BRENTFORD AREA ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT Submission Version June 2007 LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW CONTENTS PAGE Acronyms .......................................................................................................................3 Introduction ....................................................................................................................4 Structure And Development Of The Document.............................................................6 Spatial Portrait and Key Issues .....................................................................................8 Policy Context ..............................................................................................................13 A Vision for Brentford...................................................................................................24 Plan Objectives ............................................................................................................24 BAAP Policies ..............................................................................................................28 POLICY BAAP1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..................................................... 28 POLICY BAAP2 URBAN DESIGN ............................................................................... 34 POLICY BAAP3 REGENERATION OF BRENTFORD TOWN CENTRE.................... 38 POLICY BAAP4 THE GREAT WEST ROAD ............................................................... 43 POLICY BAAP5 REGENERATION AND PROTECTION OF BRENTFORD’S RIVER AND CANAL SUPPORT FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES......... 48 POLICY BAAP6 LARGE SCALE ARTS, CULTURAL, ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE FACILITIES. ................................................................................................. 52 POLICY BAAP7 DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE ACCESS........................................... 55 Development Site Policies...........................................................................................61 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 61 Policies.......................................................................................................................... 63 BE1 - GILLETTE, GILLETTE CORNER, GREAT WEST ROAD, ISLEWORTH ......... 63 BE4 - BSKYB, CENTAURS BUSINESS PARK, SYON LANE, ISLEWORTH ............ 65 M1 - FORMER ALFA LAVAL SITE AND BALTIC CENTRE, GREAT WEST ROAD.. 69 M2 - WALLIS HOUSE, GREAT WEST ROAD............................................................. 70 M3- KEW BRIDGE SITE, KEW BRIDGE ROAD.......................................................... 74 M4 - THAMES WATER SITE, KEW BRIDGE ROAD .................................................. 76 M7 - SOMERFIELD SUPERMARKET AND CAR PARK, HIGH STREET, BRENTFORD................................................................................................................ 80 M8 - ‘BRENTFORD WATERSIDE’, LAND SOUTH OF THE HIGH STREET, BRENTFORD................................................................................................................ 81 RR1 - FERRY WHARF, POINT WHARF, GOAT WHARF, AND SOAPHOUSE CREEK ....................................................................................................................................... 87 IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT SITE POLICIES........................................ 90 Glossary .......................................................................................................................92 Appendix 1 ...................................................................................................................96 UDP POLICIES BEING REPLACED BY THE BRENTFORD AREA ACTION PLAN . 96 Appendix 2 ...................................................................................................................97 CHARACTER AREAS .................................................................................................. 97 ACRONYMS BAAP Brentford Area Action Plan CHP Combined Heat and Power CO2 Carbon Dioxide CPO Compulsory Purchase Order DPD Development Plan Document GLA Greater London Authority LAA Local Area Agreement LDF Local Development Framework LDD Local Development Documents LDS Local Development Scheme LSP Local Strategic Partnership PCT Primary Care Trust PPG Planning Policy Guidance PPS Planning Policy Statement SA Sustainability Appraisal SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment SIL Strategic Industrial Location SPD Supplementary Planning Document SRDF Sub Regional Development Framework SUDS Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems TfL Transport for London TLS Thames Landscape Strategy UDP Unitary Development Plan INTRODUCTION 1.1 Brentford is located within West London in the London Borough of Hounslow. The M4 motorway begins in Brentford and the River Thames and the Grand Union Canal wind their way through the area to meet at the town centre. 1.2 Brentford is an area of great diversity that has been subject to continual development pressure over recent years. Recognised as a regeneration area by the Government in 1995, the public and private sector have invested millions of pounds in the area over the past decade. Many previously derelict sites now provide new jobs, new homes and new opportunities for local people. The fact remains that there is still much to do to complete regeneration. The Brentford Area Action Plan (BAAP) plans for the future and its town centre in a way that improves people’s quality of life, makes the best use of urban land to deliver urban regeneration and growth that is sustainable both locally and globally. 1.3 The Brentford Area Action Plan addresses the key issues facing the Brentford Area through the delivery of sustainable new development on brownfield sites. In particular the plan focuses on regenerating Brentford town centre in a way that respects its unique waterside location and seeks to enhance the strategic economic role of the Great West Road and its brand as an iconic gateway to London. 1.4 The plan must be considered within the context of the Council’s saved policies contained within the existing Unitary Development Plan adopted December 2003, (to be replaced by the Core Strategy), the emerging Employment Development Plan Document, the London Plan (currently subject to further alterations) and national planning policy guidance 1.5 The plan is considered to be in general conformity with these plans (see Policy Context) and will not repeat policies contained within them. 1.6 Whilst the employment chapter of the UDP is being reviewed in parallel with the Brentford Area Action Plan, all other parts of the saved plan continue to be applicable to the Brentford Area unless they have been replaced due to distinct local circumstances as part of this Action Plan. 1.6 The policies, proposals and designations being modified or replaced are listed in Appendix 1 1.7 The BAAP has been prepared in advance of the Core Strategy, which is primarily as a result of the continuing pressure for development within the area. The production of the BAAP in parallel with the Employment DPD has enabled consistency between the documents and conformity of the BAAP with employment core policies rather than existing UDP employment policies. 1.8 The BAAP has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement (adopted September 2006) and procedures and milestones set out in the Local Development Scheme (amended April 2007). 1.9 Together with the ’saved’ policies carried forward from the Unitary Development Plan (subject to direction from the Secretary of State) and the Mayor’s London Plan, the Brentford Area Action Plan will have formal Development Plan status. 1.10 Upon adoption of the Employment Development Plan Document, Core Strategy and other Development Plan Documents forming part of Hounslow’s Local Development Framework, the Brentford Area Action Plan will form part of a suite of Local Development Documents. Together these documents will form the development plan for the borough and should be read in conjunction with each other upon their adoption. 1.11 The Brentford Area Action Plan will guide development over the next 10 years to 2018 and will be reviewed as necessary to reflect any changes in the aspirations of the community and the regeneration needs of the area. The evidence base will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure the information used to inform decisions is up to date. STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCUMENT 2.1 The purpose of the Area Action Plan is to set out a spatial strategy for the continued regeneration of the Brentford Area. It sets out a vision for the future of the area. The vision for the Area Action Plan reflects the vision and objectives of the emerging Community Plan and is implemented through the objectives, development policies and site specific policies that follow. 2.2 The objectives are derived from the vision and illustrate how the development plan will seek to achieve the vision. From the objectives stem the policies BAAP1 to BAAP7. As a spatial plan, the policies relate to the development and use of land as well as influencing the places people work and live. 2.3 As a spatial plan, the objectives and policies can be delivered through means other than the granting or refusal of planning permission as outlined in the implementation sections that follow each policy. The policies in the BAAP generally seek the same aims as other organisations e.g. delivering sustainable patterns of movement. Therefore, the measures of other organisations