Agenda item
Wembley Link SPD draft for public consultation
This report sets out proposals for part of Wembley High Road linking the main town centre with the new retail development in the stadium that will be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). It is proposed that the draft SPD be approved for public consultation and any representations made on the draft plan will be reported back to Planning Committee for their consideration and Executive for their approval. The SPD will be used as guidance in determining planning applications in the Wembley Link area.
Decision:
(i) that the Wembley Link (appendix 1) be approved as a draft Supplementary Planning Document for the purposes of public consultation; and
(ii) that the consultation be agreed to take place for a seven week period from 1 November to 17 December 2010 as set out in paragraph 3.16;
(iii) that minor changes to text and diagrams be delegated to the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair of Planning Committee.
Minutes:
This report set out proposals for part of Wembley High Road linking the main town centre with the new retail development in the stadium that would be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The report recommended that the draft SPD be approved for public consultation and any representations made on the draft plan be reported back to Planning Committee for their consideration and Executive for their approval. The SPD would be used as guidance in determining planning applications in the Wembley Link area.
The Head of Policy and Projects Dave Carroll informed the Committee that the Wembley Link SPD which referred to the stretch of Wembley High Road from Wembley triangle to Chesterfield House (at the corner of High Road and Park Lane) would provide the detailed proposals that would flow from the council’s Local Development Framework Core Strategy, notably policies CP1, CP2, CP7 and CP16. The SPD would provide a link between the new retail proposals approved and proposed in the Stadium area and the main shopping core around Wembley Central station.
In setting out the reasons to promote development in the Wembley Link, Dave Carroll drew members’ attention to an incoherent patchwork of 1960’s to 1980’s office blocks that were no longer suited to modern needs, resulting in significant amounts of vacancy and, Copland School which was badly in need of redevelopment. These presented an opportunity to provide new residential development as part of the mix of development proposed in the SPD and thereby help meet the housing targets set out in the LDF Core Strategy.
He set out the key features of the SPD which included the following;
· Encourage new development along the Wembley Link that has retail and other town centre uses on the ground floor;
· Retain some office floor space but allow for residential uses over the ground floor retail;
· Bring forward good servicing arrangements for new shops while, limit car parking for residential development and secures improvements to key junctions and bridges
· Limit development to between 4 and 8 stories generally except for the end blocks of the link;
· Show proposals with and without the Network Rail embankment on the north side of the High Road;
· Limit development on the north side of the railway;
· Promote a foodstore on the Brent House site that enables the redevelopment of Copland school to the rear; and
· Encourage family housing where ever possible.
Dave Carroll drew the Committee’s attention to, and urged them to agree, the proposed timetable for the production and consultation of the Wembley Link SPD set out in the report. To complete the SPD as guidance expeditiously, he undertook to bring back the results of the consultation as an item on the Planning Committee agenda for the meeting in February so that any SPD can be put to the council’s Executive for adoption in February 2011.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that the attached Wembley Link (appendix 1) be approved as a draft Supplementary Planning Document for the purposes of public consultation;
(ii) that the consultation be agreed to take place for a seven week period from 1 November to 17 December 2010 as set out in paragraph 3.16;
(iii) that minor changes to text and diagrams be delegated to the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair of Planning Committee.
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Supporting documents:
- 3- Wembley Link SPD draftfor consult, item 3. PDF 692 KB
- 3a- Wembley Link report appendix, item 3. PDF 11 MB