HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

- major additional public transport capacity (rail and bus) to increase significantly the
proportion of passenger and employee trips to and from the airport as a whole that can be
made by public transport;
- limits on the amount of car parking on the airport to control demand for private car trips to
the airport coupled with additional public transport capacity and traffic management and
parking control schemes to ensure that passenger, employee and visitors' cars and
commercial vehicles are parked within the airport boundary or in other legitimate off-street
car or lorry parks;
- schemes to produce specific environmental benefits, for example the removal of through
traffic from the villages to the north of Heathrow airport;
- wider compensation for homes affected by noise such as more generous noise insulation
grants etc.;
- environmental and community benefits, such as provision or improvement of recreation and
leisure facilities, Green Belt enhancement and schemes for nature conservation, particularly
within the Colne Valley Park and other Areas of Environmental Opportunity.
- a commitment from HAL to maintain the practice of runway alternation at Heathrow Airport.
Airport-Related Development
11.17 Because Heathrow Airport is a major attracter of business and employment, there are pressures
for commercial development at and around the airport. The Local Planning Authority would be concerned
if activities not directly related to the operation of the airport precluded opportunities at the airport for
activities which are directly related to its operation and resulted in pressures for development on Green Belt
and other off-airport sites to cater for directly related needs. It will therefore seek to protect directly related
uses by restricting development for non-essential activities and ensuring that ancillary facilities are limited
to those needed for airport users only and do not become major attractions in their own right.
11.18 The Local Planning Authority supports the practice of Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to
contain directly-related airport facilities and activities within the airport boundary, as defined on the
Proposals Map, thereby ensuring its efficient operation. It will continue to maintain close contacts with
HAL to ensure that, in accordance with its own 'Property Challenge' (1995) suitable sites are available on
the airport and that activities directly connected with its operation should as far as possible be provided for
within its boundary. The unwillingness of eligible tenants to accept the terms of a tenancy offered by HAL
for accommodation on the airport will not be acceptable as a justification for location outside the airport.
Hotels and conference facilities may be appropriate if suitable land is available inside the airport boundary.
The Heathrow Airport boundary defined on the Proposals Map indicated the area in which Policy A4
applies, and does not necessarily coincide with land in the ownership of Heathrow Airport Ltd or land
which benefits from operational status.
A4 NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY-RELATED TO HEATHROW AIRPORT SHOULD
NORMALLY BE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARY AND WILL NOT NORMALLY BE PERMITTED
OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT. DEVELOPMENT NOT DIRECTLY-RELATED TO THE
OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARY. FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY, DIRECTLY-RELATED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES
PASSENGER AND CARGO TERMINALS, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, OIL STORAGE
DEPOTS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, WAREHOUSING, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES, CAR PARKING AND CATERING FACILITIES.
11.19 The list of directly-related developments set out in Policy A4 is not exclusive, and other
developments will be treated on their merits. In all cases, the Local Planning Authority will seek details of
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan