HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

WILL BE SOUGHT. OTHER APPROPRIATE TOWN CENTRE USES WILL ALSO BE
ACCEPTABLE SUBJECT TO THEM NOT PREJUDICING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE
PRIORITY USE AND THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW. IN ANY DEVELOPMENT
THE COUNCIL WILL REQUIRE:-
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
A HIGH QUALITY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT SELLING PREDOMINANTLY
DURABLE GOODS;
ADDITIONAL TOWN CENTRE CAR PARKING OPERATED AND MANAGED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S POLICIES FOR PUBLIC USES;
THE PROVISION OF REAR SERVICE ACCESS;
THE PROVISION OF PEDESTRIAN WAYS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE
DEVELOPMENT;
PROVISION FOR A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY SCHEME AS AN EXTENSION OF
THE HIGH STREET PEDESTRIANISATION;
THE PROVISION OF PARKING FOR THE DISABLED WITH ACCESS THROUGH
TO THE HIGH STREET;
THE RETENTION AND RESTORATION OF EXISTING STATUTORILY LISTED
BUILDINGS; AND
APPROPRIATE ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE LOCAL HIGHWAY
NETWORK TO ACCOMMODATE EXTRA TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE
DEVELOPMENT.
Land at High Street, Vine Street, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge (Block 13)
15.33 The area known as Block 13, Uxbridge Town Centre, comprises land bounded by High Street, the
Civic Centre, Hillingdon Road and Vine Street. There have been pressures to develop individual sites
within the area behind the existing retail frontage, mainly concerned with the Post Office site (fronting
Hillingdon Road), Blair House (corner of Cricketfield Road and Vine Street), and the former Press House
Site in Cricketfield Road. In principle, office development or other town centre uses is acceptable on these
sites within a context of a comprehensive approach to highway and townscape improvement. A Planning
Brief has been prepared as Supplementary Planning Guidance (December 1990). 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 included in the following proposal.
PR13 DEVELOPMENT FOR OFFICES OR OTHER TOWN CENTRE USES IS ACCEPTABLE
IN PRINCIPLE ON THE FORMER PRESS HOUSE, BLAIR HOUSE AND POST OFFICE SITES
AND THE LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY WILL SEEK WHERE APPROPRIATE:-
(i)
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ARISING FROM
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS INCLUDING ACCESS TO AND FROM THE
DEVELOPMENT SITES AND ROAD JUNCTIONS ALONG HILLINGDON ROAD;
(ii) PROVISION OF REAR SERVICING TO PROPERTIES IN HIGH STREET (NOS. 271-
283) AND VINE STREET (NOS. 1-5);
(iii)
PROVISION OF CAR PARKING FOR PUBLIC USE;
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan