Add your voice to the councils local building plan
The council is calling for anyone who would like to comment on local development plans to comment here local plan review and express any things you like about plans so far, or any concerns you have. You are free to add your comments for 10 weeks, from now until 4th October.
The Local Plan is a summary of how RBKC sees development in the borough over the next 20 years, and includes planning policies that will be put in place.
In the plan, the locations RBKC considers best for expansion will be outlined, as well as areas for conservation. It hopes to set clear guidelines ‘for appropriate land uses, form and design of development,’ providing good quality homes and also boosting the economy and enhancing our environment.
A previous consultation asked residents what they would like to see included in the Local Plan, 47 residents commented and this is what they said:
A need to be more explicit in its ambition to reduce inequality of all forms;
Emphasis on high quality design. This should have two elements: the quality of new design and the protection of our existing built heritage/ townscape;
A need to support the economy should be central. This has a number of parts: the need to provide for employment opportunities for all and to support sustainable economic growth. This means both encouraging the protection of existing employment premises and the provision of flexible new spaces;
Greater support for a walkable neighbourhood and for the protection of those facilitates values and uses by residents;
Need to provide new homes, but particularly those needed by local people. Support for various forms of affordable products;
Need to provide increased open green space and protecting the visual integrity and harmony of the borough;
Need to protect the harmony across the borough and the amenity of our residents. Some suggested that this should be prioritised against the need to support our town centres;
The borough should be become an international destination for the arts
Need to support green modes of transport;
There is an over emphasis of the promotion of cycling and a need to
reflect the difficulties associated with cycle lanes; 1
2. A need for a succinct and jargon free vision, which does not over promise.
