OLD OAK AND PARK RoYAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR OF LoNDON IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC coNSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OLD OAK AND PARK RoYAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (OPDC) 8 DECEMBER 2014 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 3 COPYRIGHT OLD OaK AND Greater London Authority 8 December 2014 Greater London Authority PaRK ROYAL City Hall The Queen’s Walk More London DEVELOPMENT London SE1 2AA www.london.gov.uk CORPORATION enquiries 020 7983 4100 STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR OF LoNDON IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC coNSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OLD OAK AND PARK RoYAL https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/general/old- DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (OPDC) oak-mayors-development-corporation Mail: [email protected] minicom: 020 7983 4458 8 DECEMBER 2014 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 5 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION P.6 2 STATEMENT OF REASONS P.11 3 RESPONSE TO OTHER coNSULTATION coMMENTS P.28 4 CONCLUSION P.42 5 APPENDICES P.44 REPEATING REPORT TITLE GOES HERE 7 1 Introduction • Navin Shah AM (London Borough of Brent) INTRODUCTION The Further Alterations to the London Plan • Dr. Onkar Sahota AM, (London identifies the Old Oak Opportunity Area as Borough of Ealing) having the capacity to accommodate 24,000 new homes and 55,000 new jobs, and also the • the following Members of Parliament within Park Royal Opportunity Area as having the whose parliamentary constituency the capacity to accommodate 10,000 new jobs and proposed Mayoral Development Area will be 1,500 new homes. This capacity for development located: is linked to significant improvements in the • Andy Slaughter (MP for transport network including delivery of a new Hammersmith) High Speed 2 and Crossrail station, and the • Angie Bray (MP for Ealing proposed London Overground stations. Central and Acton) • Sarah Teather (MP for Brent Old Oak and Park Royal sit across three London Central) borough boundaries of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham. To support delivery • the three London borough Councils on this scale the Mayor identified the need within whose areas the proposed Mayoral for a single, robust plan with clear direction Development Area will sit: and governance. Driving forward this scale of • Brent Council development is of strategic London importance • Ealing Council and for this reason the Mayor proposed the • Hammersmith and Fulham Council establishment of a new Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) for Old Oak and Park Royal • Any other person whom the Mayor considers it that would plan for, and support, this scale of appropriate to consult. regeneration. Section 197 of the Localism Act states that 1.1 Consultation requirements where the Mayor does not accept comments provided either by the London Assembly or Section 197 of the Localism Act 2011 requires the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and the Mayor to consult on a proposal to establish Hammersmith and Fulham, the Mayor must a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC). The publish a statement giving his reasons for non- Act specifically requires consultation with the acceptance. In addition, the Mayor must also following bodies and persons: have regard to comments made in response by other consultees. This document satisfies that • Roger Evans AM, the Chair of the London requirement. Assembly; • the following constituency members of the This report includes the following sections: London Assembly within whose Assembly constituency the proposed Mayoral • Method of consultation Development Area will be located: • Overview of the consultation responses • Kit Malthouse AM (London • Statement of Reasons responding to comments Borough of Hammersmith and made by the London Assembly and the London Fulham) Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 9 Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith • A press release was issued by the Mayor of respondents could not be directly notified. A and Fulham London on 24 June 2014 notifying people of copy of this leaflet and map are appended to • Response to other comments received the consultation this report • 55,000 leaflets were posted out across the • The information was made available on the 1.2 Method of consultation local area. Detailed consultation meetings were consultation section of the GLA’s website. held with London Assembly members and the • Adverts were placed in the following three As part of the Mayor’s proposal to establish three London Councils of Brent, Ealing and local papers; Brent and Kilburn Times; Fulham a Mayoral Development Corporation two Hammersmith and Fulham. Gazette and the Ealing Gazette. These consultation exercises were carried out: • Meetings were held with landowners; adverts notified people of the consultation, Government; and transport providers. explained the proposed changes to the Mayoral • The main public consultation ran from 18 June • Consultation events were held with locals and Development Area and provided detail on 2014 to 24 September 2014 interested groups including: where additional information was available. • Following comments received during the • Wells House Road Residents main consultation the Mayor proposed two Association amendments to the boundary of the Mayoral • Wellesley Estate Residents 1.3 Overview of consultation responses Development Area and a supplementary Association consultation was carried out from 5 November • College Park and Old Oak Main consultation 2014 to 26 November 2014 Residents Association • Island Triangle Residents For the main consultation a total of 309 Main consultation Association consultation responses were received. 211 of • Grand Union Alliance these responses were received via the online TfL Please note that in most cases respondents A detailed report, a proposed map and • Friends of Wormwood Scrubs consultation tool and 98 directly in writing to commented on more than one issue. questionnaire were consulted on. The following • Park Royal Business Group the GLA. The results in summary are: consultation exercises were carried out: • Harlesden Area Forum Supplementary consultation on proposed • Old Oak Housing Association • 95 respondents were in overall support boundary amendment • The above listed information was made • Shaftesbury Avenue and • 43 respondents were in overall support but available on the GLA website for public review Midland Terrace Residents did raise some specific questions, and/or For the supplementary consultation, a total of • Information was made available on TfL’s Association (a meeting recommend some changes to the proposal 247 consultation responses were received. The consultation website, including an interactive was offered but declined). • 135 respondents objected to the proposal results in summary are: consultation tool that encouraged respondents • 35 respondents were undecided to answer eight consultation questions, and • 4 respondents were in overall support of the gave the opportunity to provide any other Supplementary consultation on proposed proposed amendments comments boundary amendment Responses to the main consultation were • 3 respondents were in overall support but did • A consultation email was sent to a database of received from the following groups: raise some specific questions (approximately 300) residents, business, local A leaflet explaining the supplementary • 228 respondents specifically objected to the groups, public authorities and service providers. consultation was prepared and the following • 215 residents (a map showing the location is continued inclusion of Wormwood Scrubs This consultation email provided detail on the consultation exercises were carried out: included in appendix 3) within the proposed Mayoral Development consultation, the consultation timescales, and • 36 businesses Area. Of these respondents 201 provided their the process of providing comments either to • A leaflet explaining the proposed changes to • 35 responses from people representing local comments based on a pre-scripted email, which the GLA or TfL the proposed MDA boundary and the rationale groups included a concern about splitting Wormwood • The consultation was advertised on the TfL for this approach was sent directly to all those • 18 public sector (including Brent, Ealing and Scrubs from the Linford Christie stadium and page of the Metro newspaper detailing where that responded to the main consultation. 18 Hammersmith & Fulham) associated car park. further information could be found and how to respondents to the main consultation did • 5 respondents that did not provide any details respond to the consultation not provide any contact details and so these on who they were Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 11 • 5 respondents solely opposed the proposed removal the Linford Christie stadium, the hospital and the prison. STATEMENT OF • 9 respondents made neutral statements REASONS Responses to the supplementary consultation were received from the following groups: • 230 residents or people with a local interest • 12 responses from people representing local groups • 2 public sector (including Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham) • 2 businesses • 1 education provider Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation 13 2 Statement of Reasons 2.12 Housing 2.1 Principle of an MDC and alternative • It was not clear how the proposed partnership governance models would be resourced In line with the requirements of section 197 2.13 London Assembly oversight of the MDC • The proposed MDC is considered to be a more of the Localism Act this section provides a The London Borough of Brent and Ealing appropriate