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30-Jan-13 Croydon OAPF consultation responses MET police response Hammersons response Westfield response Gatwick response General Comments The plan is too prescriptive Changes to the OAPF have been made. The level of detail included is considered to be appropriate for this type of OAPF. General Comments Local Context should be moved in the Change made. arrangement of the document to prior to Land Uses to make the document easier to follow Chp1 Introduction The vision section is still too weak Changes made. As part of the flexible end state plan Changes made to better reflect the and this should be bulked up more 'In for Wellesley Road the text in aspriations for Wellesley Road and order to encourage investment'. paragraph 1.12 should reflect the these are now consistent across the following: 'each proposed Plan. development on or affecting Wellesley Road should be supported by transport testing and modeling provided by the applicant. Moreover, emphasis should be placed on all parties (including TfL, the Council and developers) working together to reasonably move towards a ‘flexible- end-state’ through careful and considered discussions, rather than one party being expected to deliver all the modifications to Wellesley Road'. Chp1 Introduction Support for student housing, hotel Noted. and the release of outdate office. Chp1 Introduction Remove figure 1.1 and 1.2 Changes made. Chp1 Introduction Amend Figure 1.3 to say Retail Core - Change made. Retail led mixed use area including resi and leisure and reflected in Figure 3.3 Chp1 Introduction Paragraph 1.2 should cross reference Change made. those maps show the location of New Town. Chp1 Introduction Paragraph 1.12 Further detail on the Changes made. Wellesley Road flexible end state is needed. Chp 2 Location of the COA There is limited information on the six Additional information included - new Amend the Purley Way map to also Not required, the purpose of this map character areas. applications will be expected to include Beckenham and the A23 to is to highlight the relationship provide their own detailed assesment central London. between the COA and Purley Way - of how their proposal relates to the which are currently operating as surrounding character area. competitors and they should not be. Beckenham is not part of this relationship. Chp 2 Location of the COA A consistent term for Civic and Change made. Cultural or Fairfield and Mid Croydon should be adopted Chp 2 Location of the COA Fig 2.3 need to clarify where the Change made. figures for turnover for the Town Centre and Purley Way have come fromand this needs to be referenced Chp 3 Land Uses Emergency services: In order to Change made to text:Croydon There is no reference to the need for There is no aspiration to prepare a The existing retail floorspace is set at Change made. ensure that the Crodyon Town Centre Council will work alongside the a masterplan for the retail core area. detailed masterplan for the retail core 195000 and this figure should be remains a safe and secure place for Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime as is the case with the other referenced as the Experian GOAD residents and visitors, it is important and the Metropolitan Police Service masterplan areas, the OAPF includes report for central Croydon sets this that the diverse nature of policing to ensure the delivery of necessary some guiding principles that figure at 218457 (Nov 11). needs as a result of development and policing facilities in Croydon Town applicants should use as the starting intensification can be met. Centre so that the impact of new point for their plans. In the future it develompent upon policing can be may be appropriate to prepare a appropriately mitigated. masterplan for the retail core and the OAPF allows for this to happen. Page 1 of 40 30-Jan-13 Croydon OAPF consultation responses MET police response Hammersons response Westfield response Gatwick response Chp 3 Land Uses Fig 3.2 change the key and update Change made. The vacancy rates appear inaccurate Change made. the map i.e. it should not be mixed and should be clarified - OAPF says retail but rather just retail. 11% but the GOAD says 18%. Chp 3 Land Uses Clarification needs to be provided for Change made. The retail core section of text should Change made to support qualitative the land use figures in Fig 3.1. be updated to read “support the development and that the quantity is development of at least 28,000sq.m less important so long as a of additional retail floorspace (in reinvigoration is achieved. addition to a full scale department store)”. Chp 3 Land Uses The inclusion of reference to the Change made. Paragraph 3.8 should be revised to Change made. Westfield assessment of the impact read “Focus growth in comparison of town centre shopping centres on retail within the retail core in surrouding high streets should be particular along North End and in removed. Whitgift and Centrale shopping centres”. And this may also need to be updated in chapter 2 as well Chp 3 Land Uses The 24 hour route should not state Change made and the route no Paragraph 3.8 should note that the Not required, as it is too prescriptive that the route is 24 hour through longer runs through the cinema. only realistic location for a new and it is impossible to forecast with Centrale cinema and the routes department store is in the Whitgift certainty what could happen over the should be made clearer to respect Centre. twenty years, although reference is this in the text and the diagram. now made to this general south eastern area of the retail core. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.9 states that the overall Change made. Para 3.9 should be amended to say Change made. aim of the OAPF is to deliver housing that residential led development is - we should not state that this is the not the main priority of the OAPF - overall aim of the OAPF as there are but that it is one of them and that the other mixed uses that are also primary aim is meet modern important so alter this text to say - commerical need. one of the aims is to bringing new resi into the centre. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.15 should reflect the fact Change made. Support the inclusion of the Mayor's Noted. that Centrale is unlikely to be and Council's support for redeveloped. comprehensive renewal of the retail core and the text sould go further stating that this option is needed to ensure the area can be revitialised. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.17 should remove Change made. Paragraph 3.15 should be amended Inappropriate comment. reference to Westfield evidence. to recognise that the redevelopment of the Whitgift centre is a priority over that of Centrale. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.24 needs to be Change made. Paragraph 3.27 needs to be Change made to support qualitative amended and addressed in light of amended to note that “need for a new development and that the quantity is Hammersons objections, we could full scale department store, together less important so long as a include some aspirations ie, better with at least 28,000sq.m of additional reinvigoration is achieved. entry and improved footfall and better retail floorspace”, east west route and it also needs to reference the existing permission. Chp 3 Land Uses The OAPF should make reference to Change made. Paragraph 3.3 needs to recognise Change made. the fact that the office buildings in the that Centrale may not be part of a Whitgift Centre are stand alone and comprehensive redevelopment and that, subject to redevelopment of the that it already has a planning bigger plot, these could potentially be permission. redeveloped. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.25- the Allders bullet Change made. Figure 3.6 - the key and map for the Change made. point should be removed and set as a location of amenity spaces in retail stand along as Allders is not part of core are not accurate (brown and Whitgift - also this building could be green). subdivided rather then redeveloped by a single occupier. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.32 - Guiding Principles Change made. The guiding principles for the retail Change made. should include 'where feasible to the core need to more accurately reflect connection to district heating.` that the retail core area could accommodate 1100 homes and this could be on a range of sites across the area not just Whitgift and Centrale. Page 2 of 40 30-Jan-13 Croydon OAPF consultation responses MET police response Hammersons response Westfield response Gatwick response Chp 3 Land Uses Figure 3.5 - The Centrale shopping Change made. Paragraph 3.42 should not require Change made. centre does not own those units on securing an agreement with RSL's North End that are directly accessed but to engage with them early is fine. from North End and the map should The text could be amended as be amended. follows;“Engage with Registered Providers at the earliest time alongside the planning authorities, to discuss affordable housing details”. Chp 3 Land Uses Figure 3.5 - the red routes should Change made. include the link onto Keeley Road. Chp 3 Land Uses Figure 3.6 and key should say that it Change made. is approxiamtely 1100 units so as it can be more flexible. Chp 3 Land Uses Paragraph 3.38 should include Change made. suggestions for improvement to North End as per the other high streets.