Agenda item
Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document for Alperton
This report seeks approval for public consultation for a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for Alperton. Alperton has been identified as a growth area within the adopted Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy. This draft planning guidance for Alperton is being developed in the form of a Masterplan by council officers. In December 2009 the council’s Executive approved a vision for Alperton, which was illustrated and published in a prospectus document used to describe the vision to stakeholders and statutory partners.
I have produced the appendix to this report separately in colour for members of the Committee.
Decision:
(i) that members agree the draft SPD (set out in appendix 1) for the purposes of public consultation;
(ii) that the extent and timetable for consultations as set out in the report be agreed
(iii) that any minor changes to the final consultation draft be delegated to the Chief Planner in consultation with the Chair of Planning Committee.
Minutes:
This report sought approval for public consultation for a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for Alperton which has been identified as a growth area within the adopted Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy. This draft planning guidance for Alperton is being developed in the form of a Masterplan by council officers. In December 2009 the Council’s Executive approved a vision for Alperton, which was illustrated and published in a prospectus document used to describe the vision to stakeholders and statutory partners.
In introducing the report, Alex Hearn of Major Projects Team informed the Committee that the Alperton growth area had been identified within the adopted LDF Core Strategy as a strip of brownfield land along the Grand Union Canal from Middlesex House in the west to Northfield Industrial Estate in the east, encompassing some of the poorest quality industrial land in the borough. The land had been identified for approximately 1600 new homes with supporting physical and social infrastructure. He set out the strategic objectives of the document as to;
· Demonstrate how Alperton can be transformed through growth to deliver homes, business space and jobs, services and infrastructure
· Deliver a definable and legible place where people will want to live, work and visit through a robust urban structure and a quality environment
· Develop a distinct urban character of buildings, streets and spaces building upon the huge potential of the canal and Ealing Road
He continued that using the adopted Core Strategy and the Infrastructure and Investment Framework, the masterplan considered the type and delivery of infrastructure required to support additional residential development across the masterplan area, including:
· improved bus services and attractive, safe pedestrian routes
· additional school places including expansion of local primary schools funded by developer contributions
· a delivery mechanism for Alperton School needs to be established in the light of the withdrawal of BSF funding
· improvements to road junctions and pedestrian crossing
· a series of new open spaces and improvements to existing parks
· accommodation for doctors and dentists
· canal crossings
Consultation on the masterplan document would be completed in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement. In addition to statutory consultation for the LDF Core Strategy and Site Specific Allocations, a series of informal consultation for the Alperton Vision and Masterplan including the following had been undertaken;
· presentations and workshops with Alperton Community School pupils;
· questionnaires with shoppers and passersby;
· posters and leaflets distributed;
· residents and community leaders through Safer Neighbourhoods Forums; and
· interviews with businesses and employers
Formal public consultation of the Masterplan SPD would be carried out for a minimum of 6 weeks from the 15th of November 2010 to allow consultees to submit written representations upon its content. Written comments and officers’ responses would be reported firstly to Planning Committee and the Council’s Executive for their final agreement. The SPD would then be adopted and become a material consideration for determining planning applications in the area.
During members’ discussion Councillor McLennan enquired as to whether improvements were planned for the bus garage area. In response, Alex Hearn stated that discussions between Council officers and Transport for London (TfL) suggested that TfL had no proposals for expansion or further improvements. Councillor Daly suggested the inclusion of the following in the planned consultation; public meetings at Alperton Community School fronted by local councillors and MPs; street questionnaires; interviews with local businesses; site and press notices; additional presentations at Area Consultative Forum meetings. Councillor Thomas also suggested the inclusion of the Unisys building on the North Circular Road in the list of possible sites in the Masterplan SPD.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that members agree the draft SPD (set out in appendix 1) for the purposes of public consultation;
(ii) that the extent and timetable for consultations as set out in the report be agreed;
(iii) that any minor changes to the final consultation draft be delegated to the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair of Planning Committee
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Supporting documents:
- 2- Alperton Masterplan, item 2. PDF 93 KB
- 2a- Alperton Masterplan Version 4 DTM v2 ah, item 2. PDF 3 MB