Lilestone Brief.pdf - Westminster City Council

Improving physical connections within the area, including the nearby PaddingtonOpportunity Area and it’s shopping areas, and to the Central Activities Zone andto other surrounding areas; Public realm and local environmental improvements particularly within theShopping Centre’s and housing estates; Redevelopment of, and infill developments in, some existing housing estates,including provision of a range of housing tenures (including intermediate andmarket housing), wherever possible, consistent with the protection of openspace; Delivering improved and appropriate local services and supporting opportunitiesto provide facilities for local community groups and faith groups; Providing training, skills and employment opportunities for local people; A Combined Heat and Power facility with sufficient capacity to serve other sitesand establish a wider heat and power network.3.13. During the development of this brief detailed policies will be drafted for the NWEDAarea in the CMP. Given that development on this site is likely to commence after2012 by then the CMP policies will be developed and will inform proposals for thissite and the consideration of any planning application. An additional Appendix ofrelevant draft CMP policies will therefore be added in to the next version of this briefwhich will be produced later this year when the draft CMP is published.3.14. Other key relevant Core Strategy policies which apply to this site are: Policy CS14 ‐ 16 Housing (including the interim note regarding theimplementation of affordable housing prior to the adoption of the CityManagement Plan) Policies CS27 ‐ CS31 includes a range of policies which contribute towardscreating attractive places. These include policies on Design, Residential Amenity,Air Quality, Noise, Planning Obligations and Delivering Infrastructure, Social andCommunity Facilities, Open Space, Renewable Energy, Pedestrian Movement andSustainable Transport.City of Westminster’s Unitary Development Plan (2007)3.15. The development of this site will need to comply with ‘saved policies’ contained inthe Unitary Development Plan (UDP). The UDP was adopted in 2007, in accordancewith the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, its policies were saved forthree years. Prior to the expiry of these policies the council carried out a policyassessment to establish those no longer required. These were submitted to theSecretary of State for agreement. This resulted in most of the policies being saved.Many of these policies still apply to the development of this site and have beenapplied within this brief. In the interim period until the adoption of the CMP the2007 UDP policies will be used alongside the recently adopted Core Strategy Policies..Westminster’s Supplementary Planning Guidance and Supplementary PlanningDocuments.3.16. In developing proposals for this site developers should review Westminster’s existingsupplementary planning guidance and supplementary planning documents. Theseprovide more detailed advice on specific issues such as open space, trees, the publicrealm and Section 106 Planning Obligations.13