan. Development Plan adopted June 2006 and the remaining site You can find out more about how to respond on our website by allocation policies within that Schedule, namely: going to www.camden.gov.uk/ldf and following the link to the • Site no. 7 – Cleveland Street, Middlesex Hospital Annexe, Fitzrovia Area Action Plan. W1 • Site no. 17 – Grafton Way, Odeon Cinema site, W1 Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission 3 Contents Part 1: Purpose and scope ............................................. 5 Part 2 Character and challenges .................................. 15 Part 3: Vision and objectives ........................................ 25 Part 4 Land use principles ............................................ 29 Part 5 Character areas and urban design principles .... 65 Part 6: Opportunity sites ............................................. 105 Part 7 Delivery and monitoring ................................... 151 PART 1: PURPOSE AND SCOPE 6 Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission Purpose and scope Plan Area Fitzrovia lies between Marylebone and Bloomsbury, straddling Fitzrovia and the most westerly part of Bloomsbury form is an the border of the City of Westminster and the London Borough of area where an established residential community lives alongside Camden. This Action Area Plan covers the part of Fitzrovia that a rich mix of Central London activities including commercial, lies within Camden and the Plan area merges with Bloomsbury university and health uses. An Area Action Plan is needed to to the east. The area east of Tottenham Court Road is widely deal with the impact of continued development pressure on considered to form part of Bloomsbury. References to "Fitzrovia" Fitzrovia, which is now being further fuelled by nearby growth in this document relate to the entire Plan area. areas. The growth areas are based around redevelopment of Euston mainline station (outside the Plan area to the north east) Area covered by this Area Action Plan [map replaced] and Tottenham Court Road tube station (a new Crossrail interchange, outside the Plan area to the south west). The purpose of this Area Action Plan is to help to shape the future of the Fitzrovia and the western part of Bloomsbury by: • developing a vision for the area shared by the Council, key community groups and key landowners; • ensuring that growth takes place in a way that balances the need for residential, institutional and commercial uses and minimises harm to whilst supporting the residential community and its facilities and future needs and protecting and enhancing its amenity and quality of life; • coordinating development proposals across a number of significant sites; and • ensuring that growth delivers the maximum benefits to the area. This Plan aims to ensure that development proposals bring real benefits to the Plan area Fitzrovia, particularly in terms of public open space and other public spaces, housing, affordable homes, community facilities and locally produced energy. It seeks to support sustainable growth of a realistic level and secure the most efficient and effective use of land, while maintaining what makes the area Fitzrovia attractive as a place to live, work and visit. Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission 7 Structure of this Area Action Plan namely Policy LU1 – Schedule of Land Use Proposals, and all remaining site allocation proposals within that Schedule. This Area Action Plan considers the character that gives Fitzrovia its unique identity and the challenges that it faces Plan Period (Part 2) and uses these as a basis for developing a Vision and Objectives for the future of the area (Part 3). For consistency with Camden’s Core Strategy, this Area Action Plan will run until 2025. Part 4 of the Plan sets out Land use principles which will help us manage the activities in the area to meet these objectives. Part 5 Fitzrovia Area Action Plan Structure identifies Character areas within Fitzrovia and sets out urban design principles that will help us meet our objectives for the physical environment by maintaining and reinforcing the elements of the built character that are valued by residents, workers and visitors. Character and Principles established in Part 4 of the Plan Land use principles challenges and Part 5 Character areas and urban design principles feed in to Part 6 Opportunity Sites. This will inform planning decisions relating to a number of identified sites where we expect Vision and development to take place during in the next 15 years, and in objectives some cases in the next 5 years. Masterplanning principles are included to guide development of identified sites that are close together. Key development principles for each site indicate either the preferred use, the preferred range of uses or the possible alternative uses. The land use and urban design principles will Design principles and character Opportunity sites Land use also guide planning decisions where development proposals areas principles come forward on other sites within the Plan boundary that have not yet been identified. The final section sets out our approach to the delivery and monitoring of the Plan, including a Delivery Plan (Part 7). Delivery and monitoring Status of the Plan The Fitzrovia Area Action Plan was adopted as a local plan on [date to be inserted]. The Plan supersedes the remaining saved policy of Camden Replacement Unitary Development Plan adopted June 2006, 8 Fitzrovia Area Action Plan – Proposed Submission • Camden Site Allocations Plan 2013 (submission document) Camden’s planning framework –Camden’s proposals for development of significant sites The Fitzrovia Area Action Plan will form part of Camden's Local and buildings outside Fitzrovia - this Area Action Plan Development Framework (LDF), the set of documents that allocates Opportunity Sites within Fitzrovia; and . Following collectively form the strategy for the future growth and independent examination, the Site Allocations Plan is development of Camden and set out the policies we use when expected to be adopted early in 2013. the Council makes decisions on planning applications. • Euston Area Plan (draft) - a plan for the area around Euston Station is being prepared by Camden with the Greater The Plan has to: London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL). • be consistent with the Camden Core Strategy 2010-2025; Camden Council is opposed to the high speed rail project (HS2) terminating at Euston, but whether or not HS2 • be in general conformity with the Mayor of London’s London proceeds the plan will help us maximise the delivery of new Plan 2011; and replacement homes, businesses, shops, and • be consistent with national policy in the National Planning associated education, leisure and open space and improved Policy Framework (NPPF); and public realm in the area. • take into account Council strategies such as Camden Housing Strategy 2011-2016. The Plan will help to deliver the their strategic objectives of the Core Strategy, interpreting and building upon the objectives that relate to Fitzrovia, and promote sustainable development in line with the NPPF. A number of documents in the planning framework are formally designated as development plan documents, and together these form part of the statutory basis for planning decisions. In addition to the London Plan 2011, the Camden Core Strategy 2010-2025, and the Fitzrovia