HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

policies. Where private clubs have exclusive use of an open space, public access may become limited. The
Council will therefore seek to limit further exclusive use of public facilities. It is important to ensure that
the need to increase participation in activities and access to facilities for all members of the community is
in balance with other needs of the community.
R6 THE LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY WILL ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF
ANCILLARY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SUCH AS CHANGING ROOMS, CAR PARKING
AND FACILITIES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESS, PROVIDED THESE ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THE COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENT WITH OTHER POLICIES OF
THIS PLAN.
Specialist Activities
9.13 Over the last few years specialist sports, including watersports, have resulted in increasing
demands for facilities. The Borough is more than adequately endowed with open land and water resources
for its own community and it may be that by developing further informal recreation facilities a wider than
Borough need may be met. Some specialist sports, including motorcycling and shooting, and other
activities such as off road training for young motorists, can cause annoyance if sited in inappropriate
locations. They can however, be legitimate countryside activities where they do not contravene other
policies in the Plan and the amenity of local residents is protected. The Council will seek to meet demands
for specialist sport, recreation and leisure facilities (including noisy sports and training activities) by
promoting in appropriate locations low cost facilities adaptable to changing requirements. The Local
Planning Authority will seek to identify appropriate locations for such activities and, where appropriate,
issue supplementary planning guidance to aid development control and negotiations with potential or
proposed operators.
Arts, Cultural and Entertainment Facilities
9.14 Artistic, cultural and entertainment activities provide an outlet for the Borough's residents' and
workers' precious leisure time and for their different cultural aspirations, and can add significantly to the
vitality of the community, the local economy and the Borough's town centres. Among Hillingdon's main
entertainment facilities can be included the Beck Theatre (Hayes), Compass Theatre (Ickenham) and
The Nave, (Uxbridge). The Cow Byre and Great Barns (Ruislip) mount exhibitions of work produced by
local artists. However, the sites and buildings which Arts, Culture and Entertainment facilities occupy are
frequently vulnerable to competition from other land uses and need the protection of the planning process.
It is also recognised that provision for Arts, Culture and Entertainment is complex and must take into
account a range of factors which may entail consultation and co-ordination with other agencies and
authorities.
9.15 The benefits of Art, Culture and Entertainment activities to the community are enhanced if their
provision is integrated with that for other land uses, for example by generating an "evening economy" in a
town centre, by using public art to improve the attractiveness of estates or shopping centres, or by
extending the uses of open space by encouraging use for performing arts. The Local Planning Authority
will therefore seek the provision of public art and further Art, Culture and Entertainment facilities and
particularly commends the Arts Council's 'Percent for Art' Scheme. It will co-ordinate this provision in
consultation with relevant agencies and local groups.
R7 THE LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY WILL, WHERE APPROPRIATE, SEEK BY
AGREEMENT PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH SUPPORT ART, CULTURE AND
ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY TO MAINTAIN THE VITALITY OF
EXISTING TOWN CENTRES IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES S3 AND LE6 .
R8 THE LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY WILL RESIST PROPOSALS WHICH COULD
LEAD TO THE LOSS OF FACILITIES WHICH SUPPORT ART, CULTURE AND
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES WITHOUT SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE REPLACEMENT.
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan