Planning in Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

Stakeholder Engagement and Being a Proactive Planning Authority

OPDC will proactively engage with stakeholders and encourage active participation in the planning and delivery of development in the OPDC area by: a) working with a variety of key stakeholders to support the timely and successful regeneration of the area; b) reviewing OPDC's Statement of Community Involvement every two years; c) supporting Neighbourhood Forums in the development of Neighbourhood Plans; and d) supporting community build, ownership and management programmes.

Play Space

Where relevant and appropriate, proposals should: a) contribute positively to maximising opportunities for high quality multifunctional play and informal recreation for all ages; and b) deliver and / or contribute to a range of dedicated child play space in accordance with the latest OPDC and GLA guidance and ensure: i) dedicated child play space for 0-5 years is publicly accessible and provided within Small Open Spaces or Pocket Parks as a priority; ii) dedicated child play space for 5 years and above is provided within larger publicly accessible open space as a priority; iii) all dedicated child play space receives a minimum amount of 4 hours of solar exposure on 50% of its area supported by appropriate levels of shading in the summer months; iv) all dedicated child play space is located away from areas of wind turbulence and pollution hot spots; and v) all dedicated child play space benefits from natural surveillance.

North Acton Town Centre Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a neighbourhood town centre by clustering a range of permanent and meanwhile town centre uses and Use Class E uses, that are appropriately designed and serviced to support the town centre, around the existing southern and new northern station squares, along Victoria Road south of North Acton Station and along Portal Way with residential above. Public realm and movement b) contributing to enhancing access to North Acton Station; c) supporting the delivery of Victoria Road to the south of the station square as high quality shared vehicular and public realm space; and d) contributing to and / or delivering new and improved walking and cycling infrastructure and routes as shown in figure 4.23. Green infrastructure and the environment e) contributing to and / or delivering a new northern station square; Infrastructure f) supporting enhancements to North Acton Station to deliver the station as an integral part of the town centre including: i) increased capacity; ii) step-free access; iii) entrances onto station squares; and iv) 24 hour ungated high quality walking and cycling north - south routes. Development and phasing g) enabling the delivery of development over and around North Acton Station and railway.

Old Oak Common Lane Station Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of Old Oak major town centre by clustering permanent and meanwhile town centre and Use Class E uses, that are appropriately designed and serviced to support the town centre, along Old Oak Street with residential above. Public realm and movement b) working positively and proactively with TfL to ensure delivery of a high quality public route between Old Oak South and Acton Wells that: i) supports a continuous public realm and walking and cycling route that successfully manages level changes within its design; ii) is integrated with a proposed new Old Oak Common Lane Station; iii) provides sensitive walking and cycling access to Midland Terrace; iv) supports active frontages which are integrated with surrounding development opportunities; and v) conserves the residential amenity of Midland Terrace and Wells House Road in accordance with Policy D5. Green infrastructure and the environment c) contributing to and / or delivering a publicly accessible station square on Old Oak Street to the west of the station. Development and phasing d) supporting the delivery of a proposed new Old Oak Common Lane London Overground Station to enhance public transport access and as an integral part of the built environment by providing: i) ground floor entrances onto the station squares; ii) 24 hour ungated walking and cycling east west access routes; and iii) step-free access.

Improving Health and Reducing Health Inequalities

Proposals should: a) improve health and reduce health inequalities; b) design and operate internal and external spaces to improve health and wellbeing, reduce health inequalities and enable healthy lifestyles; and c) ensure adequate access to facilities and services that support health, wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.

Places and Destinations

Proposals should: a) support a coordinated and phased approach to place making that: i) creates a series of high quality and distinctive places and clusters as set out in Chapter 4; ii) delivers a range of meanwhile and catalyst uses; and iii) supports the creation of a new Cultural Quarter; b) deliver and support a new town centre hierarchy, that offers a range of town centre uses, serving the needs of the development and that complements surrounding town centres. Proposals should support the delivery of the following hierarchy: i) Old Oak – a major town centre that delivers a wide range of town centre and community uses. The policy requirements for this centre can be found in policies P1, P3, P7, P8 and P9; ii) North Acton – a neighbourhood town centre focussed around North Acton station, Victoria Road and along Portal Way. The policy requirements for the centre can be found in Policy P7C1; and iii) Park Royal Centre – a neighbourhood town centre in the heart of the Park Royal Industrial Estate. The policy requirements for the centre can be found in Policy P6.

Social Infrastructure

OPDC will seek to secure a range of high quality social infrastructure facilities for existing and new residents and workers by: a) protecting existing social infrastructure facilities unless: i) the facility would be replaced or reprovided on-site or in an equal or better location to serve local needs and in both cases, to an equivalent or better quantum and quality; or; ii) there is demonstrably no longer an identified need for the current use of the facility. In such circumstances, the applicant must provide evidence to demonstrate: A) competitive marketing for a period of at least 12 months for alternative forms of social infrastructure without an appropriate offer being received; and B) that the loss of the facility would not lead to a shortfall in provision for the specified use for the population that it serves; b) supporting proposals for new and/or enhanced social infrastructure facilities where; i) it can be demonstrated that the facility is meeting needs in the local area; and ii) the proposal accords with other relevant planning policies and including the need to achieve homes and non-residential floorspace targets in Site Allocations; c) securing the delivery of, or contributions towards, enhanced or new social infrastructure facilities to meet the needs arising from development. Social infrastructure facilities should meet the specification requirements outlined in supporting text to this policy and OPDC's Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP), unless otherwise agreed by OPDC and the relevant service provider; d) locating new social infrastructure: i) in locations identified in the Places shown in figure 10.5 and OPDC's IDP, unless the on-site facility can be provided on an alternative site, if this is agreed by OPDC and the service provider and it is shown that the delivery of the facility on an alternative site meets the needs of the development and is deliverable; ii) in locations that are highly accessible by sustainable forms of travel to the populations that they serve; iii) community facilities within or in close proximity to designated town centres or clusters; iv) education facilities in areas with good access by foot, cycle and public transport and close to areas of publicly accessible open space; and v) emergency service facilities with direct access onto unrestricted highways; e) securing the delivery of, or contributions towards 3 neighbourhood police facilities within the OPDC area; f) requiring high quality design of new or enhanced social infrastructure that: i) is accessible and inclusive to all sections of the community; ii) adheres to the latest national and regional design guidelines; and iii) colocates facilities and uses where appropriate and feasible; and g) working with service providers and other stakeholders to identify funding sources for the long-term management and maintenance of social infrastructure and where necessary and viable, securing contributions towards this from development proposals.

Sports and Leisure

OPDC will support the provision of a range of high quality public and private sports and leisure facilities by: a) protecting existing indoor and outdoor sports and leisure facilities, including playing fields unless: i) the facility is surplus to requirements, evidenced by an up-to-date and robust assessment showing other facilities in the local area that can demonstrably meet needs if the facility is lost, in terms of their capacity, access, quality, function and affordability; or ii) the facility can be appropriately replaced or provided in an equal or better location and to an equal or better quantum, quality and range of sport and leisure functions to serve needs; or iii) the development is for an alternative sports and leisure facility, the identified needs for which outweigh the loss and whose quantum, quality and function demonstrably meet or exceed the provision within the existing facility; b) supporting enhancements to existing indoor and outdoor sports and leisure facilities and the provision of new facilities, where the proposal: i) meets current and/or future identified needs; and ii) achieves the "Inclusive Fitness Initiative Mark" accreditation; c) requiring proposals to contribute towards and/or deliver public access and affordable indoor and outdoor sports and leisure facilities, including playing fields, that: i) provides public access for all ages; ii) provides appropriate concessions access; iii) ensures that 1 sports court is provided for every 3,200 residents and 1sqm of swimming pool space is provided for every 90 residents; and iv) delivers new public sports and leisure centres in locations identified in place policies supporting text and the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).

Public Houses

OPDC will support the loss of public houses where: a) the public house has been competitively marketed: i) for 24 months as a public house; ii) at an appropriate price following independent valuation; iii) in appropriate publications and through specialised licensed trade agents; iv) in a condition that allows the premises to continue operating as a pub; and v) with no interest in either the freehold or leasehold as a public house; b) an objective evaluation method has been employed to assess the viability of the business and the outcomes demonstrate that the public house is no longer economically viable; c) an assessment has been made of alternative licensed premises within easy walking distance of the public house and premises are identified which offer similar facilities and a similar community environment to the public house which is the subject of the application; d) the proposed alternative use will not detrimentally affect the character and vitality of the area and will, where appropriate, retain as much of the building's defining external fabric and appearance as a pub as possible; and e) there has been public consultation to ascertain the value of the public house to the local community and the proposal does not demonstrably constitute the loss of a service of particular value to the local community.

Night Time Economy

a) Planning permission for town centre uses, either as the main or as the ancillary use, will be the subject of conditions controlling hours of operation to minimise their impact on residential amenity; b) There will be a presumption that town centre uses: i) within designated town centres should close by 00:00; and ii) outside of designated centres should close by 23:00; c) Proposals for extended opening hours beyond the limits outlined under b) would need to demonstrate that; i) there would be no detrimental harm to the amenity of neighbours resulting from the use itself or from those

Culture and Art

OPDC will support the provision of a high quality cultural offer in the OPDC area and Cultural Quarter by: a) protecting existing cultural space unless: i) it is no longer economically viable as demonstrated by accounts data and through competitive marketing for a period of at least 12 months for alternative cultural uses without an appropriate offer being received; or ii) the facility is replaced or reprovided on-site or elsewhere in the locality to an equivalent or better quantum and quality; b) supporting applications for new cultural space, where they meet current and/or future identified needs; c) supporting the retention of existing, and the provision of new, artist studios in accordance with the requirements of policies E1, E2 and E3; and d) securing contributions towards and/or the provision of public art.

Sports and Leisure

Specific large-scale public access facilities should be provided in the locations identified in place policies supporting text and OPDC's Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).

Meanwhile Uses

a) OPDC will support proposals for meanwhile uses where the proposed use: i) contributes positively to the character and early activation of an area; ii) reinforces the longer term uses planned for the area. Where appropriate, mechanisms should be put in place to support meanwhile occupiers securing permanent spaces within developments; iii) would not impact on the deliverability of Site Allocations identified in table 3.1; and iv) does not give rise to an unacceptable impact on residential amenity and on the transport network.

Visitor Accommodation

OPDC will contribute to London's visitor infrastructure and London's overall need for hotel bedspaces by: a) supporting proposals for new and expansions to existing visitor accommodation where they: i) are located in accordance with the NPPF sequential test and close to public transport, in particular rail stations, and do not give rise to unacceptable impacts on the transport network; ii) provide at least 10% of hotel bedrooms as wheelchair accessible and submit Accessibility Management Plans; iii) are not permanently occupied; and iv) do not compromise the delivery of housing targets and support the delivery of job targets, particularly within Site Allocations. b) supporting a range of types of visitor accommodation over a range of affordabilities; and c) supporting the provision of business hotels and multi-functional convention facilities.

Public Realm

a) Proposals will be required to contribute positively to the delivery of Healthy Streets and a high-quality, inclusive, accessible and coordinated multi-functional public realm by: i) ensuring the design of the public realm is an integral part of the scheme's design; ii) ensuring a coordinated approach between sites to improve existing public realm and provide new public realm; iii) delivering public realm and its component elements that respond to and enhance positive aspects of existing character; iv) using coordinated high-quality durable, adaptable and sustainable materials, finishes and details; v) supporting the activation of the public realm through maximising the use of positive and / or active frontages; vi) supporting the coordinated design, delivery, operation and management of infrastructure; vii) providing a balanced approach between security and design of the public realm that delivers appropriate security measures; and viii) providing and adhering to a clear, coordinated and robust public realm and open space management and maintenance strategy. b) Proposals should, where feasible, include publicly accessible private realm that will be managed in accordance with the Mayor's Public London Charter and be available for unrestricted continuous public use and access on a 24 hour 7 day a week free of charge basis; c) Proposals for advertisements will be required to: i) have a positive impact on associated buildings and surroundings in terms of their scale, form, location and illumination; and ii) have a neutral or positive contribution to amenity and public safety.

Key Views

Proposals that impact on a key view will be supported where they contribute positively to the character and composition of identified key views relevant to the proposal.

Accessible and Inclusive Design

Proposals will be supported where they: a) deliver development that is compliant with the latest guidance on accessible and inclusive design as an integral part of their design; b) deliver accessible design solutions that meet the requirements of all users at all stages of their lives and contribute positively to removing barriers that currently exist; and c) demonstrate whether engagement with relevant stakeholders has informed proposals.

Well-Designed Buildings

a) Proposals for new buildings, alterations and extensions will be supported where they: i) respond positively to the character of the existing context and / or positively contribute to the delivery of new positive character; ii) make a positive contribution to the existing and future townscape including delivering high quality active façade design and maximising the delivery of positive frontages with particular attention paid to corners, entrances and openings; iii) use high-quality durable, adaptable and sustainable materials, finishes and details that enhance local character; iv) deliver well designed internal spaces that are suitable for their intended use, are adaptable and contribute to a high quality of life for building users; v) deliver floorspace and elements of their design that support the sharing economy; and vi) provide a balanced approach between security and design of development that maximises buildings' resilience and fire safety in accordance with the latest Building Regulations and London Plan policies and delivers appropriate security measures. b) Proposals will be supported where roofs are: i) designed to minimise the provision of, and visibility of, plant and building services equipment; ii) optimised in terms of their use for biodiversity, renewable energy generation and green open space, including play space; and iii) designed to a high quality when viewed from the public realm and upper floors of surrounding buildings. c) Proposals for publicly accessible commercial uses, including shopfronts, will be supported where they: i) provide open, positive and active frontages on to the public realm that contribute to creating a rhythm to the street frontage; ii) respond to the internal design of the commercial floorspace; iii) relate sympathetically to the design and materials of the upper parts of the building, adjoining buildings and shopfronts and parts of existing shopfronts that are being retained; iv) do not result in the loss or partial loss of existing shopfronts which are of architectural interest; and v) deliver appropriate position, materials and robustness of alarm boxes, waste storage, air conditioning units, security rollers, shutters and cameras and forecourt trading facilities. d) Proposals should achieve BREEAM Excellent rating for non-residential development.

Tall Buildings

Proposals for tall buildings will be supported as an appropriate form of development in principle where they: a) accord with latest relevant national guidance, London Plan policies, Policy SP9 and relevant policies within the Places Chapter; b) deliver significant benefits for the surrounding area and communities including promoting legibility to destinations; c) demonstrate whether proactive engagement with the community and other relevant stakeholders, including the Greater London Authority and Historic England has informed the design of proposals; and d) accord with relevant guidance for RAF Northolt safeguarding zones.

Amenity

Proposals will be required to deliver an appropriate standard of amenity by: a) achieving the benchmarks for amenity set out in table 5.1 or alternatives agreed with OPDC; b) implementing the Agent of Change principle so that: i) new development does not materially affect the ongoing functioning of existing employment uses and/or town centre uses; and ii) new development does not cause unacceptable harm to the amenity of existing uses; c) maximising the quality and availability of daylight and direct sunlight within buildings and to the public realm; d) delivering appropriate levels of privacy; e) ensuring bedrooms are located away from and / or designed to mitigate light pollution; f) ensuring proposals that include residential private and / or communal open space: i) receives direct sunlight for a reasonable period of the day; ii) supports integrated solutions for food growing; and iii) are located away from and/or designed to mitigate air, light and noise pollution. g) minimising the effects of the urban heat island effect including by mitigating overheating of buildings and public realm where impacts are identified by utilising appropriate mitigation measures, and h) minimising excessive wind speeds generated by development by mitigating negative impacts on buildings and the public realm where identified including through the use of green infrastructure.

Built Environment

Proposals should optimise development in a sustainable manner, that: a) delivers buildings, public realm and infrastructure of the highest design quality and architecture, that: i) positively responds to context and enhances local character and identity; ii) responds appropriately to the setting of sensitive locations identified in figure 3.15, including designated and undesignated heritage assets, open spaces and existing residential communities and ensuring that these help shape local character and townscape; iii) ensures appropriate standards of amenity; iv) delivers a safe and secure environment; v) incorporates high quality public realm with active and positive street frontages; vi) demonstrates a high standard of accessible and inclusive design; vii) comprises of attractive, resilient and sustainable materials; and viii) demonstrates high levels of sustainable design, construction and operation; b) delivers high densities and a range of building heights, including tall buildings in the locations identified in figure 3.15.

Local Access to Training, Employment and Economic Opportunities

For major development proposals, a Local Labour, Skills and Employment Strategy and Management Plan will be secured. This will enable them to demonstrate how they: a) maximise the use of local labour; b) provide construction apprenticeships and vocational training; and c) ensure that small and medium sized local businesses and social enterprises have appropriate access to supply chain opportunities generated by the development.

Park Royal West

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land Uses a) delivering 3,390 new jobs within SIL, by taking opportunities to intensify the use of all sites, but in particular on identified Site Allocations, and having regard to the locations and typologies identified in OPDC's Park Royal Intensification Study; b) delivering 120 new jobs and a minimum 1,575 homes on sites outside of SIL, achieving early delivery of housing to contribute towards OPDC's 0-10 year housing supply, in line with the Brewery Cluster, First Central and Lakeside Drive Site Allocations; c) safeguarding Twyford Waste Transfer Station site in accordance with the West London Waste Plan. Public Realm and movement d) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the transport network for all users by: i) rationalising, minimising or removing on-street car parking, where possible and practicable, to enable walking, cycling and public realm improvements;

Old Park Royal

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) delivering additional industrial floorspace and 1,600 new jobs by taking opportunities to intensify the use of all sites, but in particular on site allocations, and having regard to the locations and typologies identified in OPDC's Park Royal Intensification Study; b) protecting, re-providing and/or increasing the provision of small business units in accordance with Policy E3; c) safeguarding Chase Road site in accordance with the West London Waste Plan. Public Realm and movement d) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the movement network for all users by: i) rationalising, minimising and/or removing on-street car parking where possible and practicable to enable walking, cycling and public realm improvements; ii) creating new or upgrading existing continuous walking and cycling routes, particularly along key routes and towards Park Royal Centre; iii) delivering improvements to Chase Road and Bashley Road junction and Chandos Road and Victoria Road junction to facilitate improved traffic flow and/or pedestrian and cycle enhancements; and iv) delivering traffic calming measures, including along Bashley Road, Chandos Road and Chase Road. e) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the public realm for all users through: i) enhanced street greening, public realm and active and/or positive frontages, particularly along Bashley Road, Chandos Road, other key routes and on town centre approaches; ii) delivering more generous pavement widths where this does not have a significant adverse impact on the functioning of the highway; and iii) improved and attractive wayfinding, signage and lighting strategies, prioritising Bashley Road and Chandos Road and routes to/from rail stations. Green Infrastructure and environment f) optimising the use of roof space for food growing and embedding green infrastructure across the area while ensuring the continued successful operation of businesses and the movement network; g) contributing to and/or delivering measures to improve air quality monitoring, and overcome issues identified in the Local Air Quality Focus Area around Victoria Road/Old Oak Lane; Heritage and character i) strengthening local identity and character by conserving and enhancing the identified industrial heritage assets and their settings, particularly by: i) retaining the urban grain and street pattern; and ii) ensuring a positive relationship between streets and the building frontages.

Protecting, Strengthening & Intensifying the Strategic Industrial Location

OPDC will protect, strengthen and intensify land within the designated SIL boundary by ensuring proposals: a) are comprised of uses suitable for broad industrial type activities, in line with Mayoral policy and/or guidance, that contribute to meeting the strategic target of 36,350 new jobs in Policy SP5 and the relevant place jobs targets in Chapter 4; b) achieve no net loss of industrial floorspace capacity and where feasible, intensify the use of sites, in particular on Site Allocations and on other sites identified in OPDC's Park Royal and Old Oak North Intensification Studies; c) provide a mix of unit sizes including small business units. Existing small business units should be reprovided; d) provide adequate servicing and delivery space in accordance with Policy T7. Particular consideration should be given to the need for appropriate yard space provision to allow for the viable function of businesses; and e) are well designed for their intended purpose having regard to providing flexibility for a range of broad industrial type activities, including appropriate identified future employment growth sectors. Adequate floor to ceiling heights should be provided having regard to relevant evidence base studies.

Employment Sites Outside of SIL

Outside of SIL, OPDC will support proposals that: a) deliver employment floorspace that: i) contributes to meeting the strategic jobs target of 36,350 in Policy SP5 and the place jobs targets in Chapter 4; ii) is well designed for their intended purpose having regard to providing flexibility for a range of appropriate identified future employment growth sectors; iii) accords with the Site Allocations and relevant place policy land use designations in Chapter 4; and iv) accords with Policy TCC8 Meanwhile Uses; b) re-provide existing industrial floorspace suitable for broad industrial type activities on site where the existing use is compatible with the land use policy relevant to the application site. This reprovision should seek to incorporate existing businesses where possible by: i) undertaking proactive engagement to identity whether there are any existing businesses on site which it would be feasible and desirable to retain on site; and ii) providing units of a suitable land use, unit size, design and with appropriate servicing to enable the retention of existing businesses; c) support any existing businesses that can not be incorporated in line with part b) to relocate off site; and d) involve the change the use of employment floorspace to other land uses, where it is shown to no longer be economically viable, as demonstrated by accounts data and through competitive marketing for a period of at least 12 months for relevant employment uses without an appropriate offer being received.

Supporting Small Businesses and Start Ups

OPDC will require proposals which generate new employment floorspace to: a) incorporate an appropriate quantum of; i) affordable workspace offered at below market rate; ii) shared workspaces; and/or iii) small business units b) demonstrate that any affordable workspace provided under part a) would be managed by an appropriate workspace or studio provider and/or be supported by an appropriate Management Scheme; and c) demonstrate that the affordable workspace delivered provides an appropriate security of tenure.

Work Live Units

Work-live units will only be acceptable where: a) there is demonstrable demand specifically for work-live or they are to be delivered as a meanwhile use on a temporary basis; b) they are outside of SIL and located in an area considered appropriate for this type of use; c) the residential and employment uses are intrinsically linked (either in the same building or tethered); d) where both work and live uses are occurring within a single unit, there is some internal division between the living and working spaces; e) where both work and live uses are occurring within a single unit, the spatial arrangement, design and building type is predominantly commercial in character; f) the access arrangements allow for visible and direct access for business visitors and suitable servicing by heavy goods vehicles; g) the environmental performance meets targets for residential accommodation, particularly with regards to sound proofing, energy and insulation; h) where appropriate, spaces of interaction between occupiers are incorporated within the building; i) it would be managed by an OPDC approved provider with a proven and successful track record of delivering work-live units and an appropriate management plan is secured; j) they can support a mix of businesses, working across a wide range of sectors, particularly for the identified employment growth sectors in figure 9.2; k) businesses have active frontages and a visible street presence for branding opportunities; and l) the tenure arrangements can demonstrate an intrinsic link between the both uses and appropriate protection and enforcement is in place to prevent residential reversion.

Old Oak North

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land Uses a) delivering a minimum 212,500 sqm non-residential floorspace and an indicative 3,300 new jobs by taking opportunities to intensify sites for SIL compliant broad industrial type activities in line with the identified site allocations; b) delivering ancillary services and facilities where they support place-making and activate key routes. Public realm and movement c) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the transport network for all users by: (i) improving the existing pedestrian and cycle route from Old Oak North to Willesden Junction station (ii) delivering a new, high quality inclusive access pedestrian and cycle bridge over the canal to replace and relocate Bulls Bridge and to connect into Oaklands or, if this is not feasible or agreeable with landowners, upgrading the existing bridge to ensure inclusive access for all users; (iii) delivering enhanced pedestrian and cycle infrastructure along key routes, including segregated cycle lanes where feasible, where this does not have a significant adverse impact on the functioning of the highway; (iv) enhancing the highways capacity of routes

Park Royal West

a) opportunities to intensify the use of all sites, but in particular on identified Site Allocations, and having regard to the locations and typologies identified in OPDC's Park Royal Intensification Study; b) delivering 120 new jobs and a minimum 1,575 homes on sites outside of SIL, achieving early delivery of housing to contribute towards OPDC's 0-10 year housing supply, in line with the Brewery Cluster, First Central and Lakeside Drive Site Allocations; c) safeguarding Twyford Waste Transfer Station site in accordance with the West London Waste Plan. Public Realm and movement d) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the transport network for all users by: i) rationalising, minimising or removing on-street car parking, where possible and practicable, to enable walking, cycling and public realm improvements; ii) creating new or upgraded continuous walking and cycling routes particularly along key routes, to/from stations, Park Royal Centre and the Grand Union Canal; and iii) supporting traffic calming measures along Chase Road. e) contributing towards and / or delivering enhanced bus infrastructure to support existing and planned bus services between Park Royal, Old Oak and other key destinations; f) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the road network to support more efficient business operations and servicing including: i) safeguarding for and if relevant and appropriate, contributing to and/or delivering a new vehicular, pedestrian and cycle route to link Park Royal to Channel Gate; ii) supporting improvements to junctions to facilitate improved traffic flow, pedestrian and/or cycle enhancements; and iii) contributing towards enhancements to the A40 and A406 which improve flow of traffic; support the movement of freight and/or reduce severance. g) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the public realm for all users through: i) enhanced street greening, public realm and active and/or positive frontages, particularly along the key routes identified in Figure 4.13; ii) delivering more generous pavements widths, where this does not have a significant adverse impact on the functioning of the highway; and iii) improved wayfinding, signage and lighting, prioritising routes to/from Park Royal, Hanger Lane, Stonebridge Park and Harlesden stations; and the to/from the Grand Union Canal. Green Infrastructure and the environment h) contributing towards and/or delivering improvements which support the creation of new publicly accessible open space in accordance with Policies SP8 and EU1, and public access into and/or the quality of existing green infrastructure assets, including: i) Diageo Lake and Gardens; ii) Wesley playing fields; iii) linear spaces along the Grand Union Canal; iv) Green corridors along railways; and v) Metropolitan Open Land and green spaces along the A40. i) optimising the use of roof space for food growing and embedding other green infrastructure across the area, including on-site soft landscaping and tree planting; j) supporting any applicable actions identified in the Thames River Basin Management Plan for the River Brent catchment; k) contributing to and/or delivering measures that help support OPDC, the host authorities, and where relevant TfL, to improve air quality monitoring, and overcome issues identified in Local Air Quality Focus Areas around the A40 and A406. Heritage and character l) strengthening local identity and character by conserving and enhancing the Brent Viaduct and other identified non designated heritage assets and their settings; m) ensuring local character is informed by the area's existing heritage, including the Grand Union Canal, railway and industrial heritage; and n) supporting increased building heights where this will deliver industrial intensification and SIL compliant broad industrial type activities.

Economic Resilience

Proposals should: a) support the delivery of 36,350 new jobs between 2018-38; b) protect, strengthen and intensify the Strategic Industrial Location (SIL) in Park Royal and Old Oak North; c) create a new major commercial centre around Old Oak Common Station; d) deliver a range of appropriate employment uses within designated town centres; e) support the provision of small workspaces across Old Oak and Park Royal; f) provide employment space across a range of sizes, types, tenures, forms and affordabilities; g) design employment space to ensure it is flexible and adaptable to changing needs; h) secure employment and training opportunities for local people and procurement opportunities for local businesses; and i) strongly encourage contractors and building occupants to sign up to the London Living Wage.

Energy Systems

To promote the delivery of low carbon, energy efficient and integrated electricity, heat and cooling networks, major development proposals should: a) support the delivery of local smart energy grids including generation and storage of power from multiple sources; b) support and contribute to/and or deliver low carbon heat networks. Development should prioritise connecting to strategic area wide low temperature district heating networks when and where available and where not available, provide on-site heating solutions and future proof the development so that it can connect into a low carbon low temperature district heat network if and when it becomes available; c) support and contribute to/and deliver low carbon cooling networks where feasible and appropriate. Development should prioritise connecting to strategic area wide district cooling networks when and where cooling is required and where these networks are available and contribute to reducing energy and CO2 emissions. Where a network is not available, provide on-site cooling solutions and future proof the development so that it can connect into a low carbon district cooling network if it becomes available; d) provide evidence that appropriate management mechanisms will be put in place to ensure that the end customers are protected in respect of the price of energy provided and the level of service and ensure heat loss from the network is minimised; e) demonstrate that there is capacity in the network to facilitate delivery of their development at the time of the application and the expected delivery period; and f) contribute to and/or deliver new heat, cooling and electricity networks and infrastructure to accord with the specification requirements set out in the policies of this plan.

Minimising Carbon Emissions and Overheating

Major development proposals will be supported where they: i) meet or exceed the on-site carbon emissions targets set out in the London Plan energy hierarchy; ii) where they cannot deliver the London Plan CO2 reduction targets on-site, they make a sufficient financial contribution towards carbon reduction in line with the OPDC's carbon offset policy; iii) design buildings to use low carbon heat sources and when connecting into heat networks, design building services to achieve low flow return temperatures to optimise network efficiency; iv) demonstrate that the risks of overheating have been addressed through the design of the development and accord with the Mayor's cooling hierarchy; and v) provide appropriate smart technologies and guidance to enable occupiers to monitor and manage their energy use.

Smart Technology

a) OPDC will work with partners and stakeholders to position Old Oak and Park Royal as a world leading location for the adoption of smart city technologies, systems and approaches. b) Development proposals will be supported where they directly provide and demonstrate in their design the flexibility and adaptability to: i) incorporate smart city technologies and approaches that enable resources, space, systems and materials to be monitored and managed efficiently; ii) integrate smart city management systems or where available adopt OPDC's smart city management system to provide interoperable, open and usable data; iii) ensure that any smart city technologies and approaches can be updated over time to respond to innovation; iv) adopt protocols and systems that are compatible with others used in OPDC in order to allow for the safe sharing of information and data without compromising data protection; v) ensure open access provision of wired and wireless broadband technologies delivering the highest speeds to provide a wide range of services. Development should prioritise connecting to strategic area wide telecommunications networks when and where they are available; and vi) support and enable effective and efficient provision of smart services by OPDC, local authorities, statutory undertakers, Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs), social infrastructure providers including health and education services and other organisations that are responsible for managing the public realm and supplying vital services to the area.

Urban Greening and Biodiversity

OPDC will ensure that development in the OPDC area secures an overall increase in green cover and a net gain in biodiversity by supporting development proposals where they: a) would not result in a loss of existing biodiversity unless either an equivalent type and equal or greater amount of biodiversity is provided on-site, or where this is not feasible, OPDC will secure a financial contribution to facilitate off-site enhancements in lieu of on-site provision; b) avoid environmental disturbance to biodiversity during and post construction. Where proposals demonstrably cannot avoid disturbance, ensure that appropriate and necessary mitigation measures are utilised; c) measurably conserve and enhance Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) (see figure 6.3) and other identified priority habitats or species; d) deliver new urban greening and ecological improvement by: i) maximising the provision of green roofs and walls; ii) wherever possible, delivering planting of mature or semi-mature trees along all streets; iii) integrating planting as part of SuDS systems; iv) integrating biodiversity into the built environment by provision of nest sites, roosts and shelters; v) ensuring that planting is ecologically appropriate and provides benefits for wildlife; and vi) delivering a range of habitats that are resilient to climate change; e) demonstrate that major development proposals have optimised urban greening in their schemes with reference to the Urban Greening Factor and Green points system score. Developments should seek to achieve the most recent target scores within Mayoral policy / guidance or OPDC policy guidance; f) accord with and support the delivery of guidance in the OPDC area's most up-to-date Biodiversity Action Plan(s); and g) put in place appropriate arrangements to monitor and safeguard the long-term management of new and/or enhanced biodiversity and urban greening.

Air Quality

Development proposals will be supported where they appropriately minimise air pollution during the demolition, construction and operational phases of development on the site and on neighbouring sites and make a positive contribution to overall improvement in air quality by: a) reducing: i) emissions, particularly of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter, including PM10 and PM2, to meet the Air Quality Positive objective; and ii) exposure to acceptable levels; b) implementing the recommendations of the Old Oak and Park Royal Air Quality Study (AQS) summarised in table 6.1; c) helping to reduce pollution in air quality focus areas, identified in figure 6.6, to comply with the most up to date national air quality standards; d) delivering and/or contributing to the provision of new automatic monitors and diffusion tubes, with equipment to monitor NO2 and PM10 at locations identified in figure 6.6; e) complying with the relevant borough's Air Quality Action Plans (AQAPs) and the mitigation measures identified therein; f) meeting EU or subsequent nationally established health-based standards and objectives for NO2 and PM10 and other particulates; g) designing and positioning buildings, civic and open spaces to minimise exposure to elevated levels of pollution by avoiding creating street canyons, or building configurations that inhibit effective pollution dispersion. In particular, bus and taxi facilities should be designed to avoid the build-up of pollution; h) minimising emissions from any combustion based sources of energy that are deployed by ensuring low emission plant is used and where appropriate suitable after treatment technologies are adopted; and i) designing and positioning any energy facilities within the development area to minimise harmful emissions and maximise the rapid dispersion of any residual pollutants to minimise impact.

Noise and Vibration

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) avoid significant adverse impacts of noise and vibration on health and quality of life as a result of both the construction and operational phases of new development; b) comply with the most relevant and current building standards (BS); c) deliver mitigation measures to address unacceptable impacts; d) appropriately reduce exposure to existing noise generators such as waste sites, cultural facilities, strategic roads, rail or industrial uses, whilst ensuring the continued effective operation of those uses; e) ensure plant and/or machinery can be operated without causing harm to amenity; f) ensure noise and vibration is minimised from demolition and construction phases of development and from delivering and servicing of development once occupied; and g) include features of positive soundscape interest and deliver high quality soundscapes.

Waste

a) OPDC will ensure that proposals contribute towards meeting apportionment targets by supporting development proposals where they safeguard; i) the Old Oak Sidings site in Old Oak North and make efficient use of the site in line with Policy P2; and ii) allocated sites and other existing waste management sites within the OPDC area identified in the most up to date West London Waste Plan. b) Any allocated or existing waste management site(s) lost to a non-waste use will be required to provide equivalent or enhanced compensatory site provision which normally meets the maximum throughput that the lost site could achieve. Site provision should be made in the most appropriate location, according to the following sequential manner: i) within the OPDC area; or ii) within the relevant waste authority area based on where the lost site is located; or iii) within Greater London; c) Applications for new waste facilities or enhancements to existing waste facilities will be supported where they: i) comply, where applicable, with the policies in the most up-to-date West London Waste Plan; ii) prioritise locating any new waste facilities within sites safeguarded under part a); iii) help to move waste up the waste hierarchy (see figure 6.8) with a focus on reuse, repair and remanufacture; iv) deliver and/or demonstrate how energy generation opportunities are future proofed to deliver carbon dioxide reductions and enabled to connect into area-wide district heating networks; v) if relevant and appropriate, deliver anaerobic digestion and/or other bio-waste treatment and additional recycling facilities particularly to support greater levels of recovery in accordance with the waste hierarchy; vi) minimise CO2 emissions and where relevant, increase operational capacity and waste recovery rates; vii) fully enclose operational facilities; and viii) adequately mitigate their impact on amenity, including air quality, noise, vibration, dust, litter, vermin and odours, the transport network and other environmental considerations. d) Major development proposals will be supported where they demonstrate; i) that their waste will be managed, both during construction and operation, as high up the waste hierarchy as possible; ii) a collaborative approach with the Waste Authorities and OPDC is being positively adopted to help deliver strategic waste management systems in order to meet national and London waste recycling targets; iii) adequate provision for waste storage and collection within developments, in accordance with the London Waste Recycling Board's (LWARB) guidance on recycling and storage, ensuring: A) source segregation of bio-waste and other recyclables; B) control of odour, nuisance and air and noise pollution from waste storage and collection; and C) working with relevant local waste authorities to ensure waste collection approaches align with current and future waste collection arrangements; iv) arrangements have been made to support an optimised approach to the reuse of domestic, commercial and construction waste. Where feasible, proposals should reuse and/or recycle a minimum of 95% of construction, demolition and excavation waste; and v) provision of appropriate details and training to be provided to occupants, to support waste management and engage residents in waste recycling, to support the attainment of Mayoral municipal and commercial waste recycling targets.

Wormwood Scrubs

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Delivery a) Agreeing any proposals with the Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; b) Supporting the long-term management and maintenance of Wormwood Scrubs and the Old Oak Community Centre by securing appropriate resources. Green infrastructure and open space c) Conserving and enhancing Wormwood Scrubs in its role as a Metropolitan Park for use by all Londoners through sensitive enhancements; d) Protecting Wormwood Scrubs as Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) by ensuring proposals accord with Policy EU1; e) Conserving and enhancing the Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance for Nature Conservation designations by ensuring proposals accord with Policy EU2; and f) Supporting climate change resilience by delivering SuDS which address current surface water flooding issues on Wormwood Scrubs and which can potentially contribute, if required, to a strategic SuDS network. Public realm and movement g) Improving access to Wormwood Scrubs for all Londoners by ensuring development contributes to new and improved sensitive walking and cycling: i) access points shown in figure 4.46; and ii) routes, that are designed to accommodate current and future levels of usage, across, to and from Wormwood Scrubs to the surrounding area; h) Providing safe and legible pedestrian and cycle connections between Wormwood Scrubs and Little Wormwood Scrubs; and i) Supporting the character of Wormwood Scrubs by ensuring the future proposed Wormwood Scrubs Street to the north of Wormwood Scrubs relates sensitively to the open space.

Grand Union Canal

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the activation of the Grand Union Canal and canalside spaces within Channel Gate by delivering: i) permanent and meanwhile town centre, leisure, employment, community and canal-related uses with active frontages in areas of higher activity including at publicly accessible open spaces and crossings of key routes; and ii) residential and employment uses with positive frontages elsewhere. b) supporting overlooking, security and safety along the canal and canalside spaces within Park Royal and Old Oak North by delivering positive frontages; c) delivering a range of permanent and temporary new residential, leisure, educational, cultural, commercial and visitor moorings and their supporting infrastructure along the canal. Public realm and movement d) supporting delivery of new or improved bridges, as shown in figure 4.10, by working positively with stakeholders; e) connecting canalside routes with new or improved bridges; f) ensuring bridge infrastructure and associated spaces are designed to be integrated into the built environment, are accessible, safe and include active and positive frontages where possible; g) contributing to improvements to the southern towpath in its role as part of the national towing path network and as a continuous high quality east-west walking and cycling route as part of the National Cycle Network by: i) delivering a high quality shared walking and cycling route; ii) delivering appropriate levels and types of lighting; iii) ensuring development is integrated with the route in relation to its design, operation and location of uses; and iv) coordinating delivery of improvements with relevant stakeholders. h) supporting local connectivity by contributing to and/or delivering a continuous local walking and cycling route along the northern side of the canal within Channel Gate; i) contributing to the use of the Grand Union Canal for waterborne passenger, leisure and freight transport by: i) delivering new transport related moorings, waterway access, wharfs and ancillary facilities in appropriate locations; and ii) utilising water-borne freight transport during the construction and operation of development. Green infrastructure and the environment j) contributing to and/or delivering a network of high quality multi-functional publicly accessible open spaces along the canal including: i) Channel Gate Local Park; ii) other smaller open spaces; iii) improvements to existing open spaces including Birchwood Nature Reserve, Mary Seacole Gardens and Barretts Green; and iv) multifunctional new basins and waterspaces; k) conserving and enhancing the biodiversity value of the canal and the Birchwood Nature Reserve as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation in accordance with Policy EU2; l) enhancing the environmental quality and role of the canal by: i) contributing to enhancing water quality; and ii) enabling SuDS and new water infrastructure to connect to the Grand Union Canal. Heritage and character m) strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing the Grand Union Canal and St. Mary's Cemetery conservation areas and their settings and Local Heritage Listings adjacent to the canal including the Canal Cottage within Park Royal; and ii) delivering a consistent and high quality palette of materials that conserves and enhances the historic canalside character. Building heights n) contributing to a variety of building heights that support the functioning, designations, amenity and character of the canal

Open Space

OPDC will secure the delivery of a high quality green infrastructure and open space network that enhances the overall quality of the environment, as set out in Policy SP8 by supporting developments which: a) give Metropolitan Open Land (MOL), including Wormwood Scrubs the strongest protection. Proposals that result in loss or harm (including the erosion in the quality) of MOL will only be permitted in very special circumstances set out in the NPPF, and where at least an equivalent quantum, quality, access and function of MOL is provided; b) protect other existing open spaces. Proposals that result in loss or erosion in the quality of existing open space will only be permitted where at least an equivalent quantum, quality, access and function of open space is provided; c) support the delivery of a minimum of 30% of the developable area outside of Strategic Industrial Location (SIL), as publicly accessible open space, including spaces identified in the Places Chapter by: i) contributing towards and/or delivering 2 new local parks that are each at least 2ha in size, in the locations identified in the Places Chapter; ii) contributing towards and/or delivering a range of smaller publicly accessible open spaces and pocket parks; iii) contributing towards and/or delivering local Green Streets that are fully accessible, designed predominantly for high pedestrian and cycle flows, have embedded green infrastructure, have very restricted access for motorised vehicles and form part of a wider grid of connected green routes; and iv) where it is not feasible or desirable for individual developments to make on-site contributions to achieving 30% publicly accessible open space, a financial contribution will be sought towards delivering the overall publicly accessible open space provision, equivalent to 4.1sqm of open space per resident and 1sqm of open space per worker generated by the development; d) ensures all open space (including public, private and communal areas) is high quality and provides for a range of functions, by including a number of the following: i) incorporating play space provision in accordance with Policy D8; ii) incorporating biodiversity and urban greening provision, in accordance with Policy EU2; iii) providing opportunities for local food growing; iv) providing recreation and sports space, including playing fields in accordance with Policy TCC5; v) ensuring appropriate standards are met, including in respect of air and noise quality and micro-climate; vi) incorporating climate change mitigation measures, including SuDS and urban heat island mitigation; and vii) providing appropriate arrangements for the long-term management and maintenance of open space.

Extraction of Minerals

Applications for mineral extraction development will be supported where they: a) do not undermine the timely delivery of OPDC's homes and jobs targets or capacity identified in the Places Chapter and/or Site Allocations; b) adequately protect the amenity of nearby residents and businesses from the effects of the operations, particularly in regard to air quality, odour and noise and vibration; c) are sensitive to and conserve and enhance the character of the urban landscape, green infrastructure and designated and non-designated heritage assets; d) do not have an unacceptable impact on the transport network and provide appropriate site access and routing for heavy vehicles; e) demonstrate that the proposal would not give rise to unacceptable pollution to land and/or the water environment; f) adequately control and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and dust during construction and operation; g) support the efficient use of resources; h) contribute to the development of heat and energy recovery or low carbon technologies; and i) adequately make provision for restoration of the site after development.

Land Contamination

Development proposals will be supported where they effectively treat, contain or control any contamination so as not to: a) expose the occupiers of the development and neighbouring land uses including, in the case of housing, the users of open spaces and gardens to an unacceptable risk; b) threaten the structural integrity of any building built, or to be built, on or adjoining the site; c) lead to the contamination of any watercourse, water body or aquifer; or d) cause the contamination of adjoining land or allow such contamination to continue; When development is proposed on or near a site that is known to be, or there is good reason to believe may be, contaminated, or where a sensitive use is proposed, development proposals will be required: e) following planning permission being granted, to effectively treat, contain or control any contamination, in the following sequential manner: i) undertake necessary site investigations; ii) refine the conceptual model; iii) undertake an options appraisal and evaluate options to define a remediation strategy; iv) produce a remediation strategy; v) implement the remediation strategy; vi) submit a verification study; and vii) monitor how well remediation has worked; f) work collaboratively with OPDC and with other developers to consider the feasibility of a strategic approach to the remediation of land; and g) treat any contaminated materials on-site and re-use or recycle debris and/or treated materials.

Water

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) work positively with OPDC and its development partners to deliver an integrated strategy for managing foul and surface water and for supplying potable and non-potable water; b) Provide sufficient attenuation storage capacity to ensure the peak rate of surface water runoff generated during rainfall events up to the 1 in 100 years plus a 40% climate change allowance, does not exceed greenfield run-off rates by applying the following hierarchy: i) providing on-site source control to attenuate on-site. The priority for on-site attenuation should be the provision of vegetated Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), with other solutions, including below ground attenuation, only deemed acceptable where all vegetated options have been fully explored; ii) Where source control SuDS features cannot achieve sufficient attenuation, delivering and/or contributing to strategic SuDS, which should be incorporated into streets, open spaces and other public realm areas; iii) delivering where appropriate and through agreement with the Canal and River Trust, outfalls to the Grand Union Canal, where the water is of an adequate quality, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive or any subsequent standards, and would not have a detrimental effect on the ecological and chemical status of waterbodies; and iv) controlled release of water into the combined sewer, through agreement with the borough and Thames Water. c) enable capacity to be released within the existing combined sewer network to accommodate additional foul water flows, without compromising the ability of other developers to meet future development needs; d) comply with any relevant requirements of local authority Surface Water Management Plans (SWMPs) and the Thames River Basin Management Plan; e) alleviate localised surface water drainage problems, identified within the Integrated Water Management Strategy (IWMS), SWMPs and/or in the Site Specific FRA; f) demonstrate that development within the area at risk of fluvial flooding from the River Brent (see figure 6.4), reduces flood risk and improves flood storage in the area; g) address potential flood risk associated with any changes to topography or hydrology; and h) maximise the efficient use of water by: i) delivering on-site water recycling technologies, including rainwater harvesting and/or greywater recycling, where these are shown to be viable; ii) for all non-residential developments, seeking to achieve the maximum score for water use in the BREEAM ratings (or an equivalent in any future nationally recognised assessment scheme); and iii) designing residential development to minimise the use of mains water to better the Mayor's per capita water consumption targets, where viable.

Air Quality

Air Quality Assessments should accord with the requirements of the above policy and any other requirements in Mayoral policy and/or guidance.

Sustainable Materials

Proposals will be supported where they use high-quality durable and adaptable materials, finishes and details that are, where appropriate: a) permeable and porous to support Policy EU3; b) noise absorbing to support Policy EU5; and c) non-reflective and low heat absorbing to reduce the urban heat island impacts of development. Proposals will be supported where they use sustainable materials that: d) where feasible are sourced locally; e) reduce embodied carbon in the development; f) where feasible use rapidly renewable and healthy materials; g) are designed to last and wear well over the life of the development; h) are sourced from reused and recycled content. A minimum of 20% of the total material value of new buildings and infrastructure and landscape works should derive from reused or recycled content; and i) use 100% of timber from sustainably certified sources.

Green Infrastructure and Open Space

Proposals should deliver and/or positively contribute towards a varied, well-designed, integrated and high quality green infrastructure and open space network, by: a) providing for the needs of people living, working and visiting the area by: i) conserving and enhancing existing green infrastructure and open spaces identified in the Policies map. Any loss or relocation should accord with the requirements of Policy EU1; ii) providing sensitive enhancements and improvements to access existing open spaces; and iii) appropriately providing and/or positively contributing to new green infrastructure and open spaces, that meet the needs of the development in terms of their quantum, quality, access and function, including delivering 30% of the developable area outside of Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) as publicly accessible open space in accordance with Policy EU1, including delivering 2 new local parks, each of at least 2ha; b) improving the ecology of the area and ensuring an overall net gain in biodiversity by: i) conserving and enhancing existing biodiversity habitats. Any loss or relocation should accord with the requirements of Policy EU2; and ii) delivering and/or positively contributing to new biodiversity habitats; and c) successfully integrating with the wider green infrastructure and open space network, including the Grand Union Canal, Wormwood Scrubs and All London Green Grid.

Green Infrastructure and Open Space

Proposals should provide a minimum of 30% of the developable area outside of SIL as high quality publicly accessible open space. The priority within this should be the delivery of two new local parks of at least 2ha, within the Old Oak South and Channel Gate places.

Heritage

a) Proposals should conserve and enhance the historic environment; b) OPDC will give great weight to the conservation and enhancement of the significance of designated heritage assets, including their settings. Proposals harming the significance of a designated heritage asset will require clear and convincing justification having regard to their heritage interest, reasonable alternatives to avoid or mitigate harm and delivery of public benefits; c) Proposals should: i) reflect in their design a positive response to non-designated heritage assets; and ii) avoid an unjustified adverse effect on the significance of non-designated heritage assets; d) Proposals to demolish a building in a Conservation Area will only be permitted after approval of and commitment to the construction of a replacement building; and e) Proposals that affect or have the potential to affect archaeological heritage assets will be supported, where they demonstrate the appropriate level of investigation and recording.

Housing Delivery

OPDC will work to increase the housing supply in the area and will support residential development proposals that contribute to meeting the indicative housing capacity of 19,850 homes over the Local Plan period by: a) supporting proposals on identified development sites, in accordance with the phasing identified in Chapter 3 and the policies in this Local Plan; b) supporting proposals on sites not specifically identified in this Local Plan, where these accord with other Local Plan policies; c) supporting proposals that utilise a mix of housing tenure types and densities that achieve the density ranges identified in Chapter 5; d) supporting planning applications for self-build and custom-build, where these accord with other Local Plan policies; e) optimising the use of existing housing, in accordance with Policy H5; f) monitoring delivery annually and publishing information on the rate of housing starts and completions and the trajectory of a deliverable and developable housing supply; and g) working with developers to ensure that wherever possible homes delivered are marketed to and occupied by people who live and work in London.

Affordable Housing

All residential developments, with the capacity to provide more than 10 self-contained units (or have a gross internal residential floorspace of more than 1,000 sqm) will be required to provide affordable housing, subject to viability, in accordance with the overarching 50% target set out in Policy SP4, by: a) applying the threshold and viability approach as set out in the most up-to-date Mayoral policy and/or guidance; b) including early, mid and advanced stage review mechanisms in line with Mayoral guidance, to maximise the delivery of affordable housing and in particular, social rent or London Affordable Rent where development viability improves; c) providing a minimum of 30% of affordable housing as either social rent or London Affordable Rent and the remainder as a range of social rent or London Affordable Rent, Intermediate housing, including London Living Rent and London Shared Ownership (except for Build to Rent, see Policy H6) and ensuring intermediate homes are affordable to households on median incomes in the host local authorities; d) providing affordable housing in perpetuity; e) appropriately distributing the affordable homes throughout a new development and ensuring that they are designed to a high quality, with the same quality of external appearance as for market housing; f) demonstrably considering at an early stage of pre-application process how the design of proposals supports the delivery of a range of housing tenures; g) providing affordable housing on-site. In exceptional circumstances and in all proposals under Policy H7, a financial contribution towards the off-site provision of affordable housing may be accepted where it can be demonstrated that this would maximise the total amount of affordable housing to be delivered; h) applying Vacant Building Credit only where it is verified that: i) a building is not in use at the time the application is submitted ii) a building is not covered by an extant or recently expired permission; iii) the site is not protected for an alternative land use; and iv) the building has not been made vacant for the sole purpose of redevelopment and has been vacant for at least five years.

Housing Mix

New residential developments should deliver a balanced mix of housing types and sizes, taking into account the following considerations: a) providing 3 or more bedrooms within 25% of all new homes; b) providing either social rent or London Affordable Rent homes in a mix of sizes that accords with OPDC's most up to date Strategic Housing Market Assessment; c) optimising the proportion of family housing beyond 25% where this is feasible and appropriate; d) all self-contained housing will be required to meet the London Plan and national housing space standards; e) housing should be appropriately and flexibly designed to respond to changing needs over time; and f) sites should deliver 90% of units as Building Regulation M4(2) 'accessible and adaptable dwellings' and 10% of new housing as Building Regulation M4(3) 'wheelchair user dwellings' across all tenures, except where proposals are delivered in accordance with Policies H7 and H10.

Design of Family Housing

New housing developments should deliver family housing in accordance with Policy H3 taking into account the following considerations: a) Where it is appropriate family housing should be located as a priority: i) at the ground or first floor of developments with direct access to a garden or other secure private and/or communal open space for doorstep play; and ii) close to usable publicly accessible open space and appropriate social infrastructure. b) Where family housing is located on other levels, applicants should provide

Co-Living and Shared Housing

Proposals for new purpose-built shared housing schemes will be supported where they: a) demonstrate that they contribute to the creation of mixed and balanced communities by not undermining the delivery of conventional self-contained housing supply; b) are located within or directly adjacent to a designated town centre with a PTAL of 4 or higher, that can absorb intensive usage; c) incorporate a high quality of design and shared space for occupants; d) provide an appropriate Residential Management Plan; and e) provide a commuted sum in lieu of the provision of on-site affordable housing, in accordance with the most up-to-date Mayoral policy and/or guidance. Proposals for conversions or loss of existing shared housing will be supported where they: f) no longer meet identified local need for shared housing; g) do not comply with any relevant design standards and that the provision cannot be enhanced to meet any relevant standards; h) are poorly served by public transport and facilities and services such as shops and social infrastructure; or i) give rise to unacceptable impacts on amenity.

Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation

a) OPDC will safeguard the existing Bashley Road Gypsy and Travellers Site and work positively with London Borough of Ealing to enhance the site where required; b) OPDC will give careful consideration to the future needs of gypsies and travellers and work with the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham to secure a sufficient supply of plots/pitches to meet the needs of existing and future gypsy and traveller households (including travelling show people); c) Any new sites, pitches and/or plots for travellers should: i) be accessible to public transport, services and facilities and be capable of support by local social infrastructure; ii) be capable of appropriate connection to energy, water and sewage infrastructure; iii) provide safe access to and from the public road network; and iv) support the health and wellbeing of the occupiers of the site by providing appropriate facilities, layout and design quality.

Specialist Housing

a) OPDC will support the delivery of specialist housing that meets identified needs; b) Development proposals providing 1,000 or more homes will be required to provide 10% of units as specialist care and supported needs housing for older people and/or vulnerable people; c) OPDC will require proposals for older persons or other specialist housing units to be: i) appropriate for the intended occupiers in terms of the standard of facilities, the level of independence and the provision of support or care; ii) of a high design quality, including inclusive design and provision of adequate internal and external space; iii) appropiately accessible to public transport, shops, services, community facilities and social networks appropriate to the needs of the intended occupiers; and iv) accompanied by an appropriate Residential Management Plan. d) Proposals for conversions or loss of existing specialist housing will be supported where they: i) can demonstrate that there is no longer an identified local need for the specialist housing provision; ii) can demonstrate that the provision does do not comply with any relevant design standards and that the provision cannot be enhanced to meet any relevant standards; or iii) the proposal would result in new specialist housing being provided at an equivalent or higher quantum, measured by both unit numbers and floorspace.

Harrow Road Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a community and employment focused cluster by: i) clustering active Use Class B2, B8 and E uses, that are appropriately designed and serviced for small business units, and community uses along Harrow Road and Ellisland Way; ii) delivering residential uses above the ground floor adjacent to the railway, Scrubs Lane and Harrow Road; and iii) reproviding the floorspace of a church use and associated community use at 2 Scrubs Lane on site including new fitted out building space at community use rent levels. Public realm and movement b) supporting local connectivity by delivering Ellisland Way as a new walking and cycling route and safeguarding for a long-term new route to Willesden Junction Station; c) supporting activation of the public realm by creating a well-defined active frontage onto Scrubs Lane, Harrow Road and Ellisland Way; d) contributing to the improvement of public realm on Harrow Road to support access to Harlesden town centre. Green infrastructure and the environment e) supporting health and wellbeing and resilience to climate change by delivering new publicly accessible open space on Ellisland Way adjacent to 2 Scrubs Lane. Building heights f) contributing to a variety of building heights by: i) locating a single tall building at the south western corner of the Scrubs Lane and Harrow Road junction to support local legibility; and ii) delivering 8 to 10 storeys on to Harrow Road.

Laundry Lane Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a mixed use cluster by: i) focusing employment and town centre uses at ground and lower floor levels; and ii) delivering residential uses above employment and town centre uses where appropriate standards of amenity can be provided. Public realm and movement b) supporting local connectivity by: i) safeguarding for and if relevant and appropriate, contributing to and / or delivering Laundry Lane access road and bridge, connecting Old Oak North to Scrubs Lane, as a high quality vehicular route; ii) delivering a high quality crossing across Scrubs Lane and safeguarding land to deliver improved access into St. Mary's Cemetery; and iii) delivering active frontages along Laundry Lane and the western side of Scrubs Lane. Green infrastructure and the environment c) supporting health and wellbeing and resilience to climate change by contributing to and/or delivering Laundry Lane as a publicly accessible open space in advance of the potential delivery of Laundry Lane as a new route to Old Oak. Heritage and character d) enhancing local character by: i) delivering views along the railway from the Laundry Lane Bridge; and ii) conserving and enhancing the heritage significance of 26-30 Scrubs Lane and existing ghost signage in accordance with Policy D7. Building heights e) contributing to a variety of building heights including locating a single tall building on the northern side of Laundry Lane to support local legibility.

North Acton and Acton Wells

a) delivering a minimum of 8,000 new homes including student accommodation in accordance with Policy H10; and iii) locating non-residential uses on the ground floor fronting onto the busy streets of Victoria Road, Wales Farm Road, the A4000, School Road and the A40; d) focusing town centre, social infrastructure, cultural and catalyst uses and Use Class E, B2 and B8 uses that are appropriately designed and serviced to support North Acton Neighbourhood Town Centre within the town centre and along Old Oak Street; e) encouraging the activation of the area by working with stakeholders to deliver a range of meanwhile uses across: i) North Acton including around the southern station square and along Portal Way; and ii) Acton Wells including along School Road. f) contributing to and/or enabling delivery of a permeable, inclusive and accessible street network with new connections to surrounding areas as shown in figure 4.21 including Old Oak Street west of the potential Old Oak Common Lane Station; g) contributing to and/or enabling improvements to Victoria Road and Wales Farm Road as key movement routes for walking, cycling, buses and vehicular traffic during construction and operation phases; h) contributing to and/or enabling the delivery of a network of new and enhanced streets with a walking and cycling focus: i) along Portal Way; ii) along Old Oak Street to Old Oak South; iii) along Jenner Avenue; and iv) through North Acton Station to School Road and Victoria Road. i) contributing to and / or delivering high quality well-connected publicly accessible open spaces across North Acton and Acton Wells. This should include: i) North Acton Station Squares; ii) School Road Square; iii) Victoria Gardens; iv) connected open spaces along Portal Way; v) Old Oak Common Lane Overground Station Square; vi) Acton Wells Square; vii) green infrastructure along Victoria Road, Wales Farm Road, Chase Road, Old Oak Street and new streets; and viii) sensitive enhancements to Acton Cemetery. j) contributing to and/or delivering mitigation measures that help support OPDC, the London Borough of Ealing and where relevant TfL, to address air quality issues in the Local Air Quality Focus Areas along the A40, Wales Farm Road and Victoria Road. k) strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing the Castle Public House, other heritage assets and their settings; and ii) ensuring the future local character of buildings and the public realm is informed by the positive elements of the area's industrial and railway heritage. l) contributing to a variety of building heights that includes: i) tall buildings across North Acton and Acton Wells in appropriate locations in accordance with policies SP9, D4 and figure 3.15 that do not result in an overbearing wall of development; ii) within Acton Wells East, generally 10 to 12 storeys along Victoria Road north of Old Oak Street; iii) increased heights and massing adjacent to the A40 and railway lines; and iv) generally lower heights adjacent to sensitive locations including Acton Cemetery, existing residential neighbourhoods at Wells House Road, Midland Terrace and along Jenner Avenue. m) Safeguarding for and if appropriate, contribute to and/or deliver the proposed Old Oak Common Lane Station and land for the delivery of the West London Orbital Line station and services within Acton Wells; n) providing on-site heating systems; and o) safeguarding Quattro site in accordance with the West London Waste Plan.

Channel Gate

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant the following: Development and Phasing a) supporting the use of the area to facilitate High Speed 2 construction activities as secured by the High Speed London – West Midlands Act (2017); b) supporting the early delivery of development on lands not required to facilitate High Speed 2 construction activities. Land uses c) supporting the creation of a thriving, residential led mixed use neighbourhood that contributes to the delivery of a minimum of 3,100 new homes and 600 new jobs during the plan period; d) contributing to the delivery of the Old Oak major town centre by delivering vibrant town centre uses, appropriately designed and serviced to support the town centre, at Atlas Junction, Channel Gate Street and along the Grand Union Canal; e) contributing to the activation of this place and creation of a Cultural Quarter, delivering cultural and catalyst uses; f) supporting the local economy by delivering a range of employment workspaces across Channel Gate, including: i) within the Old Oak major town centre; ii) along Victoria Road; and iii) in areas of transition between primarily residential character and primarily industrial character. g) supporting the retention or potential relocation/reincorporation of the Willesden Freight Terminal and Park Royal Bus Depot; h) ensuring that industrial uses deliver an appropriate level of amenity for residential neighbourhoods and activate the public realm by delivering appropriate uses, positive, and where possible, active frontages at ground and lower floors and high quality façade design: i) adjacent to residential led development and existing residential neighbourhoods; ii) facing the Grand Union Canal; and iii) along existing and enhanced key routes and pedestrian and cycle routes. Public realm and movement i) contributing to, and enabling, the delivery of a high quality, legible, permeable, inclusive and accessible street network by: i) contributing to, and enabling, the delivery of the new street network shown in figure 4.9A; ii) delivering new and improved walking and cycling routes throughout Channel Gate, including new accesses to Old Oak Lane and Victoria Road; iii) ensuring permeability through the site along Channel Gate Street for all transport modes, including for double decker buses; iv) safeguarding for and if relevant and appropriate, contributing to and / or delivering potential future connections to Park Royal in the west, and to Old Oak Lane in the north; and v) retaining existing and /or providing sufficient alternative access capacity to the Willesden Freight Terminal and Park Royal Bus Depot; and vi) supporting opportunities for freight consolidation. Green infrastructure and the environment j) contributing to and/or delivering an integrated network of high quality, multi-functional publicly accessible open spaces and green infrastructure across Channel Gate. This should include: i) Channel Gate Local Park of a minimum 2 hectares in size; ii) supporting the amenity of existing residential communities by delivering and /or contributing to the expansion and enhancement of Old Oak Community Gardens, and other spaces adjacent to the Island Triangle area; iii) delivering other new areas of publicly accessible open space across Channel Gate, including new canalside spaces, and spaces to support new community uses.

Housing Supply

OPDC will support delivery of a minimum of 19,850 new homes during the Plan period. This new housing will be achieved through: a) supporting proposals that contribute to the delivery of a minimum annual housing target of 993 homes, where these accord with other Local Plan policies; b) supporting the delivery of 13,670 homes between 2019 and 2029 as set out in the most up-to-date London Plan; c) delivering a minimum of 18,900 homes on Site Allocations, supporting the achievement of the housing targets identified within the Place policies; d) supporting planning applications for self-build and custom-build, where these accord with other Local Plan policies; e) optimising the use of existing housing, in accordance with Policy H5; f) monitoring delivery annually and publishing information on the rate of housing starts and completions and the trajectory of a deliverable and developable housing supply; and g) working with developers to ensure that wherever possible homes delivered are marketed to and occupied by people who live and work in London.

Student Accommodation

a) Student housing will be supported where it: i) meets an identified local or London-wide need and contributes to the vibrancy and diversity of an area, especially in the early phases of the plan period; ii) is located within or directly adjacent to a designated town centre and has a PTAL of 4 or higher and is close to local amenities; iii) does not undermine the delivery of conventional self-contained housing supply and housing targets; iv) provides adequate internal private living space and communal space to meet needs; and v) does not result in an overconcentration in any one specific location; b) Proposals must provide an appropriate Residential Management Plan; and c) Proposals must provide affordable student accommodation subject to the thresholds and viability tests as defined through Mayoral policy and /or guidance and be secured for occupation by a specified higher educational institution.

Design of Family Housing

New housing developments should deliver family housing in accordance with Policy H3 taking into account the following considerations: a) Where it is appropriate family housing should be located as a priority: i) at the ground or first floor of developments with direct access to a garden or other secure private and/or communal open space for doorstep play; and ii) close to usable publicly accessible open space and appropriate social infrastructure. b) Where family housing is located on other levels, applicants should provide convenient access to secure private and/or communal open space that is suitable for children.

Existing Housing

OPDC will: a) resist the loss of existing residential accommodation, unless: i) it is located within Strategic Industrial Location (SIL); ii) the proposal would result in new housing being provided at an equivalent or higher density, measured by unit numbers and floorspace; or iii) its loss is critical to unlock the comprehensive regeneration of the area; b) work with the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham and other stakeholders to bring vacant residential properties back into use, including where appropriate, the use of empty dwelling management orders or compulsory purchase powers; c) permit residential conversions of existing dwellings to two or more dwellings where: i) the conversion of a family sized home would retain at least one family sized home which has access to secure private and/or communal space; ii) the converted dwellings meet the required National and London Plan space standards; iii) residential conversions maintain the amenity of neighbours, the general character of the surrounding area and do not result in cumulative stress on services, unless it is appropriately mitigated; and iv) the proposal would not result in adverse impacts on parking and/or other local amenities.

Build to Rent

OPDC will require new self-contained purpose built Private Rented Sector (PRS) accommodation to: a) accord with Policy H2 with the exception of part (c) of that policy, where instead, affordable should be delivered as intermediate housing, with a preference for London Living Rent housing; b) be under single ownership and management, subject to a covenant for at least 15 years and in the event that any units are sold out of the Private Rented Sector a clawback mechanism will be used to secure appropriate financial contributions towards the delivery of affordable housing; c) provide an appropriate Residential Management Plan; and d) offer longer-term tenancies with rent certainty of at least 3 years and no up-front fees.

Co-Living and Shared Housing

Proposals for new purpose-built shared housing schemes will be supported where

Scrubs Lane

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land Uses a) supporting the delivery of a range of residential-led mixed use development along Scrubs Lane by contributing to the delivery of 1,100 new jobs and a minimum of 3,500 new homes including 2,450 new homes within the first 0-10 years; b) delivering a range of 'walk to' town centre uses focussed within the identified five clusters, providing local services for people living and working in the Scrubs Lane Place; c) supporting the local economy and strengthening local identity by delivering high quality ground and lower floor employment floorspace on sites fronting Scrubs Lane and existing or proposed yard spaces, consisting of appropriately designed and serviced small business units for B2, B8 and E uses along its length; d) supporting residential amenity by locating housing: i) above the ground and lower floors onto Scrubs Lane and railway lines; and ii) at the ground floor away from Scrubs Lane where appropriate. Public realm and movement e) contributing to and/or enabling the delivery of improved connectivity by: i) supporting Scrubs Lane's role as a connector route; ii) contributing to the delivery of a new continuous generous 5 metre wide footpath along the west of Scrubs Lane; iii) contributing to the delivery of high quality segregated cycle lanes with associated junction requirements; iv) contributing to the delivery of an improved footpath, with widening where possible, along the east of Scrubs Lane; v) improving existing, safeguarding for and creating new east–west routes at each cluster and along Wormwood Scrubs Street that provide access to Old Oak North, Old Oak South, the Grand Union Canal, St. Mary's Cemetery and Kensal Canalside Opportunity Area; vi) contributing to delivering new walking and cycling connections to Wormwood Scrubs and Little Wormwood Scrubs; and vii) working positively with stakeholders to deliver new connections over and/or under railways and the Grand Union Canal. Green infrastructure and the environment f) delivering a high quality, well-connected, network of multifunctional open spaces. This should include: i) contributing to and/or delivering new publicly accessible open spaces and public realm improvements at each cluster; ii) high quality green infrastructure, including street greening, along the length of Scrubs Lane; and iii) yards as open spaces along the canal to support employment uses and as communal or private open spaces for housing. Heritage and character g) strengthening local identity and character by i) conserving and enhancing the St. Mary's Cemetery, Grand Union Canal and Cumberland Park Factory conservation areas, and Kensal Green Cemetery Grade I Listed Historic Park and Garden and their settings; and ii) ensuring future local character is informed by the area's existing heritage including the cemeteries, railways, Grand Union Canal and industrial heritage. Building heights h) contributing to a variety of building heights which respond to public transport access and sensitive locations by delivering: i) north of the Grand Union Canal, generally 6-8 storey heights onto Scrubs Lane and the Grand Union Canal and 6-10 storey heights onto Harrow Road; ii) south of the Grand Union Canal, generally 6-10 storey heights onto Scrubs Lane with lower heights adjacent to Little Wormwood Scrubs; iii) generally lower heights opposite the Cumberland Park Factory Conservation Area; iv) increased heights adjacent to the railway; v) within clusters, a variety of building heights including generally a single tall building; and vi) visual permeability between tall buildings.

Inclusive Communities

Proposals should promote lifetime neighbourhoods, social cohesion and the integration of new and existing communities through: a) protecting existing and providing new homes that help to meet a local and London-wide need by: i) providing a range of housing tenures, types and sizes that deliver mixed and inclusive communities; and ii) delivering at least 19,850 additional homes between 2018-38, including 13,670 additional homes within the 2019-29 London Plan 0-10 year period and supporting the attainment of an overarching 50% affordable housing target, measured in habitable rooms and subject to viability. b) delivering and/or contributing to new high quality social infrastructure and protecting and improving existing, to meet the needs of the population in terms of its location, scale and phasing.

Complex Sites and Phasing

a) The HS2 construction sites will be capable of being brought forward for development in a timely fashion around the time of the opening of Old Oak Common station. b) In the longer term, The Elizabeth Line Depot and sidings could be brought forward for development. These will be complex to deliver and will require solutions to existing rail uses, taking into account future operational needs, to facilitate development. This would likely require either the full or partial relocation of the depot and/or decking the depot and sidings to enable development. c) In the longer term, OPDC would support development at both the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) depot and North Pole East depot sites, if solutions to their rail use could be found and agreement with all relevant bodies reached.

Planning Powers and Monitoring

To support the timely, coordinated and comprehensive regeneration of the area, OPDC will: a) utilise development management functions, including pre-application discussions and involving partner organisations where appropriate; b) where there is a compelling case in the public interest, use compulsory purchase powers to facilitate land assembly and the acquisition of all necessary rights to carry out development; c) prepare supplementary planning documents (SPDs), development briefs and best practice guidance where necessary; and d) to measure the success of the Local Plan, produce an Authority Monitoring Report, monitoring against OPDC's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Balancing Priorities and Securing Infrastructure Delivery

To support the successful regeneration of the area, OPDC will: a) balance the priorities for affordable housing, infrastructure delivery, other non-infrastructure related planning obligations and sustainability standards with site specific constraints and the needs for deliverability and securing the timely regeneration of the area; b) secure the delivery of infrastructure necessary to support sustainable development, meet the needs of development and where necessary, mitigate the impacts of development as identified in the Local Plan policies and in the further detail set out in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) by: i) securing appropriate on-site enabling and development works; ii) negotiating s106 contributions which are necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms, directly related to the development and fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development to ensure that the appropriate infrastructure to support the Local Plan and proposed development is delivered; iii) securing off-site highway works where this is necessary; iv) charging CIL on developments in accordance with the CIL Charging Schedules of the Mayor of London and OPDC; v) working with relevant service providers to secure infrastructure funding; vi) working with developers and infrastructure providers to establish commercial opportunities for private sector operators (e.g. ESCOs) or public authorities to deliver infrastructure; and vii) where appropriate, considering potential alternative funding and financing mechanisms.

Timely Delivery and Optimised Phasing

To support the timely delivery of development in the area, OPDC will work with landowners, developers, infrastructure providers and other relevant stakeholders to: a) ensure development proposals are being brought forward as early as possible, subject to the necessary infrastructure requirements to support the development being secured, in accordance with Policy SP10; b) secure the timely delivery of infrastructure required to support the needs of development; and c) ensure any barriers to the successful and timely regeneration of the area can be appropriately addressed and overcome.

Planning Powers and Monitoring

To support the timely, coordinated and comprehensive regeneration of the area, OPDC will: a) utilise development management functions, including pre-application discussions and involving partner organisations where appropriate; b) where there is a compelling case in the public interest, use compulsory purchase powers to facilitate land assembly and the acquisition of all necessary rights to carry out development; c) prepare supplementary planning documents (SPDs), development briefs and best practice guidance where necessary; and d) to measure the success of the Local Plan, produce an Authority Monitoring Report, monitoring against OPDC's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Catalyst for Growth

Proposals should: a) support the delivery of the new strategic transport hub and interchange at Old Oak Common; b) support the delivery of a new part of London, which is both a destination and a gateway to London and the rest of the UK; and c) provide a range of land uses in accordance with relevant land use policies, that: i promotes and supports London's role as a global city and position as the world's economic and cultural capital; ii complements, supports and shapes west London's growth; and iii contributes to meeting the needs of local communities.

Integrated Delivery

Proposals should enable a comprehensive and integrated approach to the delivery of development and infrastructure that: a) supports and brings forward development in accordance with, or in advance of, the phasing identified in figure 3.16, to support OPDC's homes and jobs targets, particularly through the redevelopment of sites identified for redevelopment in the first 10 years and/or Site Allocations in table 3.1; b) ensures that an optimised and comprehensive approach is taken to the development of the Site Allocations in table 3.1, so that the Site Allocation homes and non-residential floorspace targets can be met or exceeded; c) contributes appropriately and proportionately towards required infrastructure identified in the Local Plan and further detail in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP), at a rate and scale sufficient to support the area's development and growth; d) where applicable, connects into area-wide infrastructure and enables the connection of others into such infrastructure; e) safeguards land required to deliver area-wide and site-specific infrastructure identified in the Local Plan and the further detail in the IDP; f) is appropriately phased to fit in with the programmed delivery of other development and infrastructure for the area and that impacts, including construction and servicing, are planned in a complementary manner and provide appropriate mitigation; g) supports an integrated and comprehensive approach to the design, construction and management of the proposed development; and h) is appropriately designed so that the built form complements and does not unduly restrict development on adjacent and connected sites.

Circular and Sharing Economy

Major development proposals will be supported where: a) the design and construction of the development enables buildings and their constituent materials, components and products to be disassembled and reused at the end of their useful life; b) so far as is possible, the circular and sharing economy has been promoted through leasing or rental arrangements for building systems, products and materials; c) sharing economy principles have been adopted in the design, construction and on-going operation of the development; and d) circular economy principles have informed the design and implementation of energy (including heating and cooling), water and waste infrastructure.

Old Oak South

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Development and Phasing a) supporting the comprehensive redevelopment of Old Oak South by working positively with stakeholders; b) supporting the relocation, reconfiguration and/or development, on, over and/or around, existing and future railway infrastructure including: i) the Old Oak Common Station and tracks; and ii) in the longer term, the Elizabeth Line Depot, sidings and the Intercity Express Programme Depot, where feasible. Land Uses c) supporting the creation of a thriving mixed use, high-density place that contributes to the delivery of: i) 17,100 new jobs and a minimum of 100 new homes in the plan period; and ii) 35,700 new jobs and a minimum of 3,700 new homes for the full development period. d) establishing a commercial centre around Old Oak Common Station, that supports London's growth, by delivering a significant amount of Use Class E floorspace that is appropriately designed and serviced to support the commercial centre; e) contributing to the delivery of Old Oak major town centre by delivering a range of town centre uses, including top-up convenience stores, cafés, bars, restaurants, social infrastructure, business hotels and comparison retailers, that meet needs of employees, residents and interchange passengers; f) contributing to the activation of this place and creation of a Cultural Quarter, delivering cultural and catalyst uses within Old Oak South; Public Realm and Movement g) contributing to and/or enabling, the delivery of a permeable, inclusive and accessible street network as shown in figure 4.2 including Old Oak Street as an all modes route and a walking and cycling route from Old Oak Common Station to Scrubs Lane; h) delivering active and positive frontages along the edge of the Elizabeth Line Depot and along the walking and cycling route from Old Oak Common Station to Scrubs Lane where feasible. Green Infrastructure and the Environment i) delivering a high quality, well-connected, network of multifunctional publicly accessible open spaces, including: i) the Old Oak South Local Park of a minimum of 2 hectares in size, provided as a series of connected spaces; ii) canalside spaces; iii) a publicly accessible open space over the western portion of the HS2 Station Box if demonstrated to be feasible; and iv) enhancing the Birchwood Nature Reserve if retained in its current location, or reprovided in accordance with policies EU1 and EU2. Heritage and Character j) strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing the Grand Union Canal Conservation Area and its setting; and ii) ensuring future local character is informed by the area's existing character including the historic railways, Grand Union Canal, Wormwood Scrubs and surrounding residential areas. Building Heights k) contributing to a variety of building heights that respond to public transport access and sensitive locations by: i) supporting the delivery of tall buildings in Old Oak South in accordance with Policies SP9, D4 and where relevant, subject to HS2 operational constraints and where enabling works for such building works are included within the HS2 scope; ii) appropriately responding to existing residential areas, including Wells House Road, Shaftesbury Gardens and Midland Terrace; and iii) appropriately responding to Wormwood Scrubs as Metropolitan Open Land.

Hythe Road Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a retail, leisure, employment and community focused cluster by clustering these active uses at the junction of Hythe Road, Scrubs Lane and any other access routes required into Old Oak North. Public realm and movement b) supporting local connectivity by: i) enhancing Hythe Road as an all modes key route, with significant enhancements to the walking and cycling environment; ii) providing a crossing across Scrubs Lane to deliver a new walking and cycling route and supporting a future access point into St. Mary's Cemetery from Hythe Road; and iii) in the long term, support the potential relocation of the vehicular access to Old Oak Sidings and EMR sites to release the existing route for publicly accessible open space and/or yard space. Green infrastructure and the environment c) supporting health and wellbeing and resilience to climate change by delivering new publicly accessible open space.

Mitre Canalside Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a leisure, eating, drinking and community focused cluster by: i) clustering publicly accessible active community, Use Class E uses, that deliver high levels of activation, facing on to Mary Seacole Gardens, the Grand Union Canal and at the junction between 115-129 Scrubs Lane and Mitre Wharf; and ii) contributing to and/or enabling new residential, leisure, commercial, casual and visitor moorings and associated infrastructure. Public realm and movement b) supporting local connectivity by: i) contributing to the improvement of walking and cycling access from Mitre Bridge to the southern canal towpath; and ii) delivering walking and cycling routes to the canal at Mitre Wharf. Green infrastructure and the environment c) supporting health and wellbeing and resilience to climate change by: i) increasing the size, quality and accessibility of Mary Seacole Gardens by contributing to its enhancement with landscaping improvements, building setbacks and activation by surrounding uses; and ii) contributing to the delivery of a new publicly accessible canalside open space on Mitre Wharf. Heritage and character d) enhancing local character by conserving and enhancing the Grand Union Canal Conservation Area, its setting and Local Heritage Listings. Building heights e) contributing to a variety of building heights including: i) locating a single tall building at 115-129 Scrubs Lane; ii) ensuring the massing and height of development at Mitre Yard supports the functions of Mary Seacole Gardens; and iii) ensuring the massing and height of development steps up away from Scrubs Lane while responding well to development at 115-129 Scrubs Lane. Infrastructure f) supporting local connectivity by contributing to the delivery of a new walking and cycling bridge alongside the Mitre Bridge and linked railway bridge if feasible.

Mitre Way Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) Supporting the delivery of a mixed use cluster by: i) Focusing Use Class E uses, that are appropriately designed and serviced for small business units small scale walk to town centre uses at ground floor levels; and ii) delivering residential uses above Use Class E and town centre uses. Public realm and movement b) Supporting local connectivity by: i) contributing to and / or delivering Wormwood Scrubs Street; ii) contributing to and / or delivering a new walking and cycling route from Wormwood Scrubs Street to Scrubs Lane; iii) safeguarding land for the longer-term delivery of the western portion of Wormwood Scrubs Street; iv) safeguarding land for the longer-term delivery of an all modes connection from Mitre Way to Scrubs Lane; v) delivering new streets including walking and cycling routes to Little Wormwood Scrubs; and vi) locating active frontages on Scrubs Lane, Wormwood Scrubs Street and Mitre Way. Green infrastructure and the environment c) Supporting health and well-being and resilience to climate change by contributing to the delivery of a new publicly accessible open space in the east of the cluster to support walking and cycling access from Scrubs Lane to Wormwood Scrubs Street. Heritage and character d) Enhancing local character by: i) delivering views from Scrubs Lane along Wormwood Scrubs Street; and ii) positively responding to the Historic Scrubland and Open Space heritage theme. Building heights e) Contributing to a variety of building heights including locating a single tall building on the North Pole East Depot at the junction of Mitre Way and Wormwood Scrubs Street.

Willesden Junction

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) Supporting earlier delivery of new homes and jobs within the plan period including by: i) optimising development on and/or adjacent to the station and tracks; ii) supporting development on the western side of Willesden Junction station that contributes to a coordinated delivery of Willesden Junction Station upgrades and the enhancement of Station Approach; b) Delivering a range of high quality employment and/or town centre uses across Willesden Junction where residential uses are less appropriate; and c) Encouraging activation of the area by delivering a range of meanwhile uses with active and/or positive frontages on ground floors, particularly along Station Approach and around Willesden Junction Station. Public realm and movement d) Ensuring station upgrades are delivered in a phased and co-ordinated manner. Upgrades should also not result in reduced access to public transport services provided by the station for areas to the north of Willesden Junction; e) Contributing to and/or delivering a permeable, inclusive and accessible movement network as shown in figure 4.45. Green infrastructure and environment f) Delivering a high quality, well-connected, network of multifunctional publicly accessible open spaces, including embedding green infrastructure along Station Approach and within other streets. Heritage and character g) Strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing the Willesden Junction substation and water tower in accordance with Policy D7; and ii) encouraging the retention and reuse of heritage assets for meanwhile and employment use where appropriate and feasible. h) ensuring local character is informed by the area's railway heritage. Building heights i) Contributing to a variety of building heights that respond to public transport access and sensitive locations by: i) supporting the delivery of tall buildings in Willesden Junction in accordance with Policies SP9 and D4; ii) delivering increased heights and massing adjacent to railway lines to mitigate impacts on the public realm and residential amenity; and iii) appropriately responding to existing residential areas to the north. Infrastructure j) Supporting local and regional connectivity by ensuring the timely delivery of upgrades to Willesden Junction station: i) to address issues with current rail capacity; ii) to support anticipated future growth; iii) to deliver new and improved station entrances; iv) to integrate the station seamlessly with the wider movement network; and v) to support and enable the delivery of development on or around the station, where feasible. k) Supporting the delivery of an enhanced intermodal interchange that: i) can successfully manage the demands of competing transport modes and interchange requirements for walking, cycling, buses, rail, taxis, private vehicles and the impact of future modes; and ii) is phased to deliver early enhancements to the current interchange facilities along Station Approach; l) supporting and safeguarding for the potential delivery of new platforms on the West Coast Main Line.

Old Oak North

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land Uses a) delivering a minimum 212,500 sqm non-residential floorspace and an indicative 3,300 new jobs by taking opportunities to intensify sites for SIL compliant broad industrial type activities in line with the identified site allocations; b) delivering ancillary services and facilities where they support place-making and activate key routes. Public realm and movement c) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the transport network for all users by: i) improving the existing pedestrian and cycle route from Old Oak North to Willesden Junction station ii) delivering a new, high quality inclusive access pedestrian and cycle bridge over the canal to replace and relocate Bulls Bridge and to connect into Oaklands or, if this is not feasible or agreeable with landowners, upgrading the existing bridge to ensure inclusive access for all users; iii) delivering enhanced pedestrian and cycle infrastructure along key routes, including segregated cycle lanes where feasible, where this does not have a significant adverse impact on the functioning of the highway; iv) enhancing the highways capacity of routes with existing and/or proposed industrial operational requirements; v) safeguarding for and, if relevant and appropriate, contributing to Laundry Lane Bridge, a new vehicular connection with bridges/underpasses from Scrubs Lane into Old Oak North. d) contributing towards and / or delivering improvements to the function and quality of the public realm for all users through: i) enhanced street greening and public realm along all key routes ii) ensuring industrial uses support the activation of the public realm by delivering positive frontages along: • the Grand Union Canal • Hythe Road • Salter Street iii) ensuring ancillary uses support the activation of the public realm by delivering active frontages, particularly around Bulls bridge canal crossing and to aid navigation along key routes; and iv) improved wayfinding, signage and lighting, prioritising routes to/from Willesden Junction station, Scrubs Lane and the Grand Union Canal. Green infrastructure and the environment e) making efficient use of Old Oak Sidings by: i) safeguarding the site for continued use as a waste management site; ii) supporting and/or enabling the site to deliver an energy from waste facility that contributes to a decentralised energy network for the wider area, where this accords with other relevant policies including Policy EU4; and iii) supporting the delivery of an integrated utility hub on the site. f) contributing towards and/or delivering new publicly accessible open spaces, including new canalside public open spaces where compatible into and through Old Oak North necessary to support industrial intensification; and Heritage and character g) strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing heritage assets including the Grand Union Canal Conservation Area, Grade I Listed Kensal Green Cemetery Registered Park and Garden, the Rolls Royce Building and their settings; ii) ensuring character is informed by the area's existing heritage including the railways, Grand Union Canal and industrial heritage. Building heights and massing h) delivering increased building heights and multi storey industrial typologies where this will deliver industrial intensification and SIL compliant broad industrial type activities; and i) appropriately responding to the Grand Union Canal Conservation Area.

Brewery Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting residential uses when: i) located above ground floor along key routes; and ii) in other locations, where they provide positive frontages onto Lakeside Drive, Diageo Lake and Gardens and other new publicly accessible open spaces. b) delivering appropriate employment uses, with ground floor active and/or positive frontages: i) onto key routes; ii) along Mason's Green Lane that connects to Park Royal Station; and iii) along Lakeside Drive. c) delivering a small quantum of local 'walk to' retail and social infrastructure uses which meet the needs of existing and new residents and accords with Policy TCC1. Public realm and movement d) delivering a high quality public realm with active and/or positive frontages that successfully address the different level changes across the area; e) providing new or improving existing walking and/or cycling routes to make high quality connections north-south and east-west, including; i) to/from Park Royal and Hanger Lane stations, particularly improvements to the route and footbridge along Mason's Green Lane; ii) to/from Twyford Abbey and the A406; iii) through Diageo Lake & Gardens; iv) around and across Lakeside Drive; and v) towards the Grand Union Canal. f) delivering wayfinding, signage and lighting strategies that provide legibility for routes/spaces and improve their sense of safety, prioritising routes to/from Park Royal and Hanger Lane stations; g) continuing the use of Coronation Road as an important vehicle access and servicing route for Park Royal. Green infrastructure and the environment h) supporting the creation of new high quality publicly accessible open space that is well integrated with the wider open space network, including a new publicly accessible open space within the First Central Site Allocation; i) contributing towards and/or delivering improvements that support public access into and/or improve the quality of existing green infrastructure including: i) Diageo Lake and Gardens Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC); and ii) Metropolitan Open Land. j) contributing to and/or delivering measures that help support OPDC, the host authorities and where relevant, TfL to improve air quality monitoring, and overcome issues identified in local Air Quality Focus Areas around the A40 and A406. Building heights k) contributing to a variety of building heights which respond to the context, with tall buildings and associated new publicly accessible open space focussed along Coronation Road. Heritage and character l) ensuring local character is informed by the area's industrial heritage, using the former Guinness brewery as a historic reference point to inform the design proposals and help to reinforce a degree of local distinctiveness.

Park Royal Centre

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: a) A comprehensive and co-ordinated approach is taken to the development of the ASDA site to support the delivery of retail led mixed use development that: i) delivers a mix of town centre use floorspace, including small units, as ground floor active frontages facing onto Park Royal Road and Coronation Road; ii) delivers residential uses above ground floor frontages; and iii) delivers new intensified industrial uses as active and/or positive frontages fronting onto Western Road and Coronation Road. e) delivering social infrastructure appropriate to the the Neighbourhood Centre and to supporting new and existing industrial, health and residential uses. f) contributing to and/or enabling the delivery of high quality public realm, healthy streets and new or improved connections to surrounding areas shown in figure 4.19, particularly through the CMH and ASDA sites; g) delivering more continuous, active and/or positive and legible frontages along the key routes with well defined building lines, particularly within the ASDA site fronting onto Park Royal Road; h) contributing to and/or enabling delivery of new and improved cycling routes, to create: i) continuous cycle lanes in both directions, particularly along Coronation Road, Park Royal Road, Abbey Road and Acton Lane; and ii) an alternative east-west cycle route linking Park Royal station via Park Royal Centre to the Grand Union Canal and Old Oak. i) contributing to, enabling and/or delivering the rationalisation of bus movements around Park Royal Centre, in particular within the CMH site, and enhanced bus infrastructure to support existing and planned bus services between Park Royal, Old Oak and other key destinations; j) minimising and, where feasible removing on street car parking, particularly along Coronation Road, Park Royal Road, Abbey Road and Acton Lane; k) contributing to, enabling and/or delivering improvements to Coronation Road/Park Royal Road/Abbey Road/Acton Lane junction that remove through traffic and improve their function for local business related freight, public transport, walking and cycling. l) delivering high quality multifunctional publicly accessible open spaces; i) within the Central Middlesex Hospital site; and ii) within the ASDA site. m) strengthening local identity and character by ensuring local character is informed by the area's existing heritage, including the significance of the hospital and industrial related heritage. n) contributing to a variety of building heights including a single tall building at the north-eastern corner of the ASDA site to support local legibility.

Old Oak Lane and Old Oak Common Lane

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of a vibrant mixed use place by: i) contributing to the delivery of 1,700 new jobs and a minimum of 2,750 new homes over the plan period including early delivery of a minimum of 1,200 homes to contribute to OPDC's 0-10 year housing supply; and ii) delivering ground floor town centre uses within the Old Oak major town centre. b) supporting the functioning of the Willesden Junction Bus Depot site as SIL by: i) retaining the bus depot use unless it is no longer demonstrated to be required or a suitable alternative location is agreed with Transport for London; and ii) providing broad industrial type activities with active frontages facing on to Station Road and positive frontages on to Harley Road; c) supporting the delivery of a mixed used neighbourhood within the Westway Estate and adjacent sites facing on to Wormwood Scrubs by: i) delivering a mix of housing and compatible industrial and/or town centre floorspace, including space for small businesses, to make use of the close proximity to Old Oak Common Station in accordance with Policy E2; and ii) delivering town centre uses, social infrastructure and/or community facilities on the ground floor with residential above directly facing Wormwood Scrubs. Public realm and movement d) contributing to and /or enabling improvements to existing routes and junctions and delivery of new routes as shown in figure 4.27; e) ensuring new and improved routes can accommodate walking, cycling, bus and other vehicular traffic during the construction and operational phases by: i) delivering improvements to underpasses; ii) delivering segregated cycle lanes along Victoria Road, Old Oak Common Lane and where possible on Old Oak Lane; and iii) widening Old Oak Common Lane to include generous footpaths and segregated cycle lanes. Green infrastructure and the environment f) delivering a high quality, well-connected, network of multifunctional publicly accessible open spaces. This should include contributing towards and/or the delivery of: i) enhancements to Cerebos Gardens and Midland Terrace child play space; ii) enhancements to and expansion of Old Oak Community Gardens within the Island Triangle; iii) Brunel Gardens within the Westway Estate; iv) new and improved spaces within Old Oak major town centre; and v) green infrastructure and linear spaces along Old Oak Lane, Old Oak Common Lane, Victoria Road. g) support amenity and health and wellbeing by: i) ensuring development mitigates the impacts of noise and air pollution generated by the Old Oak Sidings waste facility, SIL uses within the Willesden Junction Bus Garage site and construction activities including associated vehicle movement; and ii) contributing to and/or delivering measures that help support OPDC, the local authorities and, where relevant TfL, to address air quality issues in the Local Air Quality Focus Areas along Victoria Road and Old Oak Lane, including street greening. Heritage and character h) strengthening local identity and character by: i) conserving and enhancing heritage assets including the Old Oak Lane Conservation Area, Grand Union Canal Conservation Area and their settings; and ii) ensuring future local character is informed by the area's existing heritage including the railways, Grand Union Canal, residential and industrial heritage. Building heights i) contributing to a variety of building heights that respond to public transport access and sensitive locations including delivering: i) a range of heights within the Westway Estate and adjacent sites facing onto Wormwood Scrubs including greater heights in the north of the site along the rail line and lower heights adjacent to existing housing to the south and next to Wormwood Scrubs; ii) a range of heights on the Willesden Junction Bus Garage site, if demonstrated to be available for SIL compliant broad industrial type activities, including greater heights in the east of the site on to Station Road and lower heights adjacent to housing in the west of the site; and iii) generally lower heights directly adjacent to sensitive locations including the Grand Union Canal, Wormwood Scrubs and existing residential neighbourhoods of the Island Triangle, Shaftesbury Gardens, Midland Terrace, Wells House Road, Harley Road and East Acton.

Good Growth

Proposals should: a) create vibrant, mixed and inclusive lifetime neighbourhoods; b) deliver a low carbon and environmentally resilient development, that is adaptive to and resilient to climate change; c) deliver the highest standards of place making, urban design and architecture; d) ensure the robust and feasible ongoing management of the built environment; e) promote and deliver efficiency and effectiveness in advanced construction; f) design, construct and manage a smart and resilient city; g) promote resource efficiency and the principles of the circular and sharing economy; and h) proactively engage with and deliver benefits for local communities.

Catalyst Uses

a) Proposals that comprise a use and/or building or a cluster of uses / buildings that occupy, inclusive of associated public realm, in excess of 10,000sqm and / or 0.25 hectares of land and are sports stadia and facilities; retail and leisure uses; culture, education and health uses; or business and conference space uses should perform positively against the following five objectives and associated criteria set out in table 10.2: i) is part of a holistic offer; ii) is financially sustainable; iii) complements the wider environment; iv) generates momentum in delivering the comprehensive redevelopment of the area; and v) leverages HS2 and the Elizabeth Line.

Creating Places and Town Centres

Proposals should support a phased approach to place making that: i) creates a series of high quality and distinctive places and clusters as set out in Chapter 4; ii) delivers a range of meanwhile and catalyst uses; and iii) supports the creation of a new Cultural Quarter; b) deliver and support a new town centre hierarchy, that offers a range of town centre uses, serving the needs of the development and that complements surrounding town centres. Proposals should support the delivery of the following hierarchy: i) Old Oak – a major town centre that delivers a wide range of town centre and community uses. The policy requirements for this centre can be found in policies P1, P3, P7, P8 and P9; ii) North Acton – a neighbourhood town centre focussed around North Acton station, Victoria Road and along Portal Way. The policy requirements for the centre can be found in Policy P7C1; and iii) Park Royal Centre – a neighbourhood town centre in the heart of the Park Royal Industrial Estate. The policy requirements for the centre can be found in Policy P6.

Atlas Junction Cluster

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Land uses a) supporting the delivery of this portion of the Old Oak major town centre by clustering active town centre and Use Class E uses, that are appropriately designed and serviced to support the town centre, along existing streets and new routes shown in figure 4.30 on ground and lower floors with residential above; b) supporting the activation of the canal and canalside spaces by delivering and/or enabling: i) Use Class E uses, that deliver high levels of activation, fronting on to the Grand Union Canal; ii) new residential, leisure and visitor moorings adjacent to The Collective, Willesden Junction Maintenance Depot, triangle site and Oaklands North; and iii) meanwhile uses. Public realm and movement c) delivering a high quality public realm by contributing to and/or delivering: i) Union Way as an all modes access route providing walking and cycling access to the Grand Union Canal towpath; and ii) public realm improvements and high quality footpaths, segregated cycle lanes and street level crossings along Victoria Road, Old Oak Lane, Old Oak Common Lane and Atlas Road. d) delivering a high quality walking and cycling route to the canal from Old Oak Lane that mediates level changes. Green infrastructure and the environment e) supporting health and wellbeing and resilience to climate change by delivering and/or contributing to new high quality publicly accessible canalside open spaces: i) as part of the Willesden Junction Maintenance Depot site; ii) within the triangle site; iii) as part of Oaklands North; and iv) on the north of the canal. Heritage and design f) conserving and enhancing local character by: i) ensuring wider railway heritage is used to inform the character of new development; and ii) supporting views along the railway at Old Oak Common Lane bridge and along the canal at Old Oak Lane bridge. Building heights g) contributing to a variety of building heights including: i) on the eastern side of Old Oak Lane, building heights should be taller close to the canal, comparable to the existing height of The Collective, and should decrease in height to respond appropriately to the existing Victoria Terrace; ii) on Oaklands North, generally 6 to 8 storeys facing on to the Grand Union Canal, with generally 10 storeys along Union Way; and iii) on the western corner of Atlas Junction, heights of generally 8 to 10 storeys.

Night Time Economy

a) Planning permission for town centre uses, either as the main or as the ancillary use, will be the subject of conditions controlling hours of operation to minimise their impact on residential amenity; b) There will be a presumption that town centre uses: i) within designated town centres should close by 00:00; and ii) outside of designated centres should close by 23:00; c) Proposals for extended opening hours beyond the limits outlined under b) would need to demonstrate that; i) there would be no detrimental harm to the amenity of neighbours resulting from the use itself or from those travelling to and from the facility; and ii) the proposal would not result in harmful cumulative impacts in association with other late licensed properties; d) Where there are proposals for new residential properties and they are located within mixed use schemes or in close proximity to established or planned uses with late night licences, the proposed residential use will need to demonstrate that it is capable of mitigating against the impact of established or planned use such that the amenity of the future residents is protected.

Locations for and Impacts of Town Centre Uses

To support, complement and avoid significant adverse impacts to the role and function of OPDC's designated town centres and the surrounding town centre hierarchy, proposals for town centre uses: a) will be supported in OPDC's designated town centres; b) will be supported outside of designated centres within clusters identified as appropriate for town centre uses in the Places Chapter and in accordance with the clusters' associated policy; c) will be supported on the edge of or outside of designated centres where the sequential approach to site identification has been applied in accordance with the NPPF sequential test, except for in the Strategic Industrial Location where town centre uses will only be supported where they do not have an unacceptable adverse impact on the functioning of SIL by: i providing walk-to services for SIL workers, such as cafes or creches, which demonstrably meet a need for walk-to services within the proposed use class; ii being of a small-scale by not exceeding 80sqm of floorspace; iii not resulting in the clustering of town centre uses; and iv where feasible, supporting the viability of the industrial businesses' operation; d) will be supported, where they provide meanwhile space, in accordance with Policy TCC8; e) be delivered in phases, in accordance with demand created by the delivery of homes and jobs; f) should have regard to the up to date retail and leisure needs study for the OPDC area, including the recommended distribution of town centre uses across the area; g) deliver mitigation measures, where identified by an impact assessment in accordance with the NPPF and NPPG, where proposals are providing retail, leisure or office development that exceeds the thresholds set out in paragraph 10.11; and h) should contribute, where appropriate, to measures that will support the continuing vitality and viability of Harlesden District Town Centre, when provi

Vibrancy

a) Applications for town centre uses will be supported where they: i) are designed and serviced to support the role and function of the relevant town centre including maximising the proportion of the ground floor fronting a street as a positive and/or active frontage. Servicing areas and blank façade should be avoided on key routes; ii) support flexibility and adaptability so that uses can expand and/or change between use classes subject to demand and appropriate permissions/agreements; and iii) include at least 10% of floorspace at ground level for units of 80 sqm or less when delivering more than 1,000 sqm of E-class uses at ground level; b) Applications providing outdoor uses such as eating and drinking uses with outdoor seating, event space or street markets will be supported where they do not detract from residential amenity and transport connectivity; c) Existing town centre uses should be protected, unless: i) it is no longer economically viable as demonstrated by accounts data and through competitive marketing for a period of at least 12 months; ii) the facility can be appropriately replaced or provided elsewhere in the locality; or iii) the facility is located within Park Royal SIL and exceeds the floorspace threshold in Policy TCC1 c) ii; or iv) it is demonstrated that reprovision would compromise the delivery of housing and job targets, particularly within site allocations. d) Applications for new betting shops, pawnbrokers, payday loan stores and games arcades will be supported unless they would result in more than one betting shop, pawnbroker, payday loan store or games arcade within 400m walking distance of the same use; and e) Applications for new hot food takeaways will be supported where they i) are located outside of 400 metres walking distance of the entrance/exit of an existing or permitted secondary school; ii) are located outside of 200 metres walking distance of the entrance/exit of an existing or permitted primary school; iii) result in no more than 6% of the units within a designated centre or frontage being hot food takeaway units; iv) result in no less than two other units between hot food takeaways; and v) operate in compliance with the Healthier Catering Commitment scheme and Government Food Buying Standards for food and catering services.

Old Oak Common Station Cluster

OPDC will work positively and proactively with High Speed 2 Ltd and all stakeholders to support the delivery of Old Oak Common Station and associated works in accordance with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017. Proposals should plan positively to deliver the cluster vision by contributing and / or delivering where appropriate and relevant as follows: Development and Phasing a) working positively with the Department for Transport and High Speed 2 Ltd to facilitate the delivery of Old Oak Common Station in accordance with the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017; b) supporting the timely delivery of an exceptionally designed, world-class, 21st century station and associated public realm and publicly accessible open spaces; c) supporting the integration of the station with surrounding areas by ensuring it is designed to be resilient and adaptable to respond to a changing surrounding context including the longer-term redevelopment of the Elizabeth Line Depot and sidings and Intercity Express Programme Depot, a new street network, new public open spaces and transport interchange facilities; d) supporting the design and operation of the station by ensuring it pioneers and responds to technological innovation and behavioural change. Land Uses e) ensuring the station's design and its surrounds support Old Oak becoming a new commercial centre, part of Old Oak major town centre, Cultural Quarter and home to high density housing; and f) ensuring the station is a destination where people want to spend time by clustering permanent and meanwhile town centre uses within and around the station. Public Realm and Movement g) integrating the station within the wider movement network, across all phases, by delivering legible, accessible, comfortable and 24-hour public routes through and to the station; h) ensuring the station delivers, contributes to and/or enables the delivery of public realm that connects seamlessly with the wider street and open space network including ensuring that the vertical and horizontal alignments of routes and entrances optimise this wider integration; i) providing a high quality transport interchange by: (i) delivering an efficient and seamless journey from street to platform; (ii) ensuring the station and associated public realm, movement routes and open spaces are designed for high amounts of walking and cycling movement and deliver clear routes; and (iii) locating and distributing station transport interchange facilities in appropriate locations to adequately serve the station and to support the effective integration of the station within surrounding public realm and movement network, whilst ensuring that the surrounding public realm is not vehicle dominated; j) creating a high quality environment by focusing the delivery of public art within Old Oak Common Station and surrounding public realm and publicly accessible open spaces. Green Infrastructure and the Environment k) providing a series of high quality publicly accessible open spaces around the station; l) demonstrating how the station public realm and publicly accessible open spaces contribute to the delivery of the Old Oak South Local Park; m) ensuring new station public realm and publicly accessible open spaces provide good levels of large canopy tree planting, green infrastructure and facilities for outside relaxation and socialising in areas with the highest amount of daylight and direct sunlight; and n) providing access to nature and delivering green infrastructure within the design of the station and associated public realm and publicly accessible open spaces in accordance with Policies SP8, EU1 and EU2 and HS2 Ltd's Commitments to Sustainability.

Roads and Streets

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) support and deliver a street network across Old Oak and Park Royal that encourages and enables behaviour and forms of travel in line with the "Healthy Streets for London" vision; b) support the delivery of a range of new and improved streets that help overcome severance, alleviate congestion and optimise connectivity both within the development area and to surrounding areas; c) ensure all new streets are built and designed to adoptable standards; d) ensure all new streets are built and designed in accordance with TfL and Local Highways Authority guidance/standards, appropriate to local characteristics and demands; e) mitigate the impact of development on the surrounding local and strategic road network; f) implement maximum speeds of 20mph on all new roads and existing roads where appropriate; and g) promote effective and integrated management of streets to future-proof for changes in the surrounding context, life-style and technological changes.

Parking

a) OPDC will ensure that Old Oak and Park Royal will promote a modal shift towards more sustainable modes and becomes an exemplar of low carbon development, by: i) limiting car parking for residential development to a maximum of 0.2 spaces per residential unit; ii) requiring car-free development for residential developments located in existing or planned areas with PTAL between 4 and 6B; iii) requiring car-free development for non-residential developments, unless in certain cases limited car parking can be justified when operational or business needs and access to public transport are taken into account; and iv) securing appropriate blue badge provision for both residential and non-residential uses, in accordance with Mayoral policy. b) New residents will be prevented from applying for parking permits for CPZs; c) When providing car parking, proposals should: i) incorporate 20% active and 80% passive electric charging points for electric vehicles at all new residential parking spaces and infrastructure for electric vehicles in all new operational non-residential car parking spaces, including active charging points for all taxi spaces; ii) include appropriate provision for car club vehicles; iii) be sensitively designed and not take precedence over other street users, or the design and quality of open space, public realm and building frontages; and iv) be adaptable and demonstrate how they can be replaced by other uses in the future; d) Proposals should provide suitable facilities to cater for anticipated demand for taxis and coaches; and e) Proposals should adequately address the needs of other street users and minimise the impact on the quality of open space, public realm and building frontages.

Rail

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) deliver/ contribute towards rail infrastructure and capacity; b) design new rail stations to deliver outstanding design quality and future proof station designs to facilitate future technological advances, rail connections and service changes; c) ensure stations contribute to the creation of a destination where people want to spend time by including retail, culture, leisure, town centre and meanwhile uses; d) appropriately manage the demands of competing transport modes and interchange requirements for walking, cycling, buses and taxis, ensuring adequate space is provided and embedded into the public realm; e) ensure all station entrances have a prominent and positive street presence; f) ensure routes and spaces within stations are integral parts of the local street and movement network, and incorporate active frontages, where feasible and appropriate; g) provide step free access from all entrances to platforms to ensure any route to, from or through the station is accessible to all; h) optimise development opportunities on and/or adjacent to the stations and tracks, where feasible and appropriate; i) ensure the impact of new development adjacent to rail infrastructure appropriately mitigates its impacts on rail services; j) ensure new rail infrastructure is sensitively designed to integrate with surrounding development and existing communities; and k) support the design operation of stations in Old Oak and Park Royal by ensuring they pioneer and respond to technology, innovation and behavioural change.

Buses

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) facilitate, deliver and contribute to the existing and future bus network and infrastructure, including the range of interventions identified within the place policies and the IDP to provide a comprehensive and coherent bus network across Old Oak and Park Royal that is connected into the surrounding area, including priority measures where appropriate; b) ensure that all residents in Old Oak and Park Royal live within 400m of high quality, convenient, safe, sheltered and personally secure passenger waiting and information countdown facilities; c) ensure that, where appropriate, streets are designed flexibly to enable them to be served by buses; d) ensure that impacts to bus operations resulting from construction activity are mitigated; e) provide temporary provision for buses, during the phased development of the OPDC area; and f) support the roll out of low and zero emission buses.

Freight, Servicing and Delivery

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) provide measures to coordinate and reduce freight, servicing and delivery trips by implementing a Delivery and Servicing Plan including utilising freight consolidation centres where feasible and appropriate; b) where possible, provide off-street servicing facilities within all existing and new developments; c) deliver and/ or contribute towards the provision of click and collect space; d) maximise the use of more efficient and sustainable ways of delivering goods including consolidation, the use of rail, water, electric vehicles, cargo bikes and last mile deliveries by sustainable modes; e) ensure that the operators of all freight vehicles operating in the area have attained the Silver Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation; and f) implement and safeguard for future innovative and smart technologies in relation to freight, servicing and delivery that maximise the efficiency and interoperability of the transport network, including measures such as holding bays optimisation and demand responsive deliveries.

Construction

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) provide measures to reduce construction trips by: i) implementing a Construction Logistics Plan and Construction Code of Practice, consistent with TfL guidance; ii) utilising construction consolidation centres and lorry holding areas, where appropriate; and iii) managing construction traffic by making use of larger construction vehicles, re-timing deliveries, route planning, and reducing trip generation by using centralised batching plants where feasible; b) coordinate and phase construction projects to enable the transport and environmental impacts to be effectively mitigated; c) ensure new utilities are planned in such a way as to avoid or minimise the impacts of future utility works on the road network; d) make maximum use of rail and water transport for construction deliveries and removal of construction waste; e) activate the space adjacent and around the edges of construction sites to mitigate impacts on surrounding land uses to create successful connections and meanwhile uses; f) ensure that the operators of all construction vehicles operating in the area have attained the Silver Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation; g) ensure that construction sites register with the Considerate Constructors Scheme; and h) implement appropriate measures to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists while construction is happening.

Transport Assessments and Travel Plans

Transport Assessments and Travel Plans should be provided for planning applications exceeding the thresholds in, and produced in accordance with, the relevant TfL guidance.

Connecting People and Places

Proposals should contribute to a high quality, safe and accessible movement network which: a) delivers sufficient transport infrastructure to support the planned growth in the OPDC area; b) supports the delivery of OPDC's Sustainable Transport Hierarchy by: i) minimising the need to travel; ii) delivering healthy streets, that appropriately prioritise walking and cycling to encourage active travel; iii) delivering a high quality, frequent, reliable and well connected public transport network, that optimises Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTALs); iv) discouraging the use of private motorised vehicles and limiting car parking; v) ensuring the efficient servicing of sites; and vi) supporting the successful functioning and operation of Strategic Industrial Location (SIL) by implementing carefully planned servicing arrangements; c) delivers an efficient, safe and accessible transport network that embraces innovations in technology; d) embeds transport infrastructure into the built environment and carefully plans and coordinates utility infrastructure provision as part of the delivery of the transport network; e) delivers and/or contributes to a new and enhanced street network that connects the Places of Old Oak and Park Royal together and connects into the surrounding areas including i) enhancements to existing streets; ii) a new movement network comprised of the key routes as shown in figure 3.10; iii) new connections to Old Oak Common Station; and iv) new and enhanced pedestrian and cycle connections to Wormwood Scrubs; f) supports upgrades to the strategic road network and Transport for London Road Network, including the A40 and A406; g) supports delivery of Old Oak Street: i) as early as is feasible and practicable; ii) as new through routes for walking cycling and where feasible, buses and providing access only for private vehicles; iii) as an active street, providing town centre, employment and community uses at the intersections with other key routes and around rail stations; and h) promotes the use of the Grand Union Canal as a movement route.

Streets and Public Realm

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) deliver or contribute to new and improved streets that create better connections to Old Oak and Park Royal and to surrounding areas; b) ensure all new streets are built and designed to adoptable standards; c) ensure all new streets are built and designed in accordance with TfL and Local Highways Authority guidance/standards, appropriate to local characteristics and demands; d) mitigate the impact of development on the surrounding local and strategic road network; e) implement maximum speeds of 20mph on all new roads and existing roads where appropriate; and f) promote effective and integrated management of streets to future-proof for changes in the surrounding context, life-style and technological changes.

Walking

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) deliver or contribute to new and enhanced walking infrastructure, in line with Policy SP7 on connections shown on figure 7.5; b) support the delivery of a high quality, safe, accessible and inclusive walking environment across Old Oak and Park Royal; c) support the delivery of a high quality pedestrian walking environment to and through new and existing rail stations; d) connect to existing and planned pedestrian links in the wider area; and e) make appropriate contributions to the network of Legible London wayfinding signage to improve legibility across Old Oak and Park Royal.

Cycling

Development proposals will be supported where they: a) deliver and/ or contribute to new and existing cycle networks shown on figure 7.7; b) ensure new or enhanced cycle networks, infrastructure and parking accords with the London Cycling Design Standards; c) ensure that new cycle networks connect into and support the wider, existing cycle network, National Cycle route 6 and the future cycle superhighway route to Wood Lane; d) deliver a comprehensive, safe, attractive and inclusive cycle network across Old Oak and Park Royal; e) deliver and/ or contribute to new and improved cycling connections to rail stations ensuring sufficient cycle infrastructure allows seamless interchange between public transport and cycling; f) deliver and/ or contribute towards signage to improve cycle wayfinding and legibility; g) provide high quality, secure, well located, convenient and accessible cycle parking facilities that meet and where possible exceed the standards set out in the London Plan; and h) deliver and/ or contribute towards the provision of cycle hire across Old Oak and Park Royal, which may include complementary independent local cycle hire operators.