Post Submission Modified Draft Local Plan March 2021 Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Spatial Vision 5 3. Strategic Policies 9 4. Places 35 5. Design 105 6. Environment and Utilities 124 7. Transport 160 8. Housing 174 9. Employment 191 10. Town Centre and Community Uses 201 11. Delivery and Implementation 225 12. Glossary 242 13. Appendix 264 2 Chairman’s Foreword I am delighted to introduce this second revised draft Local Plan to you for public consultation. Regeneration across Old Oak and Park Royal over the next thirty to forty years provides an unprecedented opportunity to bring tangible benefits to the quality of life of both local people and Londoners alike. Old Oak will be transformed with the opening of Old Oak Common, HS2 and Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) super-hub station in 2026 after 2028 and become one of London’s most accessible destinations. Commented [A1]: MINOR/PS2/OPDC/P1/1 This provides us with the impetus to deliver a new part of London, built on the principle of mixed use, high quality, high density development supported by excellent public transport. Park Royal today, is London’s largest industrial estate, employing over 43,000 people. This second revised draft Local Plan supports the protection of this vital industrial estate as a key part of the economy of London. It also details how the area can be strengthened and intensified to ensure it remains successful in an increasingly competitive and globalising world. The Local Plan sets out how we will ensure the delivery of high quality development. It supports health and well-being through the delivery of new parks, a protected Wormwood Scrubs, healthy streets and a range of complementary town centre uses. It promotes exemplary standards of environmental sustainability by supporting low and zero carbon development, the re-use of materials, the sharing economy and smart technology. It supports the creation of new jobs across a range of sectors and income levels, to deliver a fairer economy. Importantly, it supports the creation of lifetime neighbourhoods through the delivery of a variety of housing types and homes that are genuinely affordable to a range of local incomes, whilst ensuring new and improved ancillary uses such as schools, health centres and community spaces are provided in a timely manner. Across both Old and Park Royal, this second revised draft Local Plan supports the delivery of a series of high quality neighbourhoods and spaces that future generations of Londoners will be proud of. Development will take its cue from the areas’ existing neighbourhoods, spaces and heritage, including the valued ecological spaces of Wormwood Scrubs and the Grand Union Canal. This second revised draft Local Plan builds significantly on the revised draft, incorporating changes to address stakeholder comments and that align with new evidence, with the draft new London Plan and with changes to national planning policy. I welcome your comments on this important document that will be used to shape the regeneration of this part of London over the next 20 years. 3 1 Introduction WHEN AND HOW TO RESPOND 1.1 Public consultation will be carried out in accordance with OPDC’s Statement of Community Involvement. This was updated in November 2020 in response to COVID-19 to provide temporary arrangements for ensuring effective and safe community involvement in the planning process while restrictions on social interaction remain in place. It also sets out information to support those without internet access. 1.1 1.2 Public consultation runs from: XXXX 1.2 1.3 Respond by email to: [email protected] 1.3 1.4 Respond by post to: OPDC Local Plan Consultation, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, City Hall, Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA How does this consultation relate to the first Regulation 19 consultation? 1.4 This consultation is a second Regulation 19 consultation. 1.5 OPDC will continue to consider responses to the first Regulation 19 consultation as Regulation 19 comments for the purposes of the Independent Examination. These responses will be submitted as Regulation 19 consultation comments for consideration by the independent Planning Inspector. 1.6 Responses submitted for this second Regulation 19 consultation will also be submitted as Regulation 19 consultation comments for consideration by the independent Planning Inspector. What should you be making comments on? 1.5 Respondents should At this stage comments will only be accepted on the proposed modifications to the Local Plan and Policies Map. This is not an opportunity to re-state previous comments, to raise new objections to other matters, or to seek further changes to the Local Plan. 1.6 There are two types of modification. Minor Modifications and Main Modifications. Minor Modifications do not affect the soundness of legal compliance of the Local Plan. Main Modifications do. 1.7 We are seeking your views on whether the modifications are “legally compliant” and/or “sound”. focus comments on changes made to the Revised Draft Local Plan and changes to existing and new supporting studies. A tracked changed version of this Second Revised Draft Local Plan has been produced which identifies these changes. The Summary of Supporting Studies document identifies where new supporting studies have been produced and where changes that have been made to existing supporting studies. HOW TO FIND OUT MORE Visit our Website 1.8 All Local Plan consultation documents can be read and downloaded from: www.london.gov.uk/OPDClocalplan 1 View a Hard Copy 1.9 Paper copies of this draft Local Plan and its supporting studies will not be available to view at City Hall or public buildings in the local while restrictions on social interaction remain in place. are available to view during normal office hours at the following locations: a) Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0AF; b) City Hall, Queens Walk, London, SE1 2AA; c) Ealing Council Offices, Perceval House, 14/16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL; d) Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, W6 9JU; e) Harlesden Library, Craven Park Road, NW10 8SE; and f) The Collective, Nash House, Old Oak Lane, NW10 6FF. 1.10 Alternatively, hard copies of this Local Plan can be made available on request by contacting OPDC, either via email or by post (see above). To support those without internet access, where feasible and possible, hardcopies of the consultation documents will be made available upon request. BACKGROUND TO OPDC 1.11 The following sections provide details on the background of OPDC and the legal status of the Local Plan. Further details on the legal status, policy status and background context to the area can be found in the appendix. 1.12 The Mayor of London established the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) on 1 April 2015 as a ‘Mayoral Development Corporation’ under powers of the Localism Act (2011). OPDC is the second of its kind in London, the first being the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). 1.13 The OPDC has a number of key aims, including: a) transforming one of London’s most inaccessible areas into a well-connected, world-class transport interchange; b) enabling delivery of new housing and commercial development, surrounded by sustainable and thriving neighbourhoods and valued open space; c) protecting, strengthening and intensifying Park Royal; and d) protecting and improving Wormwood Scrubs. 1.14 OPDC is the local planning authority for the area and as such is responsible for plan-making including the production of a Local Plan. The OPDC Local Plan sets out OPDC’s strategy for the sustainable development of its area as a whole, including the general amount, type and location of new development it considers could take place and the policies to which applications for planning permission should conform. 1.15 Its planning powers, including preparing and implementing the Local Plan, represent one part of the OPDC’s role as a Mayoral Development Corporation. Working with its partners, including the host Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham and the local community, OPDC will help implement projects and bring about change that will help meet the Corporation’s key aims. STATUS OF THE PLAN Legal Status 1.16 This document is a Development Plan Document (DPD) and is part of the Government’s planning policy system introduced by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. 2 1.17 Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out the procedure for the production of Local Plans. This version of the Local Plan constitutes the consultation required under Regulation 19 and is the second Regulation 19 consultation. Policy Status 1.18 Alongside the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), London Plan, Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area Planning Framework, West London Waste Plan DPD, any ‘made’ Neighbourhood Plans and any adopted Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), OPDC’s Local Plan, once adopted, will be a key planning policy document against which planning applications within the OPDC area will be assessed (see figure 1.2). 1.19 On adoption of the Local Plan, the following existing borough Local Plan documents will be superseded for the OPDC area: London Borough of Brent • Core Strategy • Site Specific Allocation DPD • Draft Development Management Policies DPD • Saved UDP Policies • Policies Map London Borough of Ealing • Development (Core Strategy) DPD • Development Management DPD • Development Sites DPD • Draft Planning for Schools DPD • Policies Map Please note, that following the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham adopting their Local Plan in February 2018, their Core Strategy, Development Management Local Plan and associated Proposals Map were removed from the Development Plan. Commented [A2]: MM16/PS/Q26 1.18 1.20 The policies in this Local Plan are consistent with the version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in 2012 and are in general conformity with the London Plan (202116) and the new Draft London Plan (2017).