Islington Local Plan Strategic and development management policies September 2019 www.islington.gov.uk Islington Council Local Plan: Strategic and Development Management Policies - Regulation 19 draft September 2019 For more information about this document, please contact: Islington Planning Policy Team Telephone: 020 7527 2720/6799 Email: [email protected] 1 What is the role of the Local Plan? ............................................................... 4 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4 Strategic and non-strategic policies ................................................................................... 6 Islington in context ............................................................................................................. 9 Vision and objectives ....................................................................................................... 11 Delivering the Local Plan vision and objectives ............................................................... 17 Policy PLAN1: Site appraisal, design principles and process ........................................... 17 2 Area Spatial Strategies ................................................................................ 22 Policy SP1: Bunhill and Clerkenwell ................................................................................ 24 Policy SP2: King’s Cross and Pentonville Road ............................................................... 27 Policy SP3: Vale Royal/Brewery Road Locally Significant Industrial Site ......................... 32 Policy SP4: Angel and Upper Street ................................................................................ 38 Policy SP5: Nag’s Head and Holloway ............................................................................ 43 Policy SP6: Finsbury Park ............................................................................................... 48 Policy SP7: Archway ....................................................................................................... 53 Policy SP8: Highbury Corner and Lower Holloway .......................................................... 58 3 Thriving Communities .................................................................................. 61 Policy H1: Thriving communities ...................................................................................... 61 Policy H2: New and existing conventional housing .......................................................... 65 Policy H3: Genuinely affordable housing ......................................................................... 70 Policy H4: Delivering high quality housing ....................................................................... 77 Policy H5: Private outdoor space ..................................................................................... 84 Policy H6: Purpose-built Student Accommodation ........................................................... 87 Policy H7: Meeting the needs of vulnerable older people ................................................ 89 Policy H8: Self-build and Custom Housebuilding ............................................................. 93 Policy H9: Supported Housing ......................................................................................... 94 Policy H10: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) ........................................................ 96 Policy H11: Purpose Built Private Rented Sector development ....................................... 99 Policy H12: Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation ......................................................... 101 Policy SC1: Social and Community Infrastructure .......................................................... 104 Policy SC2: Play space ................................................................................................. 107 Policy SC3: Health Impact Assessment ......................................................................... 109 Policy SC4: Promoting Social Value .............................................................................. 110 4 Inclusive Economy ..................................................................................... 112 Policy B1: Delivering business floorspace ..................................................................... 113 Policy B2: New business floorspace .............................................................................. 115 Policy B3: Existing business floorspace ......................................................................... 122 Policy B4: Affordable workspace ................................................................................... 124 Policy B5: Jobs and training opportunities ..................................................................... 128 Policy R1: Retail, leisure and services, culture and visitor accommodation ................... 130 Policy R2: Primary Shopping Areas ............................................................................... 135 Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres .............................................................................. 136 Policy R4: Local Shopping Areas ................................................................................... 144 Policy R5: Dispersed retail and leisure uses .................................................................. 149 Policy R6: Maintaining and enhancing Islington’s unique retail character ...................... 150 Policy R7: Markets and specialist shopping areas ......................................................... 151 Policy R8: Location and Concentration of Uses ............................................................. 153 Policy R9: Meanwhile/temporary uses ........................................................................... 155 Policy R10: Culture and the Night-Time Economy ......................................................... 157 Policy R11: Public Houses ............................................................................................. 161 Policy R12: Visitor accommodation ............................................................................... 163 5 Green infrastructure ................................................................................... 167 Policy G1: Green infrastructure ..................................................................................... 167 Policy G2: Protecting open space .................................................................................. 169 Policy G3: New public open space ................................................................................ 172 Policy G4: Biodiversity, landscape design and trees ...................................................... 174 Policy G5: Green roofs and vertical greening................................................................. 181 6 Sustainable Design .................................................................................... 186 Policy S1: Delivering Sustainable Design ...................................................................... 186 Policy S2: Sustainable Design and Construction ........................................................... 189 Policy S3: Sustainable Design Standards ...................................................................... 191 Policy S4: Minimising greenhouse gas emissions .......................................................... 196 Policy S5: Energy Infrastructure .................................................................................... 202 Policy S6: Managing heat risk ....................................................................................... 208 Policy S7: Improving Air Quality..................................................................................... 210 Policy S8: Flood Risk Management ............................................................................... 213 Policy S9: Integrated Water Management and Sustainable Drainage ............................ 224 Policy S10: Circular Economy and Adaptive Design ...................................................... 230 7 Public Realm and Transport ...................................................................... 233 Policy T1: Enhancing the public realm and sustainable transport .................................. 233 Policy T2: Sustainable Transport Choices ..................................................................... 235 Policy T3: Car-free development ................................................................................... 238 Policy T4: Public realm .................................................................................................. 242 Policy T5: Delivery, servicing and construction .............................................................. 245 8 Design and Heritage ................................................................................... 248 Policy DH1: Fostering innovation and conserving and enhancing the historic environment ...................................................................................................................................... 248 Policy DH2: Heritage assets .......................................................................................... 251 Policy DH3: Building heights .......................................................................................... 262 Policy DH4: Basement development ............................................................................. 268 Policy DH5: