Appendix BACKGROUNDDRAFT AND CONTEXT 269 Appendix - Background and Context BACKGROUND TO OPDC STATUS OF THE LOCAL PLAN A1.1. The Mayor of London established Old Oak and Legal Status Plan should therefore be read in conjunction with Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) on 1 A1.5. This document is a Development Plan the NPPF, the associated National Planning Practice April 2015 as a ‘Mayoral Development Corporation’ Document (DPD) and is part of the Government’s Guidance (NPPG) and the London Plan. The policies under powers of the Localism Act (2011). OPDC is the planning policy system introduced by the Planning and contained within this plan are considered to comply second of its kind in London, the first being the London Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. with the NPPF and take a positive approach reflecting Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). the overall presumption in favour of sustainable A1.6. Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Local development. A1.2. The OPDC has a number of key aims, including: Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out the procedure for the production of Local Plans. This Relation to Local Authority Planning Documents a) transforming one of London’s most inaccessible version of the Local Plan constitutes the consultation A1.10. Until OPDC adopts its own Local Plan for areas into a well-connected, world-class transport required under Regulation 19 and is the second the OPDC area, the development plan documents interchange; Regulation 19 consultation. (DPDs) from the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing b) enabling delivery of new housing and commercial and Hammersmith and Fulham, that applied to the development, surrounded by sustainable and Policy Status OPDC area and that that were either adopted, or thriving neighbourhoods and valued open space; A1.7. Alongside the National Planning Policy in production, at the time of OPDC’s establishment c) protecting, intensifying and strengthening Park Framework (NPPF), London Plan, Old Oak and Park (1st April 2015), will continue to form part of OPDC’s Royal; and Royal Opportunity Area Planning Framework, West Development Plan. d) protecting and improving Wormwood Scrubs. London Waste Plan DPD, any ‘made’ Neighbourhood Plans and any adopted Supplementary Planning A1.11. As OPDC progresses its Local Plan, the weight A1.3. OPDC is the local planning authority for the area Documents (SPDs), OPDC’s Local Plan, once adopted, of these Local Authority DPDs covering parts of the and as such is responsible for plan-making including will be a key planning policy document against which OPDC area will diminish as they are superseded by the production of a Local Plan. The OPDC Local planning applications within the OPDC area will be the growing material weight of OPDC’s Local Plan. The Plan sets out OPDC’s strategy for the sustainable assessed (see figure A1.1). exception to this rule is the West London Waste Plan, development of its area as a whole, including the which was adopted by OPDC Board in July 2015 as a general amount, type and location of new development A1.8. The policies in this Local Plan are consistent DPD. it considers could take place and the policies to which with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) applications for planning permission should conform. and in general conformity with the London Plan. Relationship with the Old Oak and Park Royal Further, the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area Opportunity Area Planning Framework A1.4. Its planning powers, including preparing and Planning Framework (OAPF) adopted by the Mayor in A1.12. The Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area implementing the Local Plan, represent one part of November 2015 as Supplementary Planning Guidance Planning Framework (OAPF) was adopted by the the OPDC’s role as a Development Corporation. (SPG) to theDRAFT London Plan has helped to inform the Mayor in November 2015 as Supplementary Planning Working with its partners, including the host Boroughs policy themes and policies in this Local Plan. Guidance (SPG) to the Mayor’s London Plan. As SPG of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham and the to the London Plan, the document is a significant local community, OPDC will help implement projects A1.9. In order to keep the OPDC Local Plan spatial material consideration in the determination of planning and bring about change that will help meet the and succinct, the Plan does not seek to repeat applications in the OPDC area. This existing OAPF has Corporation’s key aims. policies already contained in the NPPF and London helped to inform the policy themes and policies in this Plan save for where such policies are particular to Local Plan. The OAPF should be read in conjunction the area or type of development proposed or it is with the Local Plan, but as this draft Local Plan of particular importance to reflect them. This Local progresses through its various regulatory stages, its policies accrue greater weight than the guidance and principles in the OAPF. 270 Relationship with the High Speed Rail (London- to be constructed has yet to be carried out, so the authorities should make every effort to secure the West Midlands) Act (2017) deemed planning permission is subject to a series necessary cooperation on strategic cross boundary A1.13. High Speed 2 (HS2) is the Government’s of items that require the approval of local planning matters before they submit their Local Plans for proposal for a new, high speed north-south railway. authorities on the route, known as Schedule 17 examination. Phase One of the scheme will connect London to the approvals. OPDC as the planning authority for the Old West Midlands and will run through the OPDC area. Oak and Park Royal area will be responsible for such A1.16. The bodies covered by the Duty to Cooperate Part of the project involves delivery of the new station approvals. The considerations of any approvals for are prescribed in National Planning Practice Guidance at Old Oak Common where there will be a connection works to be carried out in relation to Phase One of HS2 and in the Town and Country Planning (Local to the Elizabeth Line and the national rail services. are limited to those set out in Schedule 17. Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended). In accordance with the Duty to Cooperate, OPDC A1.14. The High Speed Rail (London- West Midlands) Duty to Cooperate has been working closely with such authorities and Act (2017) grants deemed planning permission for A1.15. The Duty to Cooperate is a legal requirement bodies in the production of this Local Plan and in the phase 1 of the HS2 project. Matters such as the set out in the Localism Act. It requires local planning preparation of other planning policy and development principle for the railway works, their limits, and matters authorities and public bodies to engage constructively, management and infrastructure delivery matters. of principle relating to mitigation are determined actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the Details on OPDC’s engagement with such bodies are through the Parliamentary Act, rather than the normal effectiveness of Local Plan preparation in the context set out in OPDC’s Duty to Cooperate Statement, which Town and Country Planning Act process. The level of of strategic cross boundary matters. The duty to can be found as a supporting study to the Local Plan detailed design necessary to enable the development cooperate is not a duty to agree, but local planning on OPDC’s website. Figure A1.1: Policy Status and Relationship NPPF and London Plan & Old Oak NPPG and Park Royal OAPF West Neighbour- London SPDs Local Plan hood Plans DRAFT Waste Plan 271 HOW TO USE THE DOCUMENT A1.17. Figure A1.2 identifies how the Local Plan is A1.19. The Spatial Vision is comprised of the Policies that, alongside the Development Management structured and the broad interrelationships between the overarching Vision Statement and the Vision Policies will drive and guide future development and different elements of the Local Plan. Narratives. The Vision Statement provides an Supplementary Planning Documents. overarching view of the future considering strategic Spatial Vision elements. The Vision narratives seek to provide further Strategic Policies, Places and Delivery and A1.18. The Spatial Vision is OPDC’s vision for what the detail by expanding the Vision Statement to define Implementation Policies different places of Old Oak, Park Royal and Wormwood outcomes of development and regeneration at both the A1.21. The strategic policies, place policies and Scrubs will be like in twenty years at the end of the national and regional scale by ‘thinking big’, and to set delivery and implementation policies (chapters 3, 4 and ‘plan period’. It both leads and is informed by the policy out how local people will benefit from change and how 11) form OPDC’s strategic policies for the area and content of the Local Plan to set out how the OPDC neighbourhoods will improve by ‘going local’. establish the framework for fulfilling the spatial vision area is intended to benefit local people, the local for the future of the OPDC area. The strategic policies economy and the built and natural environment. It also A1.20. These three elements provide the structure and dovetail with the OPDC’s corporate priorities and complements the wider OPDC Vision and Mission. the key themes for the policies of the Local Plan. The outline how the OPDC area will be transformed over objectives for how the Spatial Vision will be delivered the plan period. are embedded in the Strategic Policies and Place Figure A1.2: Local Plan Structure A1.22. Chapters 3, 4 and 11 will be treated as OPDC’s strategic policies when considering the general INTRODUCTION conformity of neighbourhood planning policies.