HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

acceptable when there is no realistic prospect of an industrial or warehousing use or such a use would be
undesirable, particularly on residential amenity grounds. The Local Planning Authority's general policy is,
however, to encourage offices and other business uses employing or attracting large numbers of people to
locate in town centres and other locations well served by public transport, where there is the greatest
opportunity to utilise public transport (consistent with government guidance in PPG13), thereby
contributing to the Local Planning Authority's wider objectives of reducing reliance on the private car in
order to combat pollution and traffic congestion. Such an approach is also likely to ensure that industry and
warehousing are not crowded out of IBAs and forced to inappropriate locations.
LE1 ALL PROPOSALS FOR INDUSTRY (B2), WAREHOUSING (B8) AND BUSINESS (B1)
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ASSESSED BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OTHER POLICIES OF
THIS PLAN AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS:-
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
WHETHER THE PROPOSAL CONFLICTS WITH THE LOCAL PLANNING
AUTHORITY'S OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF SECURING THE DEVELOPMENT OR
REGENERATION OF AN AREA;
OUTSTANDING UNIMPLEMENTED PLANNING PERMISSIONS, DEVELOPMENT
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND VACANT FLOORSPACE ELSEWHERE IN THE PLAN
AREA;
THE AVAILABILITY AND CAPACITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES TO
SERVE PROPOSALS FOR EMPLOYMENT INTENSIVE USES;
THE ABILITY OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, AS EXISTING OR TAKING DUE
ACCOUNT OF COMMITTED IMPROVEMENTS, TO ACCOMMODATE AT
NORMAL PEAK HOURS THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GENERATED;
WHETHER ANY PROPOSAL FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE
UNACCEPTABLE DEMANDS FOR OTHER LAND TO BE DEVELOPED (FOR
EXAMPLE, TO PROVIDE FOR NEW HOUSING OR COMMUNITY FACILITIES);
THE PROVISION FOR ACCESS BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER
ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES BOTH TO AND WITHIN BUILDINGS.
In applying criterion (i) of LE1, particular regard will be had to proposals within the Hayes/West Drayton
Corridor in the context of the Council's objective of securing regeneration and any associated
supplementary planning guidance. The considerations listed in LE1 are those land use matters thought
most likely to be of relevance to proposals for B1-B8 development particularly in the context of proposals
for B1-B8 development in other than the preferred locations for such uses identified in this Plan and the
implications of the likely scale of employment generation. However, this list is not intended to be
exhaustive and not all of the considerations will necessarily be of relevance to all individual proposals.
10.12 Guidance in PPG6 identifies the importance of resisting retail development on land designated for
other uses, especially industrial land (PPG6 para 3.23). The 1995 IBA survey found continuing demand
from industrial and warehousing concerns to locate in the Borough. This evidence, coupled with pressures
for development, is considered to be a reasonable indication of a demand for such land and premises which
the LPA should seek to accommodate in the least sensitive parts of the Borough in terms of residential
amenity. The survey also found that some of the older more run down industrial estates experienced
relatively high vacancy rates which are attributable in part to prevailing economic conditions. The survey
did not find evidence that industry and warehousing are being crowded out of designated IBAs either by
offices or retail uses. It is, nevertheless, important to ensure that a sufficient range and choice of sites is
available to cater for all types of employment development over the plan period. Consequently, the LPA
will generally seek to retain existing IBAs in B1-B8 use. Before the LPA will permit development for uses
other than business, industry, warehousing and sui generis uses appropriate in an industrial area, it will
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan