HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

2.7 Over the last few years Central Government Policy Guidance has become focused on sustainable
development (DOE "Sustainable Development : The UK Strategy" (1994) and both LPAC's 1994 Strategic
Planning Advice (Para 1.10) and Strategic Planning Guidance for London Planning Authorities (RPG3
1996) identify sustainable development as a key objective for London.
2.8 Strategic Planning Guidance for London was issued in July 1989 and was subsequently
published as Regional Planning Guidance Note (RPG3). Its objectives are to:
- foster economic growth;
- revitalise the older urban areas;
- facilitate the development of transport systems which
are safe, efficient and have proper respect for the
environment;
- sustain and improve the amenity of residential districts;
- allow for a wide range of housing provision; and
- give high priority to the environment, maintain the
Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land, preserve fine
views, conservation areas, surrounding countryside and
the natural heritage.
Specific reference to Strategic Planning Guidance for London in both this chapter and in the
more detailed chapters which follow are given as ‘SPG, para. no.’.
Regional Guidance
2.9 Strategic Planning Guidance notes that planning issues affecting London should not be viewed
in isolation from those applying to the larger region in which it is set (SPG, para 11). The capital has a
complex relationship with surrounding counties which bears upon matters such as housing provision,
employment-generating development, and transport systems. Issues of this kind are addressed by the local
planning authorities of London and the South East, acting jointly through the Standing Conference On
London South East Regional Planning (SERPLAN), and in Regional Guidance issued by the Secretary of
State (PPG9). The Regional Guidance is particularly relevant to Hillingdon, which adjoins the counties of
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Surrey, as shown on the key diagram included in this
Chapter (Fig 2). SERPLAN has recently revised regional planning guidance in a Regional Statement 'A
New Strategy for the South East' (October 1996).
Strategic Advice
2.10 Where appropriate, the Council has also taken into account Strategic Advice prepared by the
London Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC), one of whose functions is to advise the Secretary of State
on matters to be included in Strategic Planning Guidance. Revised Advice, which was agreed by all
London Boroughs, was published in February 1994 and contains a fourfold vision for London as follows:
- London as a city with a strong economy, extending its
role as a Capital and world city;
- London as a city with a good quality of life with safe and
healthy communities and a high quality of both green
and built environment;
- London should be a city which strives to be
environmentally sustainable;
- London should be a city which strives to ensure equitable
access for its people to homes, work, leisure and
recreation, infrastructure and transport facilities, health,
education and training.
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan