Reg 19 ID Development Plan Document Site reference and Spatial Strategy area Section/policy/paragraph number Respondent name Respondent group Summary of comments Support/object address R19.0001 Site Allocations BC8: Old Street B & C: City Fringe Resident Respondent objects to plans to remove the gyratory at Old Street and to provide more public space, Object roundabout area Opportunity Area referring to these plans as 'high foolishness'. Respondent believes that the works will increase traffic congestion and pollution in the local area. Questions the desirability of additional open space near roads. Does not think the plans for Old Street will improve conditions for cyclists. R19.0002 Site Allocations BC4: Finsbury Leisure B & C: Central Finsbury Resident The allocation is not consistent with NPPF paragraphs 96 and 97 as it allocates housing on the Finsbury Object Centre Leisure Centre site, reducing open space, space for sports and recreational facilities and green space. The council's Open Space, Sport and Recreation assessment (2009) states that there is an undersupply of these facilities in the area, which has increased due to the large increase in homes built in the interim. The 2010 Urban Design Study suggested that development already planned for Bunhill and Clerkenwell would cover the area's share of the new homes targets. R19.0003 Bunhill and Clerkenwell Area Action Plan N/A - general comment Resident Believes that developers are destroying communities in a search for profit. Believes that there is no Object consideration for development on a human scale. Concedes that people need homes and jobs but not the homes and jobs provided by the plan. Believes that the plan will result in 'could be anywhere' architecture. R19.0004 Bunhill and Clerkenwell Area Action Plan N/A - general comment Resident Concern about rubbish in the street and lack of waste storage in many properties. Concern about the impact Not stated of new development on traffic and parking. Need to proritise the ongoing maintenance of public open spaces. Concern about the redevelopment of Telfer House damaging nearby street trees.Concern about light pollution, in particular caused by the development at King's Square. R19.0005 Site Allocations BC4: Finsbury Leisure B & C: Central Finsbury Resident The allocation is not consistent with NPPF paragraphs 96 and 97 as it allocates housing on the Finsbury Object Centre Leisure Centre site, reducing open space, space for sports and recreational facilities and green space. The council's Open Space, Sport and Recreation assessment (2009) states that there is an undersupply of these facilities in the area, which has increased due to the large increase in homes built in the interim. The 2010 Urban Design Study suggested that development already planned for Bunhill and Clerkenwell would cover the area's share of the new homes targets. R19.0005 Bunhill and Clerkenwell Area Action Plan Policy BC7: Central Finsbury Resident Policy BC7 F is not consistent with NPPF policies 96 and 97 as they allocated housing on the Finsbury Leisure Object Centre site, reducing open space, space for sport, and recreation facilities. There is a deficiency of open space according to the Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study 2009. R19.0006 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0007 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0008 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0009 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0010 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0011 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Cllr Sue Lukes Councillor Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0012 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Business Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0013 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Business Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0014 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Cllr Caroline Russell Councillor Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than Policy R1 Part E; the site should be excluded from the town centre to protect small shops. R19.0015 Strategic and Development Management Policy R3: Islington’s Town Centres Resident Respondent objects to the inclusion of 211 Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park Town Centre boundary. Its Object Policies inclusion has allowed a larger convenience store to be acceptable in pricniple here; a larger convenience store in this location would adversely affect the viability of surrounding small independent shops which play a vital community role; Policy R2 concerns the protection of A1 uses in the PSA which seems to carry more weight than