Issue - meetings

The Mayor of London has established the Old Oak and Park Royal Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) to drive forward the regeneration of the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area, focussed around the proposed High Speed 2 and Crossrail interchange. The London Plan (2015) identifies Old Oak as an opportunity area with capacity for a minimum of 24,000 new homes and 55,000 new jobs, whilst Park Royal opportunity area has capacity for 1,500 new homes and 5,000 new jobs. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) consulted on their draft Local Plan which provides detailed planning policy for the area and sets out how the targets in the London Plan will be realised. An interim response was submitted by Brent Council, subject to Cabinet approval and any further comments. Although the Council supports the principle of regenerating the area, there are a number of significant outstanding concerns regarding the detailed policies in the Plan.

RESOLVED:

-           confirmed the response to the Old Oak and Park Royal Local Plan Regulation 18 consultation as set out in Appendix A.

Councillor Butt, Leader of the Council, informed Cabinet that the Mayor of London had established the Old Oak and Park Royal Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) to drive forward the regeneration of the Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area, focussed around the proposed High Speed 2 and Crossrail interchange.

Councillor Butt stated that the London Plan (2015) identified Old Oak as an opportunity area with capacity for a minimum of 24,000 new homes and 55,000 new jobs, whilst Park Royal opportunity area has capacity for 1,500 new homes and 5,000 new jobs. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) consulted on their draft Local Plan which provided detailed planning policy for the area and sets out how the targets in the London Plan would be realised. An interim response was submitted by Brent Council, subject to Cabinet approval and any further comments. Although the Council supported the principle of regenerating the area, there were a number of significant outstanding concerns regarding the detailed policies in the Plan.

RESOLVED:

that the response to the Old Oak and Park Royal Local Plan Regulation 18 consultation as set out in Appendix A be confirmed.