HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

PROPOSALS SHOULD:
(i) BE OF A HIGH QUALITY OF DESIGN WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE LANDSCAPE
FEATURES OF THE ADJOINING METROPOLITAN LAND;
(ii)
(iii)
ENHANCE THE SETTING OF THE ADJOINING LISTED BUILDINGS AND THE
CHARACTER OF THE CONSERVATION AREA; AND
HAVE REGARD TO THE COMMUNITY’S NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
2. UXBRIDGE AND HAREFIELD PLANNING AREA
15.30 The Uxbridge and Harefield area is very diverse in character. North of the A40 the area consists
mainly of open land forming part of the Metropolitan Green Belt and centring on the settlements of
Harefield and Ickenham. To the south lies the Strategic Centre of Uxbridge and the residential areas of
Hillingdon and Cowley.
15.31 Uxbridge Town Centre is the Borough's Strategic Centre and the Council will as part of the
Uxbridge Initiative, a partnership with town centre interests, continue to promote its role as the principal
centre for shopping, employment, community and cultural uses. In particular, it will seek to enhance its
retail competitiveness relative to other strategic centres and to improve its accessibility and attractiveness
with a programme of pedestrianisation and pedestrian priority schemes. In comparison with other strategic
sub-regional centres Uxbridge has not experienced much new retail development in recent years. To assist
in realising its potential, specific proposals, including a major new retail development, are proposed on
certain key sites in the town centre - 175-222A High Street, land at Vine Street/High Street and Mahjack’s
Island site. These sites will provide the opportunities to address many of the objectives of the Uxbridge
Initiative including improving the accessiblity to and within the town centre, developing a high quality
physical environment , creating a safer town centre and encouraging and supporting the wider economic
development activities and opportunities within the Uxbridge area. More specific details are contained in
the Council’s forthcoming ‘Uxbridge Town Centre Business Plan’. On completion of these schemes, and
others currently in the pipeline, Uxbridge will have achieved the scale of development needed for it to fulfil
its role as a Strategic Centre. Any further changes are primarily qualitative improvements to consolidate
this role rather than major increases in floorspace.
175-222A High Street, Uxbridge (Block 6/7)
15.32 Within this area as defined on the Proposals Map inset for Uxbridge Town Centre, substantial
progress, in partnership with the private sector, has been made towards comprehensive redevelopment and
refurbishment to provide a major retail town centre development and associated housing, and other centre
uses, public car parking and improvements and extensions to pedestrian facilities. This development will
consolidate the main shopping area within the town centre and improve the quality and attractiveness of the
centre for all users. The shopping element of Proposal PR12 will strengthen the link between the shops at
the southern end of the High Street and those in the rest of Uxbridge Town Centre and increase its
competitiveness with other strategic centres. A planning brief for the area was adopted as Supplementary
Planning Guidance in January 1989. Any proposal for development should take into account the objectives
and policies for the site as set out in the approved Planning Brief, the key elements of which are reflected in
the following proposal.
PR12 LAND AT 175-222A HIGH STREET, LAND TO THE REAR AND NUMBERS 1-18
CHIPPENDALE WAY, UXBRIDGE SHALL BE REGARDED AS SUITABLE FOR RETAIL AS
THE PRIORITY USE, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS, SERVICING AND CAR
PARKING PROVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT POLICIES AND STANDARDS.
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION (INCLUDING A MINIMUM ON-SITE REPLACEMENT
OF THOSE UNITS PREVIOUSLY ON THE SITE) WILL BE REQUIRED; WHERE
PRACTICABLE AN INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL CONTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan