Lee Valley Ice Centre, Lee Bridge Road, London E10 7QL Planning Statement Lee Valley Ice Centre, Lee Bridge Road, London, E10 7QL Planning Statement February 2020 WSP | Indigo Aldermary House 10-15 Queen Street London EC4N 1TX T 020 3848 2500 E
[email protected] W indigoplanning.com Lee Valley Ice Centre, Lee Bridge Road, London, E10 7QL Planning Statement Contents Page 1. Introduction 1 The Application 1 The Purpose and Scope of this Statement 2 Other Application Documents 2 2. The Context for the Proposals 4 Lee Valley Regional Park and the Park Authority 4 The Lee Valley Ice Centre 6 3. The Site and Proposals 8 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 10 What we are proposing 10 Development Phasing 13 4. Pre-Application Consultation 14 Public Consultation 14 Pre-Application Advice 14 How engagement has improved the Scheme 15 5. Overview of the Planning Policy Context 16 National Planning Policy Framework (2019) 16 Statutory Development Plan 17 Other guidance documents 20 Emerging planning policy documents 21 Summary 22 6. The Park Development Framework 24 Vision, Strategic Aims and Principles (2010) 24 Strategic Policies (2019) 25 Area Proposals (2011) 26 7. Development on Metropolitan Open Land 27 Inappropriate Development 27 Very Special Circumstances 28 8. The Harrow School Decision 29 Background 29 Impact On Openness 29 Consideration of VSC 30 Conclusions on VSC 32 Summary 32 9. The Role of the Park Authority 33 Summary 33 10. The Need to Replace the Ice Centre 34 Operational Capacity 34 Repairs and Future Investment 35 Options for replacing the Ice Centre 36 Replacing the Ice Centre with a Twin Pad 37 Summary 43 Lee Valley Ice Centre, Lee Bridge Road, London, E10 7QL Planning Statement 11.