Planning Document Harrow’s Annual Monitoring Report · Planning Document Harrow’s Annual Monitoring Report 1 April 2007 - 31 March 2008Draft November 2008 Local Development Framework

Planning Document

Harrow’s Annual Monitoring Report

1 April 2007 - 31 March 2008Draft November 2008

Local Development Framework

L FD

Monitoring Period 1 April 2007 - 31 March 2008

1Annual Monitoring Report 2007-08

Preface

Preface

The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is a vital part of a series of documents, known as theLocal Development Framework (LDF), being prepared by local authorities as required by theGovernment under the 2004 Planning Compulsory Purchase Act. The first AMR was producedin December 2005. This fourth AMR, covering the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008,seeks to build upon the previous ones and particularly draws comparison with the last AMRsubmitted in December 2007.

The Executive Summary sets out the salient points and the broad conclusions. The issuesraised are pointers to be used in the direction of policy in the emerging LDF and should alsoserve as a driver towards continuous improvement in the provision and delivery of services inHarrow.

The report has four sections. Chapters 1 and 2 - an introduction and an overview of the headlineinformation about the borough. This is followed in Chapter 3 by a review of the performance ofthe LDF programme against the LDS timeline. The longest section is Chapter 4, which is areview of progress against core output indicators with key topic headings. Lastly, Chapter 5gives key findings and conclusions.

The suite of indicators in this AMR have been modified since the 2006/07 report. Some of thelast year's indicators have been clarified and where necessary deleted by the Department forCommunities and Local Government. These changes are explained more fully in the body ofthis document.

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Preface


Preface

10Executive Summary

13Introduction1.

16Harrow in Context2.

28Local Development Framework(LDF) Review

3.

32Monitoring Unitary DevelopmentPlan (UDP) Policy Implementation

4.

344.1 Environmental Protection and OpenSpace

484.2 Design and the Built Environment544.3 Transport624.4 Housing864.5 Employment, Town Centres and Retail1004.6 Recreation, Sports and Leisure1064.7 Community Services and Accessibility1114.8 Appeals

1234.9 Planning Obligations (S.106Agreements)

1254.10 UDP Proposal Sites - Current Status

130Key Findings and Conclusions5.

Appendices

134Core Output Indicator SummariesA.

143Changes to Core Output IndicatorsB.

147LDS TimetableC.

149Deleted UDP PoliciesD.

159Five Year Housing SupplyE.


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186Detailed Air Quality Monitoring andAnalysis

F.

191GlossaryG.

List of Maps16Map 1 Harrow in a Regional Context26Map 2 Index of Multiple Deprivation 200760Map 3 Public Transport Accessibility 2007/08

68Map 4 New Residential DevelopmentsCompleted (10+ units) 2007/08

70Map 5 NewHousing Developments (10+ units)& Transport Accessibility

List of Figures18Figure 1 Mid Year Population Estimates for

Harrow by Five-Year Age Groups

23Figure 2 Harrow Employment by Sector(percentage of total people employed workingin each sector) 1998 - 2006

24Figure 3 Percentage of Working AgePopulation who are Economically Active 2001- 2007

43Figure 4 Waste Disposal in Harrow 2003/04 -2007/08

64Figure 5 Net Additional Dwellings 2001 - 2008

65Figure 6 Housing Completions between 1990& 2007/08

69Figure 7 Average Residential Density(Habitable Rooms per Hectare)

76Figure 8 Housing Trajectory 2002/03 - 2022/23

77Figure 9 Housing Trajectory Monitor Line2002/03 - 2022/23

80Figure 10 Affordable Housing Completions asa proportion of total housing units 2001/02 -2007/08

84Figure 11 Average House Prices in Harrow &Greater London 2000/01 - 2007/08

84Figure 12 Average House Prices in Harrow(2007/08) by type

91Figure 13 Percentage of Vacant RetailFrontage in Town Centres in 2007/08


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93Figure 14 Total Pedestrian Counts Across allTown Centres in the Borough in 2007/08

113Figure 15 Number of Appeals 2001/02 -2007/08

147Figure 16 LDS Timetable 2006 - 2011

List of Tables19Table 1 2007 Mid Year Estimates for Harrow

by Five Year Age Groups20Table 2 Household Projections 2001 - 202620Table 3 Population Projections 2001 - 2026

28Table 4 Summary of LDF documents beingproduced

42Table 5 Harrow Household Waste - AnnualSummary (Tonnes/Monitoring Year)

43Table 6 Harrow Commercial Waste - AnnualSummary (tonnes/AMR monitoring year)

45Table 7 Results of bias adjusted NO2 diffusiontube results monitoring (μg/m3) 2001 - 2007

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Table 8 Annual mean concentrations for PM10(μg m-3) and number of days aboveexceedance limit at Harrow 1 continuousmonitoring site (background)

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Table 9 Annual mean concentrations for PM10(μgm-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 2 continuousmonitoring site (roadside)

51Table 10 Pre-Application Advice 2007/08

51Table 11 Planning Applications Received,Considered and Commented upon by theAccess Officer

56Table 12 Road Accident Statistics 2000 - 200757Table 13 Casualty Statistics from 2000 - 200763Table 14 Housing Tenure: Key Facts

64Table 15 Residential Completions 2004/05 -2007/08

66Table 16 Completed Residential Developments(10 units +) showing Density Rate 2007/08

67Table 17 Percentage of new dwellingscompleted below 30, 30 to 50 and above 50dwellings per hectare

68Table 18 Residential Density - Developmentsof 10+ Units Completed 2001/02 - 2007/08


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70Table 19 Average density of new residentialdevelopments (above 10 units) in areas with‘good public transport links'

73Table 20 Housing Trajectory - 2002/03 -2022/23

79Table 21 Affordable Housing Completions2001/02 - 2007/08

80Table 22 Net Affordable Housing Completionsby Developer Type 2001/02 - 2007/08

81Table 23 Affordable Housing Units GrantedPermission 2000/01 - 2007/08

81Table 24 Net Affordable Permissions 2001/02- 2007/08 by Developer Type

82Table 25 Mixed Use Permissions 2001/02 -2007/08

83Table 26 Lapsed Residential Permissions2001/02-2007/08

83Table 27 Average House Prices for Harrow &Greater London (2007/08)

86Table 28 Amount of Floorspace Developed forEmployment by Type

88Table 29 Land Available for Employment Uses(with planning permission)

89Table 30 'Town Centre Uses' - DesignatedTown Centres

89Table 31 'Town Centre Uses' - Whole Borough(including Designated Town Centres)

90Table 32 Percentage of Vacant Retail Frontagein District Centres & Harrow Town Centre

92Table 33 Pedestrian Counts in Harrow’sMetropolitan & District Centres

92Table 34 Actual and Percentage Change inTown Centre Footfall 2000 - 2008 Comparedto 1999/2000 Baseline

94Table 35 Office Floorspace in Harrow - March2008

95Table 36 Losses/Gains of Employment Landin Employment Areas (based on Completions)

96Table 37 Losses/Gains of Employment Landin Harrow (based on Completions)

97Table 38 Change of Use Completions (A & Buses over 1,000 m²) 2004/05 - 2007/08

97Table 39 Change of Use Completions (C & Duses over 1,000 m²) 2004/05 - 2007/08


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98Table 40 Net Losses/Gains for Use ClassesA, B, C & D (parts) based on Permissions

99Table 41 Storage & Distribution Floorspace inHarrow

108Table 42 Permissions & Net Losses/Gains ofFloorspace for Community Uses

109Table 43 Health & Community Facilities113Table 44 Appeals Summary 2001 - 2008114Table 45 Residential Appeals

114Table 46 NewResidential Development AppealDecisions Received 2007/08

115Table 47 NewResidential Development AppealDecisions Received 2007/08 - Breakdown byMajor/Minor Development Type

116Table 48 Analysis of New ResidentialDevelopment Appeal Decisions 2007/08

118Table 49 House Conversion Appeal DecisionsReceived 2007/08

119Table 50 Other Conversion Appeal DecisionsReceived 2007/08

120Table 51 Householder Appeal DecisionsReceived 2007/08

121Table 52 Change of use Appeal DecisionsReceived 2007/08

124Table 53 Affordable Housing Contributions124Table 54 Contributions towards Infrastructure

125Table 55 Update on status of existing UDPProposal Sites

143Table 56 Core Output Indicators (COI)removed (by DCLG in 2007/08)

144Table 57 NewCore Output Indicators (includedby DCLG as of 2007/08)

149Table 58 Deleted UDP Policies

160Table 59 Summary of Harrow's Five YearSupply (as at 31/03/08)

186Table 60 Results of bias adjusted NO2diffusion tube results monitoring (μg/m3) 2001- 2007

188Table 61 Annual mean concentration for PM10(μg m-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 1

188Table 62 Annual mean concentration for PM10(μgm-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 2


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Executive Summary

Executive Summary

This is Harrow’s fourth Annual Monitoring Report, which is supplying material which canbe used not only to demonstrate how existing policies are working but also to provideinformation and trend data to inform the evidence base of the emerging Core Strategy forHarrow’s Local Development Framework.

This AMR is longer than previous AMRs as it has to include information on a greaternumber of indicators as well as a comprehensive explanation for changes in monitoring,such as the deletion of many of the UDP policies and the introduction of new core indicators.There are three indicators where we have not had specialist staff in place to collect themonitoring information e.g. an urban designer.

Harrow Council’s Development Management Planning Service performance is now in thetop 15% of planning authorities in England and Wales in respect of BV109 (a)(b)(c).Pre-Application advice has also been recognised by the Audit Commission as best practicein their 2007/08 publication. However, the proportion of appeals allowed is still in excessof the 40% target. Detailed analysis of the underlying issues on appeals is thereforeincluded for the first time.

Progress on delivering the Local Development Scheme shows that as well as focusingeffort on the Core Strategy, in line with best practice recommendations, the RAF BentleyPriory SPDwas completed and work started on several other SPDs for Sustainable Design,Planning Obligations and a revision to the existing Accessible Homes SPD.

Key Points

Over the past three years Harrow’s overall population has remained fairly static,at around 214,600, but projections show that the population is likely to grow overthe next 20 years.

Across London the average household size is 2.34, whilst in Harrow it is 2.59.There are far fewer one person households in Harrow, only 28%, while theaverage across London is 36%. Larger households will generally increase theneed for more larger family housing.

This year the Government published the 2007 Indices of Deprivation (ID), abasket of weighted social and economic indicators which are used to compareconditions in local authorities across the country. Overall Harrow is regarded asa prosperous borough, but the revised ID shows that Harrow’s position hasworsened a little. In 2004 Harrow ranked 232 out of 354 districts in England,now it is 197. In London the borough was 29th and is now 25th out of 33 boroughs.The indicators which showed the greatest adverse change were; income, incomeaffecting children, employment and barriers to housing and services. Furtheranalysis of the ID, to understand how these changes have occurred, will beprovided in the next AMR.

Existing UDP policies and very likely future Core Strategy policies emphasisethe need to ensure that we safeguard employment land in the hope of maximisingemployment levels, and economic vitality in the borough. However despite the


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availability of employment land, the Government’s 2006 Annual Business Inquiryshowed that the overall number of jobs has declined by 2,700. This pattern isnot what was predicted by the Greater London Authority in Outer London. GLAemployment projections. This is a major concern, however an extra 600 part-timejobs were created. There has been an overall loss of 12,488 m² gross externalemployment floorspace over the last three years.

Crime statistics, apart from residential burglary, have improved. Overall thismeans that Harrow hasmaintained its position as London’s lowest crime borough,as measured by crime per 1,000 population.

The council continues to invest in improvements in its parks to uphold its greencredentials. This includes Canons Park, which has seen the completion of amajor restoration project funded by the heritage lottery fund and the council.

Harrow is also on track to achieve its target of 40% of municipal waste beingrecycled by 2009/10.

In transport there is some significant improvement, such as the reduction inaccident casualty figures. However, despite improvements to public transport,it remains difficult to encourage Harrow residents to stop using their cars. Carownership remains far higher than the national average and in fact two thirds ofHarrow's households have two or more cars, which is the second highest levelin London. This will need to be taken account of in future Core Strategy Policies.

The Five Year Housing Supply and the longer-termHousing Trajectory to 2022/23indicates that Harrow will over-achieve its targets. However, this AMR precedesthe economic downturn, which will have a major impact on housing completionsfor the next AMR period. Affordable housing completions are down on last yearsfigures, but affordable completions as a proportion of total completions haveincreased. The number of additional affordable units granted planning permissionis above the HUDP target of 165 per year.

Harrow again met its 100% target for the amount of new housing built onpreviously developed land.


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Introduction 1

1 Introduction

1.0.1 The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is a key component of the new planning system,as it allows information to be collected routinely and systematically to build up aprofile against which policy performance can be measured over time. The AMR isbased on the financial year preceding the reporting period, therefore Harrow’s fourthAMR is based on the period 1 April 2007 - 31 March 2008.

1.0.2 The AMR reports on the following three areas:

Government Core Output Indicators (COIs) – assessment of how well Harrowis performing against the Government Core Output Indicators, such as housingprovision, employment provision etc;Harrow Unitary Development Plan (HUDP) and Harrow Local Indicators (HLIs)- assessment of the effectiveness of policies and targets in the HUDP;Local Development Framework (LDF) – assessment against policy developmentmilestones within the Harrow Local Development Scheme (LDS), the timetablefor producing new policy documents.

Purpose of Monitoring

1.0.3 Monitoring has become an essential and established part of the planning process.It helps to understand what is happening now, what may happen in the future andthen compare these trends against existing policies and targets to determine whatneeds to be done. Monitoring positively helps to identify local issues and addressquestions such as:-

Which policies have been implemented successfully or are working well?Are policies achieving their objectives and in particular are they deliveringsustainable development?If any policies are not working well, what actions are needed to remedy these?What changes are taking place in the evidence base upon which future policiesand proposals will need to be developed?What gaps in policy are emerging that need to be addressed in the LocalDevelopment Framework

1.0.4 Effective management of the evidence base, through AMR monitoring, will enablethe council to understand the outcomes from existing policy. Where the monitoringoutcomes differ to policy expectations, the council will be able to review how suchpolicies are implemented and what changes could be needed to help achieve thedesired outcome. It is the council's intention that information collected will help tostrengthen the basis upon which future policies are developed, such as theforthcoming Local Development Framework (LDF) documents.

Relationship with other Plans and Strategies

1.0.5 The overarching context for producing the AMR is to ensure policies are regularlyreviewed to enable the inter-relationships, impacts and effects of different policyareas to be assessed. The AMR also enables the council to review its performanceagainst national criteria and assess how well it is performing against the rest of the


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country. The outcomes from the AMR help to identify areas where performance maybe below expectations, and enables the council to assess reasons for this and amendthe approach taken.

1.0.6 While the AMR is mainly focused on national standards, the local indicators enablethe council to assess its performance against a number of outcomes identified in theHUDP (eg HLI 2.1 Loss of Open Space).

Structure of the Report

1.0.7 The report is broken into the following sections:

Chapters 1 & 2 - an overview of the headline information about the boroughChapter 3 - a review of the performance of the council’s LDF programme againstthe LDS timetableChapter 4 - a review of progress against both national Core Output Indicators(COIs) and Harrow Local Output Indicators (HLIs) within key topic headingsChapter 5 - key findings and conclusions

1.0.8 Most of the data used in this report has been provided by Harrow's Planning Divisionand is not individually sourced. Where data has been supplied from other sources,individual acknowledgements have been made.


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Harrow in Context 2

2 Harrow in Context

2.0.1 This brief picture of Harrow’s position and role within London and the West LondonSub-Region helps to provide the rationale for the emphasis of the content of thisAMR.

Location

2.0.2 Harrow is an attractive outer London Borough, situated in North-West London andapproximately ten miles fromCentral London. The borough is part of theWest LondonSub-Region, which now comprises six other London Boroughs: Brent, Ealing,Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Kensington & Chelsea. (1) TheLondon Borough of Barnet borders the eastern part of the borough and Hertfordshirelies to the north of Harrow, with the District Councils of Three Rivers and Hertsmereimmediately adjoining.

Map 1 Harrow in a Regional Context

Harrow and the West London Sub-Region

2.0.3 Harrow is located in the north-east of the West London Sub-Region, identified in theLondon Plan as the ‘Western Wedge’, and a vibrant part of the London economy.The sub-region has been expected to see continued growth, both in population and

1 The boundaries of the sub-regions were changed in The London Plan (Consolidated withAlterations since 2004) in February 2008 and Kensington & Chelsea is now included in theWest London Sub-Region


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employment terms, in the foreseeable future. Harrowwill be expected to accommodatean appropriate share of this growth. There is considerable partnership workingbetween a wide range of agencies, bodies and groups in the sub-region, andimportantly the seven local authorities which comprise the West London Alliance,e.g. six West London Boroughs (Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow andRichmond upon Thames) have come together to plan for their future waste, whichwill be a joint waste DPD.

Characteristics

2.0.4 Harrow is one of London’s most attractive suburban areas and primarily a dormitoryresidential suburban area, with a relatively small amount of land and buildings devotedto employment and industrial activity, compared with other outer London Boroughs.Over a quarter of the borough (over 1,300 hectares) consists of open space. Harrowcovers an area of approximately 50 sq. km (just under 20 square miles). The boroughhas 21 wards.

Ethnic Diversity

2.0.5 Harrow has one of the most ethnically diverse populations nationally. 52.9% ofHarrow’s residents were of ethnic minority in 2006, where ethnic minority is definedas all people who are non-White British. Nationally, Harrow now has the fifth highestproportion of residents fromminority ethnic groups, compared to its ranking in eighthplace in 2001. (2)

2.0.6 22% of Harrow’s residents are of Indian origin, the largest minority ethnic group inHarrow and the second highest level in England, after Leicester. The Greater LondonAuthority’s (GLA) 2007 Round of Demographic Projections by Ethnic Group (3) showsthat, by 2016, 57.4% of Harrow’s residents are likely to be from Black and otherminority ethnic groups (excluding minority White groups) and this proportion couldbe around 62% by 2026. Within Harrow’s maintained primary & secondary schoolscombined, 74.5% pupils are from minority ethnic groups, which includes all childrenand young people who are not White British (School Census, January 2008). In 2001Harrow had the highest level of religious diversity of any local authority in England& Wales. 20% of Harrow’s residents were of Hindu faith - the highest proportion inEngland & Wales (2001 Census).

2 Office for National Statistics (ONS) Mid-2006 Population Estimates by Ethnic Group[experimental]

3 Variant PLP High, where PLP refers to ‘Post London Plan’


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Total Population

2.0.7 Harrow’s population has been steadily increasing over the past 25 years, althoughover the last three years Harrow’s overall population has remained fairly static.According to the Government’s 2007 Mid-Year Estimates (MYEs) the borough hasa population of 214,600 (Figure 1 & Table 1). It is the 12th largest borough in GreaterLondon in terms of size and 23rd in terms of population. The average density inHarrow was 4,252 persons per square kilometre (ONS, 2007), which is lower thanthe London average of 4,807. Over a fifth of Harrow is designated Green Belt, wherepopulation densities are considerably lower than the built up areas of the borough.

Figure 1 Mid Year Population Estimates for Harrow by Five-Year Age Groups

Source: Population Estimates Unit, ONS, Crown Copyright

2.0.8 GLA population projections show that Harrow’s population will continue to grow overthe next 20 years, perhaps reaching 223,800 by 2026 (4) (Table 3). Governmentprojections (5) show a much higher overall population of 241,900 by 2026. However,both of these population projections are unconstrained projections, which do not takeaccount of likely dwelling stock changes in the area over this period. It is difficult topredict dwelling stock changes with any certainty beyond five years, but the GLA’sconstrained population projections for 2011 show a much lower overall populationfor Harrow at just under 216,000. (6)

4 2007 Round of Demographic Projections, variant PLP High5 ONS 2006-based Sub-National Projections6 2007 Round of GLA Demographic Projections, variant PLP low


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Table 1 2007 Mid Year Estimates for Harrow by Five Year Age Groups

FemaleMaleAllAge

1,4001,6003,0000

5,5005,80011,3001-4

5,8006,20012,0005-9

6,1006,80012,90010-14

6,6008,40014,90015-19

6,6006,50013,10020-24

7,6008,20015,90025-29

8,1008,30016,40030-34

8,3008,40016,70035-39

8,7008,40017,00040-44

7,8007,30015,10045-49

6,8006,70013,50050-54

6,4005,80012,20055-59

5,6004,70010,30060-64

4,4003,9008,20065-69

3,9003,4007,40070-74

3,4002,6006,10075-79

2,7001,8004,50080-84

1,7009002,60085-89

1,1005001,60090+

108,700106,000214,600Total

Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred

Source: Population Estimate Unit, ONS, Crown Copyright

2.0.9 Key Population facts for Harrow:

Current total population: 214,600 (ONS, 2007 Mid Year Estimates)The overall population could be over 229,000 by 2026 (Latest ONS & GLAunconstrained projections)There were 84,573 properties on the Council Tax Register in March 2008There could be around 88,200 households by 2026. However, the unconstrainedprojections (PLP High) give a figure of around 92,500 (Table 2), more akin to


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the Government’s 2004-based sub-regional household projections (which indicatethat the number of households will reach 96,000 by 2026).19.6% of the total population is aged under 16, similar to London overall, butslightly higher than England & Wales, at just under 19% (2007 MYEs)63.6% of residents are of working age, below the London level of 66%, but abovethe level for England & Wales at 62% (2007 MYEs)16.8% of residents are over state retirement age, below the average level forEngland &Wales, at 19.2%, but significantly higher than London’s level of 13.8%(2007 MYEs)Average household size was projected to be 2.59 in 2006, higher than the Londonaverage of 2.34 (GLA 2007 Round of Household Projections [PLP Low])In 2006, 28% of Harrow’s households were likely to be one-person households,considerably lower than the London average of 36% (GLA 2007 Round ofHousehold Projections [PLP Low])

Table 2 Household Projections 2001 - 2026

202620212016201120062001HouseholdProjections

92,50090,30088,10085,30082,70079,500Harrow

763,600742,700716,100688,500658,000633,700West London

3,892,9003,732,7003,561,3003,376,3003,185,4003,036,100Greater London

Source: 2007 Round of GLA Demographic Projections, PLP High

Table 3 Population Projections 2001 - 2026

202620212016201120062001PopulationProjections

223,400222,400221,200218,600216,600210,700Harrow

1,777,6001,746,4001,711,1001,671,0001,618,2001,584,200West London

8,613,5008,391,1008,141,2007,857,7007,542,0007,336,900Greater London

Source: 2007 Round of GLA Demographic Projections, PLP High

Crime in Harrow

2.0.10 According to Metropolitan Police crime figures, (7) Harrow’s total recorded crime inthe period 2007/08 was 14,074 which is an 11% fall on 2006/07. This is the sixthhighest decrease of London’s 33 boroughs. It maintains Harrow’s position as London’slowest crime borough, as measured by crime per 1,000 population.

7 All crime figures are derived from the Metropolitan Policehttp://www.met.police.uk/crimestatistics/


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2.0.11 Harrow recorded 2,576 offences of violence against the person in 2007/08 which isthe second lowest rate of violence against the person of London’s 33 boroughs andis 10% down on the figures for 2006/07. Harrow recorded 469 personal robberies in2007/08 which is the seventh lowest of London’s 33 boroughs and 36% below thefigure for 2006/07.

2.0.12 Residential burglary is one of the few crime categories where Harrow recorded asubstantial increase. 1,541 residential burglaries were recorded in Harrow in 2007/08which is a 16% increase on 2006/07 and also the third highest of London’s 33boroughs.

2.0.13 The Harrow Residents’ Survey 2008 asked several questions on perceptions of andattitudes to crime. The percentage of respondents who think that crime is increasingfell in 2008 to 50%, compared to 54% in 2007 and 57% in 2006. When residentswere asked more specifically about their local area, they tend to be more optimisticabout the level of crime. Questions which are directed at the residents’ local areasare probably more informative for Harrow Council and the Safer Harrow Partnershipas general perceptions of crime are substantially influenced by national media.Respondents were asked in the Quality of Life Survey what they thought about thelevel of crime in their local area. 7% of respondents thought it was high, 12% lowand 39% thought it was medium (42% didn’t offer an opinion). 27% of residents didnot feel safe in the area where they live. This increased to 61% who said that theydid not feel safe walking alone after dark.

Movement

2.0.14 The borough is well served by both mainline rail and underground services. Fourunderground lines traverse the borough - the Metropolitan, Jubilee, Bakerloo andPiccadilly lines with stations situated across the borough. Mainline rail services areprovided by Chiltern Railways, London Overground, London Midland and SouthernRailways, with services to Central London, Northampton, Birmingham, Gatwick,Watford and Aylesbury. Road links are good, with a major road network which linksto the M1, M25 and M40 motorways.

Shopping and Employment

2.0.15 Harrow Town Centre (Picture 1) is the main shopping and office location in Harrowand is classified as a Metropolitan Centre, one of ten designated in the London Plan.In addition, the borough has nine district centres and six local centres. There arealso a number of designated Industrial and Business Use areas in the borough.Kodak still occupies the largest area, although about a third of the site has been soldfor redevelopment.


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Picture 1 Harrow Town Centre

Economy

2.0.16 The employment structure of Harrow is reasonably well balanced with similarproportions of the population working in distribution, hotels and restaurants (23%),finance, IT & other business activities (26%), public administration, education andhealth (28%). This distribution is fairly typical considering the location of Harrow inLondon and the South East. Figure 2 compares the 2006 Annual Business Inquiry(ABI) against the previous eight years. The main changes over this nine year periodhave been a continuing and significant decline in manufacturing with correspondinggains largely in finance, IT & other business activities and in the public sector. In2006 Harrow also lost jobs in construction, distribution and transport, but there wasa significant increase (1,900) in the number of jobs in other services – this sectorincludes other community, social and personal service activities.


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Figure 2 Harrow Employment by Sector (percentage of total people employedworking in each sector) 1998 - 2006

Source: Annual Business Inquiry, ONS

2.0.17 The 2006 Annual Business Inquiry shows that the number of full-time jobs in Harrowhas fallen by just over 2,000 between 2005 & 2006. 2,700 full-time jobs were lost,whilst 600 part-time jobs were gained. There has been an overall downward trendin the number of full-time jobs provided in Harrow since 2001. This pattern has notbeen reflected in London or nationally, other than the losses between 2005 and 2006.In 2006 a total of 66,400 jobs were identified in Harrow, down from a peak of 69,500in 2001(ONS Annual Business Inquiry).

2.0.18 In 2007, a high proportion of Harrow’s residents of working age were economicallyactive (78.5%), higher than the level for London as a whole (75%), but similar to thelevel for England & Wales, at 78.6% (2007 ONS Annual Population Survey). Thereseems to be an overall upward trend in Harrow’s level of the economically activepopulation. However, it should be noted that the confidence intervals for Harrow’sdata are higher than for the London & National datasets (Figure 3).

2.0.19 Historically far higher numbers of Harrow’s workers travel outside the borough towork. The 2001 Census reported that 61.5% of Harrow’s residents work away fromHarrow, slightly higher than in the 1991 Census, at 59.7%.


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Figure 3 Percentage ofWorking Age Populationwho are Economically Active 2001 - 2007

Source: Annual Population Survey, ONS

2.0.20 Key Facts on Economy:

The unemployment rate in Harrow averaged 2.4% in 2007/8, below the averagelevels of 3% in 2006/7 and 3.2% in 2005/6 and lower than the Greater and OuterLondon levels. Around 2,500 of Harrow residents were in receipt ofunemployment related benefits in 2007/8 (ONS/GLA Unemployment ClaimantCount).The unemployment rate in Greater London averaged in 3.8% in 2007/8, lowerthan in the previous three years when the rate averaged 4.5% (ONS/GLAUnemployment Claimant Count).

Note:Claimant count rates are best seen as an unemployment indicator, ratherthan a comprehensive unemployment measure. The Government’s official andpreferred measure of unemployment is the International Labour Organisation(ILO) measure, which measures those people out of work, who are activelylooking for work and are available to start work. However, this measure is notvery reliable for small areas, including borough level data, as confidence intervalstend to be high. Modelled unemployment rates, based on the ILO unemploymentmeasure, suggest that in 2007 5,500 of Harrow’s residents were unemployed,giving a rate of 4.8% (confidence interval of +/- 1.1%) (GLA DMAG Update17-2008).

Average household gross income was £40,100 a year in 2007, 2.7% higher thanin 2006 and 3.4% higher than the mean household income for London in 2007(2007 CACI Paycheck). More recently statistics on equivalised income have


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been produced, an adjusted income scale, which takes account the size of ahousehold. Using this measure Harrow’s average household income is £36,500,roughly £700 higher than London’s equivalised average income.5.3% (around 4,400) of households in Harrow have a gross income of under£10,000 per year, just under 25% fewer than in 2006 (2007 CACI Paycheck,unequivalised data)In February 2008 2,800 lone parents were receiving benefits in Harrow, 2% ofresidents of working age. This is slightly below the level of the previous threeyears, at around 2.2%. Harrow’s rate is now the same as the rate for England&Wales, at 2%, but below the London average of 3.1% (DWPBenefit Claimants- working age client group).An average of 6,800 of Harrow’s working age residents were in receipt of eitherIncapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance (IBSDA) in 2007/8, due toshort or long-term ill health. This figure was similar to the level for 2006/07. At5% (in February 2008), the proportion of residents on Incapacity Benefits waslower than London’s level at 6.1% and for England & Wales at 6.9% (DWPBenefit Claimants - working age client group).

2.0.21 Key Facts on Social Structure (from the ONS Annual Population Surveys):

In 2007 just under 50% of Harrow’s residents were grouped in the top threeStandard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups, which includes managersand senior officials; professional occupations and associate professional andtechnical occupations. Harrow’s level has now fallen below the London averageof 53.1%, but is still considerably higher than the average for England & Wales,at 43.2%. Over the past four monitoring years the share of Harrow’s workers inthis category has fallen slightly, from 53% in 2004/5 to 49.7% in this AMR period,whereas the trend in England & Wales has been the reverse and London hasremained static.20.9% of Harrow’s workers are categorised in the top SOC category – Managers& Senior Officials, higher than both the London and England & Wales levels at18% and 15.6% respectively. Four years ago, only 14% of Harrow’s workerswere classified as Managers & Senior Officials.Over 12% of Harrow’s economically active residents were self-employed in 2007,a higher level than the previous three monitoring years (at 11%), and above thelevels for London’s & England & Wales, at 10.9% and 9.5% respectivelyA higher percentage of Harrow’s workers are in full-time employment, comparedto the average levels in both London & England & Wales. In 2006, nearly 82%were in full-time employment, compared to 76% in England & Wales and 81%in London. Over the previous two years the corresponding levels in Harrow wereslightly lower at 80% in 2004 and 77% in 2005.

Deprivation

2.0.22 The Government’s 2007 Indices of Deprivation show that whilst multiple deprivationin Harrow is well below the national average, with Harrow ranking 197th out of 354districts in England, Harrow’s position has worsened since the 2004 Indices, whenthe borough was ranked in 232nd place. This situation is mirrored in the Londonrankings too, with a 25th ranking (out of 33), compared to 29th place in 2004, where1 is the most deprived. Multiple deprivation is largely concentrated in the south and


Harrow in Context 2

centre of the borough (Map 2). Multiple deprivation is a basket of indicators, includingincome, employment, health and disability, education skills & training, housing &services, living environment and crime. The indicators which showed the greatestadverse change were: income, income affecting children, employment and barriersto housing & services. The crime indicator showed the greatest improvement.

2.0.23 More information on the Government's 2007 Indices of Deprivation can be found at:http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/neighbourhoodrenewal/deprivation/deprivation07/

Map 2 Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007


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Local Development Framework (LDF) Review 3

3 Local Development Framework (LDF) Review

3.0.1 The Local Development Framework (LDF) is the name of the planning system thatis replacing the existing Unitary Development Plan (UDP). The LDF is made up of aseries of plans that will identify social, economic and environmental needs to beprovided now and in the future. The Local Development Scheme (LDS) identifies theLDF documents that the council is preparing and the timetable for completion.

The Local Development Scheme

3.0.2 The revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) published in November 2007 detailsthe timetable for the production of the 'Local Development Framework' (LDF)documents. This is the current adopted version of this document, two earlier versionsof the LDS were published in June 2005 and November 2006. The 2007 LDS revisionwas necessary to ensure the timescale was deliverable, taking into account adviceand recommendations from GOL and the Planning Inspectorate (PINS).

3.0.3 To view the Harrow Local Development Scheme visit the council's website and followthe relevant links from the 'Environment and Planning' page. The council's websiteaddress is www.harrow.gov.uk

Delivering the Local Development Scheme

3.0.4 Based on the November 2007 revised LDS, the following table provides an updateon the council’s performance from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 (Table 4). Thefollowing table provides a summary of the planning documents and details theprogress to date. The council has achieved all targets within the agreed timeframein the LDS. A GANTT chart detailing the key stages in the development of eachdocument is included in Appendix C.

Table 4 Summary of LDF documents being produced

NotesSummaryPriorityDocument / LDSReference

Document AdoptedAugust 2006

Sets out the standards to be achievedand the approaches that will be appliedconsistently to all the Local

AStatement ofCommunityInvolvement

Development Documents (LDDs) to beprepared by the council, as well assetting the framework for consultationrelating to the determination of planningapplications.

LDS Revised inNovember 2007 to

Sets out the development plan(Proposed DPDs) and other planningguidance that the council will produceas part of the new Local DevelopmentFramework.

ALocal DevelopmentScheme

reflect changes inCentral GovernmentGuidance




Adopted in October2007

This SPD is to respond to developmentinterest in the site and to ensure thatclear guidance details the council’sexpectations for the site.

ARAF Bentley PriorySPD

Adopted in April2006

Guidance on Access within and intobuildings.

AAccess For All SPD

Core Strategy DraftPreferred Options

This will set the vision, objectives andspatial strategy for Harrow Councilunder the new planning system. The

HCore Strategy DPD

document to besaved HUDP is sufficiently robust to completed.guide development in the foreseeablefuture, until is replaced by documentsunder the new LDF planning system.

Consultation to startin June 2008

Work commenced2008

Develop an SPD to encouragesustainable measures to be built intoall development within the borough.

HSustainableBuilding DesignSPD

Work commenced2008

Formalise a policy and a mechanismfor agreeing section 106 contributionsfrom developments within the borough.

HPlanningObligations SPD

Revision of existingadopted versionstarted 2008

Guidance on Lifetime and WheelchairHomes Standards.Originally adopted in April 2006.

H(Revised)Accessible HomesSPD

Work will commenceon these documents

Site-specific proposals in the savedHUDP will be reviewed and newproposal sites will be identified at thesame time as the Generic DevelopmentControl Policies DPD.

MSite SpecificAllocation DPD

following thecompletion of theCore Strategy, in linewith GovernmentAdvice.

Refer to LDS forexpected start dates

The current policies in the saved HUDPare in general conformity with theLondon Plan. The need for revisedpolicies will become more urgent whennewGovernment advice and guidelines

MDevelopmentManagementPolicies DPD

are published. The DevelopmentManagement Policies DPD will set outcriteria against which planningapplications will be considered and willbe in accordance with the CoreStrategy.

This will accompany the DPDs andillustrate the policies and proposals ona standard Ordnance Survey map.

MProposals MapDPD


Local Development Framework (LDF) Review 3


Joint West LondonWaste DPD working

Identify the land use needs for wastemanagement (recycling,reuse anddisposal), within Harrow and across the

MJoint Waste DPD

group established,West London sub-region. Identify and consultantspolicies to secure appropriate locationsfor waste management through theHarrow LDF process.

engaged tocommencedevelopment ofDPD.

The council intends to focus on the production of one draftSPD at a timeH

Harrow on the HillConservation AreaSPD Harrow on the Hill will be the first of the conservation area

SPDs, as it can be easily defined in terms of its geographyand history

MPinnerConservation AreasSPD

Once this draft SPD has been produced, it will be possibleto make a start on drafting a second SPD (for Pinner),

MStanmore/EdgwareConservation AreasSPD

although there will be a need to carry out further work tothe Harrow on the Hill document following consultationThe subsequent production of Stanmore / EdgwareConservation Areas SPD and the Harrow Weald

L

Harrow WealdConservation AreasSPD

Conservation Areas SPD will proceed following theadoption of the first two SPDs. It is also expected thatthese later SPDs will be quicker to produce as the counciland public become more familiar with the new processof preparing documents under the new Act.

Priority Key: A - Adopted, H - High Priority, M - Medium Priority, L - Low Priority

3.0.5 In addition to the documents described above, the evidence base has been expandedupon. A number of pieces of work were completed during the last monitoring periodincluding:

Harrow's Five Year Housing Supply (see Appendix E)Habitats identification as part of the Biodiversity Action PlanPreliminary work on the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)Preparation of the Draft Core Strategy Preferred Options for consultation

3.0.6 Furthermore work continues to be undertaken to ensure that the evidence base isas up to date and complete as possible.




Monitoring Unitary Development Plan (UDP) Policy Implementation 4

4 Monitoring Unitary Development Plan (UDP) PolicyImplementation

4.0.1 This section of the AMR measures the council’s performance against the savedpolicies in the adopted HarrowUnitary Development Plan 2004 (HUDP). The indicatorsused to measure performance are a combination of DCLG (formerly ODPM) LocalDevelopment Framework Core Output Indicators (COI) and Harrow Local Indicators(HLI). There have been some changes in both the Core Output Indicators as well asthe Harrow Unitary Development Plan. These are outlined below.

Core Output Indicators

4.0.2 The COIs have been revised since the last AMR period (in 2006/07). A summary ofthe changes can be found in the Appendix B of this document.

4.0.3 National guidance published on 'Core Output Indicators – Update 2/2008', statesthat the removal of indicators from the Core Output Indicator set does not mean thatthey should no longer be collected and reported. Rather planning bodies shouldcontinue to develop and revise their monitoring frameworks and indicator sets wherenecessary, to ensure they are effectively monitoring the implementation of policy. InHarrow's case this is the London Plan (Regional Spatial Strategy or RSS) and LocalDevelopment Framework (LDF) policies, the Core Output Indicators and othermonitoring requirements set out in Government guidance. Therefore the councilintends to continue to monitor many of the original COIs within this and future AMRs,even if they are no longer formally required by national guidance.

4.0.4 Additionally, Harrow local indicators (HLIs) identified in the HUDP and those identifiedafter the HUDPwas adopted will also be included in the AMR to monitor and measurethe effectiveness of existing policies. The 'post HUDP indicators' were identified afterthe adoption of the UDP to ensure the effectiveness of policies was more effectivelymonitored. Some of these post HUDP indicators are former COIs that have sincebeen removed, but the council still feels it is appropriate to monitor and report thedata.

4.0.5 Notes have been provided for each indicator explaining the changes from the lastAMR period.

UDP Saved and Deleted Policies

4.0.6 Following a direction from the Secretary of State, 56 policies were permanentlydeleted from the Harrow Unitary Development Plan (HUDP) from Friday 28thSeptember 2007. This is because the policies repeat and/or are inconsistent withnational or regional policy.

4.0.7 However as the policies were deleted during the monitoring period the informationhas been recorded and reported on in this document. The table in Appendix Doutlines the deleted policies as well as other relevant 'saved' policies in the UDP andcorresponding London Plan policies. Each policy relevant to the indicators in this


4Monitoring Unitary Development Plan (UDP) Policy Implementation

report have equivalent policies in the 'saved' policies and London Plan policies.References to Appendix D point to how the policies have been affected by thechanges to the UDP.



4.1 Environmental Protection and Open Space

4.1.1 Within the following section, the COI/HLI indicators and supporting monitoringinformation is discussed under these subsections:

Environmental protection and open spaceFloodingGreen BeltOpen spaceDesignated sites (international, national, local, sites of importance for natureconservation and areas of deficiency)TreesRenewable energyWaste (including household waste, commercial waste and recycling)MineralsAir Quality

Policies and objectives within the HUDP (Part 2, Chapter 3 - Environmental Protection andOpen Spaces) that are relevant to this section of the AMR are:

I. To promote a pattern of development that is energy and resource efficient, reducesreliance on fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources, and maintains or enhancesair, land and water quality to a standard that is beneficial to human health and wildlife;

II. To conserve and enhance biodiversity and natural heritage in the borough and ensureresidents have opportunities to enjoy nature, close to where they live where this doesnot conflict with nature conservation aims;

III. To protect and enhance areas and features of structural importance to the borough;IV. To maintain and improve the distribution, quality, use and accessibility of public and

private open spaces in the borough.

4.1.2 In addition to the above HUDP objectives, through the development of the LocalDevelopment Framework, the Core Strategy Issues and Options - SustainabilityAppraisal Scoping Report includes the following relevant objective:

To ensure air quality continues to improve through reducing air pollution andaddress the causes of climate change through reducing emissions of greenhousegases and other pollutants (including air, water, soil, noise, vibration andlight).



Flooding

HUDP Policy RefContextual IndicatorCOI

EP11 & S1 - (Policy SEP2has been deleted, refer toAppendix D for further

information)

Number of planning permissions granted contraryto Environment Agency advice on flooding and water

quality grounds

E1

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 7 from the2006/07 AMR period. The new indicator is to show numbers of developments which arepotentially located where (i) they would be at risk of flooding or increase the risk of floodingelsewhere; and (ii) adversely affect water quality.

4.1.3 In 2007/08, no development was permitted by the council where they would havebeen contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency.

Green Belt

4.1.4 No specific COI is reported against - the following subsection is an information update.

4.1.5 In total the Green Belt within Harrow covers nearly 20% of the total area of theborough and is equivalent to 0.85ha per 1,000 population. However, irrespective ofa high level of green belt land and public rights of way across many parts of theGreen Belt, much of this land is still not accessible to the public. The most publiclyaccessible sites within the borough are: Stanmore Country Park, Stanmore Common,Bentley Priory Open Space, GrimsdykeOpen Space, HarrowWeald Common, HarrowWeald Wood and Sylvia Avenue Open Space.

4.1.6 In October 2007, the RAF Bentley Priory supplementary planning document (SPD)was adopted, setting out the council’s vision and objectives for the future of the sitewithin the Green Belt at Stanmore (Picture 2). The SPDwas subjected to sustainabilityappraisal and statutory public consultation. Although beyond the 2007/08 monitoringperiod, it is noted that in April 2008 a planning application for a change of use of theprincipal building to a museum/educational facility and the development of 103dwellings along with other works, was made to the council. The application wasgranted permission in July 2008, subject to the completion of a planning obligation.

4.1.7 As noted in the previous AMR, the outline proposal for the redevelopment of theRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital to provide a replacement hospital and housing,was approved in 2006/07. However, within the current 2007/08 monitoring period,no detailed submissions to progress the proposals have been made.



Picture 2 Former RAF Bentley Priory

Open Space

Policy RefContextual IndicatorHLI

EP47Loss of open space2.1

SR1 - (Policy SEP6 & SR1 havebeen deleted, refer to Appendix

D for further information)

Number of parks managed toGreen Flag Award Standard

Post HUDP Indicator

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former indicator 4c from the2006/07 AMR period. However the Government advises that councils which are signed-upto the scheme should continue to monitor against the standard.

4.1.8 Within Harrow, there is a total of 1,334 hectares of open space (including both landin private as well as public ownership), which is equivalent to 26% of the borough’sland area. There are 27 publicly accessible parks, 32 allotment gardens (providing1,325 plots) and seven cemeteries. Some of this land is also designated Green Beltor Metropolitan Open Land.

4.1.9 During the current 2007/08 AMR period, the council granted planning permission fora development of 13 houses on former allotment gardens in Kenmore Road, resultingin a loss of 0.253 ha open space. Permission was also granted on part of the WilliamEllis Sports Ground for a Hindu school, which will result in a loss of 2.7 ha. In addition,



there was also a planning permission that will result in a gain of one hectare of openspace at Strongbridge Close Housing Estate. It is noted that prior to this current AMRperiod there had been no net loss of open space between 2004 and 2007.

4.1.10 The ‘Green Flag’ is a national award scheme for parks and gardens based on anumber of criteria: a welcoming place; healthy, safe and secure; clean and wellmaintained; sustainability; conservation and heritage; community involvement;marketing; and management. The council and its partners continued to undertakedevelopment work in the 2007/08 period pursuant to applications for Green Flagstatus. The council continues to work to attain Green Flag status for three of theborough’s parks; Canons Park, Harrow Recreation Ground and Roxeth RecreationGround.

4.1.11 Canons Park is also included on the English Heritage register of historic parks andgardens. In April 2007 a major restoration project at the park, funded by the HeritageLottery Fund, was completed. The work mainly focused on the restoration of listedbuildings, walls, gardens and the park’s historic landscape.

Biodiversity

Policy RefContextual IndicatorCOI

EP28 - (Policy SEP46 has beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for

further information)

Change in areas of biodiversityimportance

E2

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former indicators 8(i) & 8(ii) fromthe 2006/07 AMR period. The revised indicator is intended to show losses of or additions tobiodiversity habitat including sites of special scientific interest, sites of importance for natureconservation and other local designations.

4.1.12 During the 2007/08 monitoring period the council adopted a Biodiversity Action Plan(BAP) for the borough. This identifies (in greater detail than is appropriate here) theborough's Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), Sites of Nature ConservationImportance (SINCs) (including the proposed additional sites) and Local NatureReserves (LNR) designations; the Action Plan also details nine priority habitats andfour priority species for Harrow.

4.1.13 Habitats selected include:

Bare GroundDecaying TimberGarden and AllotmentsGrasslandHeathlandParksStanding and Running WaterWastelandWoodlands



4.1.14 Species selected include:

BatsHeath Spotted OrchidReptiles and AmphibiansSouthern Wood Ants

The Plan can be viewed via the council's website: www.harrow.gov.uk

4.1.15 Harrow’s Local Area Agreement for the period 2008-11 includes National Indicator197 (improved local biodiversity - active management of local sites) and sets a targetfor the active management of five sites. The target is for two sites to move into activemanagement by 2009/10, increasing to a further three sites by 2010/11. Theachievement of these targets will be reported in future AMR documents.

Designated Sites

International and National Sites

4.1.16 Within Harrow there are no international sites that are designated and protected byEuropean law, commonly known as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) andSpecial Protection Areas (SPAs). There are no proposals to designate any sites inHarrow under international legislation. However, there are two Sites of SpecialScientific Interest (SSSIs), which are nationally recognised sites and are designatedunder theWildlife and Countryside Act 1981. National Nature Reserves (NNRs) sitesare also included within this legislation, but there are no NNRs in Harrow.

4.1.17 There has been no change in the number or area of nationally designated sites inHarrow between the current and previous monitoring periods. Neither are there anyproposals for new nationally designated sites in Harrow.

4.1.18 Biodiversity monitoring information in connection with this indicator is provided byGreenspace Information for Greater London (GIGL). The condition of London's SSSIsare assessed by GIGL and categorised as follows:

FavourableUnfavourable recoveringUnfavourable no changeUnfavourable decliningPart destroyedDestroyed

4.1.19 The two SSSI sites within the borough are:

a. Bentley Priory Open Space, which covers an area of 56.63 hectares andcomprises:

9.17 ha, unimproved grassland. This was last surveyed by GIGL on 23 March2006 and its condition reported to be unfavourable recovering.



19.54 ha neutral, unimproved grassland. This was last surveyed by GIGL on 23March 2006 and its condition reported to be unfavourable recovering.15.32 ha broadleaved, semi-natural woodland. This was last surveyed by GIGLon 22 January 2004 and its condition reported to be favourable.10.88 ha semi-improved neutral grassland. This was last surveyed by GIGL on23 March 2006 and its condition reported to be unfavourable recovering.1.72 ha standing water. This was last surveyed by GIGL on 2 July 2004 and itscondition reported to be favourable.

b. Harrow Weald Common, which covers an area of 3.5 hectares. This is a formergravel pit designated for its geological value and was last surveyed by GIGL on14 October 2002, with its condition reported as being favourable.

Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation

4.1.20 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) are broken down into threecategories:

Sites of Metropolitan Importance: these are sites of London-wide importance.In Harrow there are five such sites totalling an area of 284.71 ha.Sites of Borough Importance: these are sites of borough-wide importance andare sub-categorised as grade I and grade II sites. There are six grade I sitescontained within Harrow and a further four sites adjacent to or straddling theborough boundary. There are 11 grade II sites and a further one straddling theborough boundary. The total area of all of these sites (grade I & II) is 367.49 ha.Sites of Local Importance: these are sites of importance to the locality in whichthey are situated; for example theymay be of value to local residents and schools.There are eight such sites contained within Harrow and a further site straddlingthe borough boundary. The total area of all of these sites is 27.38 ha.

4.1.21 There has been no change in the number or area of SINCS in Harrow between thecurrent and previous monitoring periods. However, the council's Biodiversity ActionPlan (BAP) contains a list of 14 proposed additional sites of local importance.

Locally Designated Areas

4.1.22 These are Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) on land owned, leased or managed by thecouncil and designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.There are three LNRs in Harrow:

Bentley Priory Open Space - 57.18 haStanmore Common - 48.8 haStanmore Country Park - 31.29 ha

4.1.23 There has been no change in the number or area of LNRs in Harrow between thecurrent and the previous monitoring periods.



Areas of Deficiency

4.1.24 Areas of deficiency are mapped by GIGL and defined as built up areas more thanone kilometre walking distance from an accessible Metropolitan or Borough Site.There is a broad line of deficiency stretching from east to west across the southernand central section of the borough; this equates to an area of 1230.18ha or 24.46%of the borough's area. There has been no change in the area of deficiency betweenthe current and previous monitoring periods.

4.1.25 A disused, partially waterlogged area of Newton Farm Park East allotments in RaynersLane has been developed into a learning centre using Section 106 funding. This hasbeen developed to a standard for use by community and voluntary organisations,including local organisations based at Rayners Lane Estate, to deliver accreditedhorticultural-based training courses by Harrow College.

Trees


D10 & EP30Net increase in the number of trees covered by TreePreservation Orders (HUDP)

2.5

4.1.26 In the 2007/08 AMR period, 35 new Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) were confirmed,which cover 646 trees and three woodlands. This is a significant increase from the2006/07 AMR period, when only nine new TPOs were confirmed. Of particularsignificance during the 2007/08 period are the TPOs made to protect the importanttrees at the former RAF Bentley Priory site (see Green Belt above). Additionally,there have been significant improvements to the implementation speed of establishingnew TPOs. Any tree threatened by development, bad management or a change ofownership can be made the subject of a tree preservation order in less than a day.

4.1.27 British Standard 5837 (Trees in Relation to Construction) continues to be used withinHarrow,to good effect, to secure tree constraints and protection plans in connectionwith planning applications.

Renewable Energy


(Policy SEP1 has beendeleted, refer to Appendix D

for further information)

Renewable energy generationE3

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 9 from the2006/07 AMR period. The new indicator is to show the amount of approved and completedrenewable energy generation by installed capacity and type. Installed capacity is theamount of energy generated by the approved or completed developments (in megawatts).



4.1.28 The new indicator specifically excludes developments and installations permitted bya General Development Order. This is of significance to Harrow, as the Town andCountry Planning Order 2008 (General Permitted Development Amendment)introduced extensive new permitted development rights for the installation of domesticmicro-generation equipment which would apply to the borough’s existing residentialareas. However, this order will come into effect during the next AMR period.

4.1.29 Under the council's Heating Harrow Greener scheme, 31 solar hot water systemswere installed into owner occupied households. A further 35 installations are plannedfor 2008/09 AMR period. As discussed in the previous AMR the council installed afurther five solar hot water systems as part of a pilot within the Warm Zones scheme.Plans also include the installation of a wind turbine in Newton Ecology Park to powerthe classroom, in 2008/09.

4.1.30 Harrow’s Local Area Agreement 2008-11 adopts National Indicator 186. From a 2005base of 5.2 tonnes CO2emissions per capita in the borough, a target for reductionshas been set against the baseline of 3.5% by 2008/09, 7.5% by 2009/10 and 11.5%by 2010/11. Performance against these targets will be incorporated in future AMRdocuments.

4.1.31 It is anticipated that the Sustainable Building Design SPD will encourage renewableenergy generation in both large and smaller developments. It is planned that thisSPD will be adopted in 2009 and so a complete data set may not be available untilthe 2009/10 AMR.

Waste


(Policy SEP3, EP17 & EP18have been deleted, refer toAppendix D for further

information)

Capacity of new waste managementfacilities by waste planning authority

W1

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 6a from the2006/07 AMR period. The new indicator is to show the capacity and operational throughputof new waste management facilities, as applicable. New facilities are defined as those whichhave planning permission and are operable in the reporting year.

EP16 - (Policy SEP3 havebeen deleted, refer toAppendix D for further

information)

Amount of municipal waste arising andmanaged bymanagement type by waste

planning authority

W2

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 6b from the2006/07 AMR period. The new indicator is to show the amount of waste being generatedand how it is being managed by type.



4.1.32 There were no new waste management facilities provided in the borough in 2007/08,as was the case in 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2006/07.

4.1.33 No information is currently available for Indicator W2, but it is hoped that this will beincluded in the next AMR as Harrow, in partnership with otherWest London Boroughs,has commissioned the preparation of a Development Plan Document for waste (seeChapter 3). It is likely that more information will become available for monitoring thisarea in the future.

Household waste

4.1.34 Since 2004/05 the amount of household waste generated has decreased. It isimportant to keep the trend under review and make every effort to continue to reducewaste in the future (Table 5).

Table 5 Harrow Household Waste - Annual Summary (Tonnes/Monitoring Year)

Total Household Waste (tonnes)Monitoring Year

98,6822007/08

102,0572006/07

102,0822005/06

105,3312004/05

98,1152003/04

95,6622002/03

90,4912001/02

88,3212000/01

Source: Harrow Council, Waste Management Policy Unit

Commercial Waste

4.1.35 The amount of commercial and non-household waste being handled by the councilis now on a firm downward path (Table 6), reflecting the increased costs associatedwith Landfill Tax and the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS).



Table 6 Harrow Commercial Waste - Annual Summary (tonnes/AMR monitoring year)

2007/08Weight (tonnes)



Waste Distribution

7,80010,1008,000Commercial Waste Collected

1,8472,5113,260Commercial Waste Delivered to the Refusetip by Traders

4,5255,5713,100NonHouseholdWaste Delivered to the Refusetip (construction/demolition waste)

Source: Harrow Council, Waste Management Policy Unit

Waste Recycling


EP16 - (Policy SEP3 & D8 havebeen deleted, refer to Appendix D

for further information)

Percentage of household waste tobe recycled by the end of Monitoring

Period

Post HUDPindicator

4.1.36 During 2007/08 the council introduced blue bins for flats and this has led to asignificant and sustained change in the amount of waste being recycled andcomposted. Overall the council achieved a composting and recycling rate of 39%.The remaining 61% continues to go to landfill sites outside the borough (Figure 4).

Figure 4 Waste Disposal in Harrow 2003/04 - 2007/08


EP16 - (Policy SEP3 & D8 have beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for


Percentage of household waste tobe recycled by the end of March

2009/10

Post HUDPIndicator




EP16 - (Policy EP17 & SEP3 havebeen deleted, refer toAppendix D for


Capacity of new non-landfillfacilities for the management of

waste

Post HUDPIndicator

4.1.37 The Joint Waste Management Strategy has been agreed with the West LondonWaste Authority (WLWA) and sets a target of 40% of municipal waste to be recycledby 2009/10.

4.1.38 The council is making good progress towards achieving this target. In April 2008 itintroduced compulsory recycling in schools and started to offer recycling to its tradecustomers. Approximately a quarter of flats have recycling facilities at present andthe council plans to increase this to 100% by 2010.

4.1.39 There have been no new non-landfill waste facilities provided in this monitoringperiod.

4.1.40 Harrow’s Local Area Agreement 2008-11 adopts NI 192 and, from a baseline of 38%of household waste recycled and composted, sets targets to increase this to 42%by 2008/09, 47% by 2009/10 and 50% by 2010/11. Performance against these targetswill be incorporated in the relevant years’ AMRs.

Minerals


(Policy EP19 has been deleted, refer toAppendix D for further information)

Production of primary land won aggregatesby minerals planning authority

M1

Note: This is a revised COI which replaces COI 5a in the 2006-07 AMR period.

(Policy EP19 has been deleted, refer toAppendix D for further information)

Production of secondary and recycledaggregates by minerals planning authority

M2

Note: This is a revised COI which replaces COI 5b in the 2006-07 AMR period.

It is to show the amount of secondary and recycled aggregates being produced; recycledaggregate is construction, demolition and excavation waste re-used as aggregate.

4.1.41 There are no mineral workings in Harrow and local indicators have therefore notbeen identified for monitoring. There are no fixed aggregates or concrete processingor aggregate making plants/equipment in the borough. Neither is there any permanentconcrete crushing equipment in Harrow. However, the council’s Environmental HealthUnit inspects all mobile machinery for concrete crushing on sites. Information ontonnage is very difficult to collate, but efforts will be made to ensure that the buildingindustry is actively promoting the use of recycled materials.



4.1.42 The council will encourage the use of recycled materials, in particular aggregates,in the forthcoming draft Sustainable Building Design SPD due to be consulted onand adopted in the next AMR period (2008/09).

Air Quality


(Policy EP24 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D for further

information)

Number of incidents of nitrogen oxide(NO2) and particulates (PM10) exceedingthe Government’s objective levels by

2005

7.1

Note: Adopted from the National Air Quality Strategy

4.1.43 As in previous AMRs, air quality monitoring is carried out over a calendar year.Consequently the results reported in this section cover the year 2007 and not themonitoring period 2007/08. Information given here is a summary of a more technicalexplanation which can be found in Appendix F.

4.1.44 Table 7 shows that a general trend of decreased nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrationsacross the borough has continued since 2003 levels. The table shows that Site 1has historically had an annual mean concentration greater than the 2005 objective(40 μg m-3), for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. However, for the first time since 2003the annual concentration for Site 1 in 2007 was less than the 2005 objective limit.This could indicate a continuing trend of decrease in the roadside NO2 concentrations.

Table 7 Results of bias adjusted NO2 diffusion tube results monitoring (μg/m3) 2001 -2007

2007200620052004200320022001Site

39.440.346.142.243.936.538.0Site 1

17.624.430.617.722.428.924.2Site 3

22.420.124.630.432.426.727.2Site 4

27.022.331.832.633.926.830.1Site 5

26.626.733.230.733.129.729.9Average

Note: The results for the years 2001 and 2002 have been adjusted for bias by using default bias factors fromthe Stanger LWEP programme. The factor used for 2001 was 1.36 and for 2002 was 1.37. These factorsindicate that the diffusion tube results under-read in comparison with chemiluminescence monitoring. AsGradko Scientific supplied the council’s diffusion tubes with analysis undertaken by Casella Stanger, thenational bias adjustment was applied to data for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; these were 1.10, 1.08,1.18, 1.06 and 1.01, respectively.



4.1.45 Harrow is below the national average for measures of airborne particulates. Howeverthere has been an overall decreasing trend nationally since 1993 whereas thebackground concentrations for Harrow have remained relatively constant. The NationalAir Quality Survey sets a target to reduce the number of days that particulatesrecorded exceed 50 μg m3. These are shown in Tables 8 and 9.

4.1.46 During 2007 there were six exceedences of the 50 μg m3 24-hour mean for PM10, atthe Harrow 1 (background continuous monitoring station). The annual meanconcentration for Harrow 1 indicated a flattening off of the downward trend inbackground concentration for the borough (Table 8) seen between 2002 and 2004.

4.1.47 Harrow 2 (roadside continuous monitoring station) data showed there where 18exceedences during 2007, which was considerably lower than the 35 permitted.There was onemore exceedence during 2007 than 2006. However, themean annualconcentration decreased by 1.4 μg m-3 during the same period (Table 9).

Table 8 Annual mean concentrations for PM10 (μg m-3) and number of days aboveexceedance limit at Harrow 1 continuous monitoring site (background)

200720062005200420032002200120001999LAQN Site

6510168633Days mean>=50μgm-3

19.821.220.019.724.023.021.020.821.0Annual meanμgm-3

Note: 1999 figures represent < 90% data capture.

Source: Harrow Council, Environmental Health

Table 9 Annual mean concentrations for PM10 (μgm-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 2 continuous monitoring site (roadside)

2007200620052004Harrow 2 Monitoring Station

18221717Days mean >=50μgm-3

29.030.328.429.3Annual mean μgm-3


4.1.48 The Department of Environment Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) releasedprovisional statistics showing an annual national average urban background particulate(PM10) level of 21 μg m3 this compared to 24 μg m3 in 2006. Harrow is below thenational average at an average of 19.8 μg m-3. However the national concentrationshave increased slightly in each of the last two years, although there has been anoverall decreasing trend since 1993 whereas the background concentrations for



Harrow have remained relatively constant, around 20 μg m-3 over the last eight yearswith only elevated concentrations during 2002 and 2003. These elevatedconcentrations are probably linked to very warm and dry summers.

Environmental Protection and Open Space Summary 2007/08

Summary

Flooding No development has been permitted by the council contrary to the wishesof the Environment Agency

Green Beltand OpenSpace

The council has adopted a supplementary planning document for a majordeveloped site in the Green Belt (Bentley Priory)One planning permission has been granted for residential developmenton designated open space

Biodiversity There has been no change in the areas of biodiversity importance withinthe boroughTrends/changes to priority habitats and species awaited (GIGL)

Trees Further Tree Preservation Orders have been made, including theprotection of trees for a major developed site in the Green Belt (BentleyPriory)The council has improved its internal procedures for making TreePreservation Orders

RenewableEnergy

31 solar hot water systems were installed into owner occupiedhouseholdsThe forthcoming SPDwill encourage greater renewable energy initiativesin new developments in the borough

Waste No new waste management facilities have been provided in the boroughThere has been continued improvement in the proportion of wasterecycled and composted (but still the majority of waste goes to landfilloutside the borough)

Minerals There are no minerals workings in Harrow and there is limited informationavailable in relation to aggregates recycling

Air Quality The general trend of decreased nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrationsacross the borough continues since 2003 levels. The averagemeasurements over all four monitoring sites is at the lowest level since2001Harrow is below the national average for measures of airborneparticulates. However, there has been an overall decreasing trendnationally since 1993, whereas the background concentrations for Harrowhave remained relatively constant.



4.2 Design and the Built Environment

Design and the Built Environment

4.2.1 Harrow’s built environment has an enormous variety of features, with famouslandmarks and areas of national importance rich in history, which contrast with themoremodern commercial buildings in Harrow town centre. Together with the suburbanresidential areas they create an attractive and high quality environment. The councilis committed to maintaining and enhancing this environment and to ensure that newdevelopment is of high quality and sits well within the existing urban fabric.

The HUDP Design and Built Environment objectives are:

I. To ensure that development secures the most efficient and effective use of land throughgood design, thereby enhancing the built environment;

II. To promote more sustainable types and layouts of development, including mixed usedevelopment;

III. To seek the protection and enhancement of the historic environment and;IV. To promote more sustainable travel patterns through layouts and design, giving greater

priority to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users in appropriate cases.

Design Quality


D4Housing Quality – Building for LifeAssessments

H6

Note: This is a new Core Output Indicator. This new indicator is to show the level of qualityin new housing development measured against a nationally recognised standard.

4.2.2 The CLG Core Output Indicators requires data to be submitted about design issues.The council intends to assess completed developments of more than ten unitsalongside the 20 ‘Building for Life’ criteria. Due to resourcing pressures and lack oftraining to assess completed developments, this data has not been collected to date.It is anticipated that the council will have a formally trained Building For Life Assessorin early 2009 and it may be possible to assess developments retrospectively. Anupdate on this year's data and next years should be available for the next AMR.

Design Statements


D4Number of design statements submittedPost HUDP indicator



4.2.3 HUDP Policy D4 considers the need for design statements and from 10 August 2006there has been a statutory requirement to submit a Design & Access Statement withplanning applications. The requirement excludes certain types of application, suchas householder developments, advertisements, engineering operations (includingtelecommunications) or changes of use with no external building works but includesapplications for Listed Building Consent. However, all other planning applicationsrequire this.

4.2.4 The number of valid planning applications accepted by the council which requiredDesign & Access Statements was 939. It is assumed that to be valid each of theseapplications would have an accompanying Design & Access Statement that meetthe requirements of Article 4C of the GDPO (2006).

Design Briefs


D4Number of design briefs for key developmentsites

Post HUDP indicator

4.2.5 One design brief (Bentley Priory SPD) was produced and adopted by the council in2007/08, compared with 2006/07 when none were produced or adopted. This SPDhas been prepared to guide the future use and development of this former militarysite. It has been prepared and adopted to ensure that any future development onthe site safeguards the important architectural, historic and cultural importance andtakes proper account of its important landscape and ecological character.

Design Guidance and Policy Documents


D4The production and status of design guides anddesign policy documents

Post HUDP indicator

4.2.6 The following design guides and design policy documents were adopted in the2007/08 AMR period:

Future use and development of Bentley Priory SPD

4.2.7 Work also started on the following documents:

Sustainable Building Design SPDPlanning Obligations SPDHarrow on the Hill Conservation Areas SPDPinner Conservation Areas SPD



Specialists’ Comments


D4 - (Policy SD1 has beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for


Number of planning applications whichofficers have commented on with regard

to urban design issues

Post HUDPindicator

4.2.8 Harrow does not currently have an Urban Design Officer. Therefore there is no dataavailable for this indicator in this AMR period.


D4Number of submissions that sought formal advicefrom the planning department

Post HUDP indicator

4.2.9 Developers are encouraged to seek pre-application advice to improve the qualityand acceptability of applications when submitted. The council has two mechanismsby which developers can obtain formal advice, through the Planning Advice Team(PAT) and through a Pre-Application Meeting (PAM). The PAT meet monthly. Theteam is made up of officers from a range of disciplines who discuss proposalssubmitted and provide written feedback. PAMs are one on one meetings betweendevelopers and planning officers and are a suitable vehicle for major applications.

4.2.10 National legislation provides the council with the power to charge for discretionaryservices limited to the cost of providing the service. This discretionary charging firstcommenced during the last AMR period and has continued.

4.2.11 In 2007/08 there were 122 proposals considered by the Planning Advice Team, anaverage of ten proposals per meeting. There were 52 proposals for major schemesdiscussed in Pre-ApplicationMeetings (Table 10). Although this represents a decreasein minor proposals considered by the PAT these figures show an increase in PAMsfor major or complex proposals. As charging for advice only commenced part waythrough the last AMR period, some applicants may have been discouraged fromsubmitting proposals for consideration. However, the new cost implications withobtaining advice have resulted in more carefully considered proposals submitted foradvice.



Table 10 Pre-Application Advice 2007/08

Average Proposals per MonthTotal No. of Proposals

10122PAT proposals

452PAM proposals


D4 - (Policy H18 has beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for


Number of planning applicationswhich the Access Officer

commented on

Post HUDP indicator

4.2.12 The council’s Access Officer’s scope to comment on access matters has beenenhanced by the adoption of the ’Accessible Homes’ and ‘Access for All’ SPDs. TheAccess Officer received 443 requests to provide detailed observations on planningapplications, or an average of 37 per month. Of these, 394 or 88% received detailedaccess observations, with the remainder assessed as having no relevance on inclusivedesign issues. This is an average of 33 applications commented on per month. Thisis the first AMR period that has a complete set of data (Table 11).

Table 11 Planning Applications Received, Considered and Commented upon by theAccess Officer

Average No. of Planning applicationsper month

Total No. of Planningapplications

37443Planning applications received

33398Planning applications considered

33394Planning applications commented upon


D4 - (Policy H18 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D for further

information)

Number of units granted permissionthat comply with Lifetime Homes

Standards

Post HUDPindicator

4.2.13 Formal collection of the number of units that comply with Lifetime Home Standardswill commence for the 2008/09 AMR period. No data has been collected for this AMRperiod. However data is currently being monitored and will be available in the nextAMR.



Conservation Areas


D16 - (Policy SP2 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D for further

information)

Percentage of Conservation Areas in thelocal authority area with policy guideline

statements

2.4

4.2.14 This HUDP indicator requires 100% of Conservation Areas to be covered by policystatements (now referred to as character appraisals). BVPI 219 seeks not only toincrease the numbers of Conservation Areas with published guidance, but also toensure that the guidance is regularly updated (i.e. less than five years old).

4.2.15 Currently Harrow has 25 Conservation Area Appraisals (out of possible 28). However,only 21 of these are adopted. Work has started on the following:

Waxwell Lane Character AppraisalTookes Green Character AppraisalWaxwell Close Character AppraisalPinner High Street Character Appraisal

Design and the Built Environment Summary 2007/08

Summary

Design Quality This data has not been collected to date. An update on thisyear's data and next year's should be available for the nextAMR period

Design & AccessStatements

It is a statutory requirement to submit a Design & AccessStatement with planning applications for all relevant planningapplications and 939 planning applications accepted in2007/08 required Design & Access Statements

Design Briefs One Design Brief has been prepared for RAF Bentley Prioryto guide the future use and development of the former militarysite

Design Guidance andPolicy Documents

Bentley Priory SPD was adopted in this AMR period

Specialists’ Comments There is no data is available for this AMR period relating toplanning applications requiring urban design advicePre-Application Advice - there were 122 PAT proposals and52 PAM proposalsThere were 394 planning applications commented on by theAccess Officer, an average of 33 per month



Summary

Conservation Areas Currently Harrow has 25 Conservation Area Appraisals (outof possible 28), of these 21 are adoptedWork has started on Waxwell Lane, Tookes Green, WaxwellClose and Pinner High Street Conservation Area Appraisals



4.3 Transport

4.3.1 The need to encourage the use of modes of transport, other than cars, presentsHarrow with one of its biggest challenges. Road safety and the prevention of accidentsare serious concerns within the community, and can significantly affect the qualityof life. The transport policies in the UDP aim to bring about a reduction in road traffic(especially car traffic) and create a genuine choice of travel modes.

The HUDP transport policy objectives are:

I. To help bring about a land use pattern where travel, particularly by car, is minimised, andwhere there is a realistic choice of mode of transport;

II. To promote sustainable travel patterns by encouraging walking, cycling and the use ofpublic transport by better maintenance and improvement of the provision made for thesemodes, and to promote safe and convenient interchange between different modes oftransport;

III. To protect the environmental quality of the borough from the impact of traffic;IV. To manage the highway network effectively for all users without increasing its overall

capacity for private motorised vehicles, and creating further capacity where appropriatefor priority use by sustainable transport modes.

4.3.2 In addition there are two other transport related HUDP objectives:

To improve integration between land uses and the transport routes that servethem, particularly non-car routes, and reduce the need to travel; andTo promote more sustainable travel patterns through layouts and design, givinggreater priority to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users in appropriatecases.

Transport Initiatives

Picture 3 Petts Hill Bridge scheme



4.3.3 There have been several initiatives taking these objectives forward:

a. Five Bus Priority schemes have been implemented in 2007/08 at a cost of£792,000. In addition, the design work for the Petts Hill Bridge scheme, SouthHarrow (Picture 3 - artist's impression) commenced enabling work on site. Theproposed Petts Hill Bridge scheme will lead to:

Improved road capacity, particularly for buses, at this bottleneck on thenetworkImprovements to pedestrian and cycle routes through this bottleneck andthe linking of cycle routes either sideImprovements to the pedestrian and cycle routes to Northolt Park stationEnhancements to the operation of traffic signals at the Northolt Road andAlexandra Avenue junction, including improved provision for pedestriansIncreased headroom under the railway bridge, bringing it up to standardclearanceEnhancements to the street scene

b. Around 63% of bus stops in the borough are now suitable for the more accessiblelow floor buses, compared to 32% in 2005/6

c. New 20mph zones were introduced in Harrow on the Hill and in WhitefriarsAvenue

d. New Local Safety Schemes were introduced in Kenton Lane, Camrose Avenueand Stanmore Hill

e. Over 0.5 km has been added to Harrow’s cycle lane network in 2007/8f. Urban Initiatives have prepared a Public Realm & Access Strategy on behalf of

the council. A range of ideas are identified to make the town centre moreaccessible including:

Making Station Road in Harrow two-way for busesEnhancing and enforcing the restricted parking zoneSimplifying the one-way system around Kimberley Road and College RoadImproving access for pedestrians and cyclists from all directionsLinking these proposals with council plans for land around Harrow on theHill Station.

TfL funding has been agreed to undertake first stage design work to facilitateimproved bus penetration to the town centre.

g. The public realm improvements will form part of the scheme to re-openWealdstone High Street

h. South Harrow Controlled Parking Zone was extended in 2007/8 enablingimproved management of available parking

i. The borough held around 38 travel awareness events promoting sustainableforms of transport and also provided cycle training to 370 children and 100 adults



Car Ownership Levels

4.3.4 Car ownership levels in Harrow are higher than the national average and are thethird highest level in London. Two thirds of households in Harrow have two or morecars, which is the second highest level in London (2001 Census).

Travel to Work

4.3.5 A high proportion of Harrow's residents travel to work by car. Only 35% of Harrow’sresidents used public transport to travel to work compared with 46% in London and16% in England and Wales (2001 Census).

Road Accidents


Accident RatesPost HUDP indicator

Table 12 Road Accident Statistics 2000 - 2007

20072006200520042003200220012000Accidents

496558640708676711800776Casualties

387454504582549560647618Total Accidents

233494510Fatalities

535573797083100109Serious Injuries

441500564625597624695657Slight Injuries

Note: The data presented is the most up to date at the time of this AMR.

Source: Accident Records, Transport for London

4.3.6 The number of people killed or seriously injured through road accidents has droppedby 53.8% from 2000 to 2007. The total number of people killed or seriously injuredin road accidents in Harrow in 2007 was 55. This figure comprised 26 pedestrians,one pedal cyclist, eight motorcyclists, 19 car occupants and one in buses or coaches.The Government target is for a 40% reduction from the 1994/98 baseline of thosekilled or seriously injured by 2010, which would be 73 killed or seriously injured inHarrow. Therefore Harrow has already met this 2010 target. All casualty reductiontargets are either being met or the council is making good progress towards achievingthe target. This trend is in line with the objective of promoting highway safety. Harrowis confident that it will continue to meet the 2010 target of a 40% reduction in accidentrates (Tables 12 & 13).



Table 13 Casualty Statistics from 2000 - 2007

20072006200520042003200220012000

Pedestrians

96102113121118101146137Al Casualties

3128292733254836Age: 0-15

4050657062495664Age: 16-59

1715141918182928Age: 60+

895559139Unknown

Pedal Cyclists

1937353727334145All Casualties

18814991221Children

1524232317232824Adults

35401110Unknown

Motor Vehicles

400456492587531577613594All Casualties

3257586552767160Motor Cycles

317324384451444470492491Cars

1821322330213430Buses&Coaches

81591461212LGV/HGVs

52911441Other

Source: Accident Records, Transport for London

Travel Plans


T6Number of School Travel Plans approved3.4

4.3.7 A School Travel Plan encourages the use of sustainable transport to and from schoolto improve safety, improve health and protect and enhance the environment. 53schools now have approved travel plans as at 31 March 2008, compared with 28travel plans in the previous AMR period. This meant that there were 25 additionaltravel plans prepared during the current AMR period.



Transport and Development


T6The amount of medium/large development schemes designedto maximise integration of different modes and with pedestrian,cyclist and public transport user priority over the car

3.3

4.3.8 In 2007/08 no major developments involving transport integration were proposed inHarrow. However it is considered that the large schemes which are anticipated forHarrow Town Centre will be capable of maximising the integration of different modesof transport and require further improved infrastructure in Harrow on the Hill Stationand the Bus Station.


SH1 & D4Density of residential development in and around towncentres with good public transport accessibility

1.2

4.3.9 Harrow is well served by public transport and it has been demonstrated that mostresidents live within 30 minutes of public transport. Areas around HarrowMetropolitanCentre and the district centres are the most accessible locations (see Map 3). Nonew residential developments were located more than 30 minutes of travel time topublic transport in Harrow during the monitoring period, as was also the case in theprevious year.


Number of completed residential schemes (aboveten units) with no car parking provided

Post HUDP Indicator

4.3.10 In 2007/08 there were no residential schemes of ten units and over completed withno car parking provision. This compares to the 2006/07 monitoring period where onescheme of twelve units was built in Station Road, Harrow. However, it is anticipatedthat the number of residential schemes (in appropriate locations) with no parkingspaces will increase in the future as the council works towards achieving moresustainable patterns of development. It should be noted that zero parking schemescan only be a viable option in locations with good public transport access.




T13Amount of completed non-residentialdevelopment within UCOs A, B, D complyingwith car parking standards set out in the Local

Development Framework

Post HUDP Indicator

Note: This is a Harrow Local Indicator which replaces former Core Output Indicator 3a

4.3.11 For the period 2007/08 all non-residential developments in Use Class Orders (UCOs)A, B & D were analysed to see if they complied with the parking standards set outin the HUDP. The result of the analysis shows that all the developments compliedwith parking standards, compared with 81.2% compliance in the previous monitoringperiod. These developments were extensions to existing uses and the parkingarrangements did not have to change. The parking standard in the adopted plan istreated as a maximum. Policy T13 (HUDP) enables developments to provide for carparking at a level lower than the maximum set out in the London Plan.


H13Amount of new residential development within30 minutes public transport time of a: GP,hospital, primary school, secondary school,

areas of employment and a major health centre

Post HUDP Indicator

Note: This is a Harrow Local Indicator which replaces former Core Output Indicator 3b

4.3.12 With regard to this indicator, a transport accessibility map was generated (see Map3). This shows that most residents are within 30 minutes walking distance of publictransport. All residential areas are within 30 minutes public transport time, but thereare a few residents, especially those living within the Green Belt, who are limited dueto constraints imposed on the area. The current patterns of new residentialdevelopment also show that all major new residential developments are within 30minutes public transport time of the aforementioned facilities.



Map 3 Public Transport Accessibility 2007/08




T7Car parking facilities and provision of cycleparking

Post HUDP indicator

4.3.13 The number of public car parking facilities has remained unchanged since 2004/05.These are to be found mainly around the town centres. Although there is a proposalto change the way that the council’s own parking facilities are managed in line withCentral Government’s agenda (which is to reduce the amount of vehicle trips), it isunlikely that any of the existing parking facilities will be affected. Most of the parkingfacilities within the Harrow Metropolitan Centre are of strategic importance, as theyare necessary for the vitality and viability of the town centre.

4.3.14 Two additional cycle shelters accommodating 20 bicycles were introduced at HarrowCivic Centre.

Transport Summary 2007/08

Summary

TransportInitiatives

Improvements have been made to bus stop accessibility and to thecycle networkThe need to continue to improve the attractiveness and reliability ofpublic transport, cycling and walking will ensure that sustainabletransport choices are seen as a real alternative to car use

Car Ownershipand Travel toWork

The council continues to seek the provision of travel plans as ameansof promoting sustainable development and encouraging other modesof transport but this has had little impact on car ownership levels

Road Accidents Accident rates and the number of people killed or seriously injuredthrough road accidents have reduced. This will enable Harrow tomeet the Government’s casualty reduction target.

Transport andDevelopment

Residential developments in Harrow have taken place at higherdensities in the last five years and at locations with high transportaccessibility



4.4 Housing

4.4.1 Housing constitutes the largest single component of the borough’s built environment(about 50%). There are around 84,600 dwellings in Harrow and almost two-thirdswere constructed during the inter-war period. The majority of the existing housingstock consists of owner-occupied three-bedroom, two storey semi-detached houses.In recent years one and two bedroom flats have accounted for the bulk of the newdwellings. High house prices in Harrow means that much of the existing stock isunaffordable for families on low income, hence the need for more affordable housingunits, especially three and four bedroom houses. The requirement for good qualityhousing that meets the needs of Harrow’s residents is one of the most importantissues facing Harrow.

4.4.2 This section addresses both Government and local indicators relating to housing,specifically the provision of new dwellings and future housing provision.

Housing Context

75% of Harrow's housing stock was owner occupied in 2001, ranking Harrowfifth in London10.4% of Harrow's households lived in social housing in 2007/0872% of the council's own housing stock failed to meet Harrow's Decent HomesStandard in April 2007 (CLG, 2007 Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix)Harrow has the second lowest level of social housing in LondonIn 2006 there were 3,681 statutorily unfit dwellings in Harrow (CLG, DwellingStock by Tenure and Condition, 2006)

The HUDP Housing objectives are:

I. To provide sufficient housing land to meet identified housing needs, give priority to there-use of previously-developed land, bring empty homes back into use and promote theconversion of existing buildings within urban areas, in preference to the development ofgreenfield sites;

II. To meet the housing requirements of the whole community including those in need ofaffordable and special needs housing including key workers;

III. To provide wider housing opportunity and choice and a better mix in the size, type andlocation of housing and seek to create mixed communities;

IV. To provide for higher density housing in locations with good public transport accessibilityand/or access to town centre facilities and to reduce reliance on the use of the motor car;

V. To promote housing in town centres by, for example, converting space above shops andvacant commercial buildings, and including housing in mixed-use developments;

VI. To secure the effective use of vacant land and buildings;VII. To improve the existing dwelling stock;VIII. To restrict the loss of residential accommodation.



Table 14 Housing Tenure: Key Facts

2007/082006/072005/06

%Number%Number%NumberTenure

6.05,0916.15,0916.15,107Local Authority

4.43,7104.63,8924.43,683RSL

0.21750.21760.2182Other Public Sector

89.475,63889.175,02889.374,610Private Sector

10084,61410084,18710083,582Total

Source: Harrow Council, Housing, HSSA returns, 2005/06 to 2007/08

4.4.3 Table 14 shows housing tenure for 2005/06 to 2007/08. There has been an increaseof 0.5% in the total stock between the last two AMR periods. The number of LocalAuthority properties has remained the same. Whilst there has only been a 0.8%increase in privately owned dwellings, this is an increase of 610 dwellings. Therewas a decrease in dwellings owned by social landlords and by the other public sector,largely due to demolitions on the Rayners Lane Estate, as part of the estate renewal.


H3Net additional dwellings in previous yearsH2 (a)

Net additional dwellings - for the reportingyear

H2 (b)

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 2a (i) & (ii) fromthe 2006/07 AMR period. H2 (a) is to show recent levels of housing delivery. H2 (b) is to showlevels of housing delivery for the reporting year.

4.4.4 In 2007/08 the number of net additional dwellings completed was 373 units comparedwith 620 units in 2006/07, a decrease of 40% in 2007/08 (Table 15, Figures 5 and6). In the last five years, there has been a total increase of 2,582 units to Harrow’shousing stock.

4.4.5 The London Plan’s housing target for Harrow is 400 units, with the conventionalsupply target of 360 units up to 2017 (based on the Alterations to the London Plan,approved in December 2006). Previously Harrow’s conventional annual averagetarget was 330 units. Over the past five years (since 1 April 2003), Harrow hasdelivered 2,582 number of units in conventional supply, exceeding targets by 902units.



4.4.6 From 2007/08 to 2016/17 Harrow's housing provision targets for non self-containedaccommodation is 15 bed spaces per year. The redevelopment of a care home in2007/08 resulted in a net loss of 7 bed spaces, compared to a net gain of 35 bedspaces in the borough in 2006/07 (Past non-conventional completions in Table 20).

4.4.7 Harrow's target for reducing long term vacant stock is 24 units per year. In 2007/0844 private sector properties which had been vacant for more than six months werebrought back into use. (1) (Long term vacant properties returned to use in Table 20).

Figure 5 Net Additional Dwellings 2001 - 2008

Table 15 Residential Completions 2004/05 - 2007/08

2007/082006/072005/062004/052003/04

New Build

19922811416Total no. of existing units

286542392431454Total no. of completed units (gross)

267450364317438Net no. of completions

4061384629No. of sites

Conversions/Change of Use




8899809858No. of sites

1 PI H18 % of private sector properties vacant for more than six months



2007/082006/072005/062004/052003/04

Total




12016011814487No. of sites

Figure 6 Housing Completions between 1990 & 2007/08




(Policy SH1 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D for further

information)

New and converted dwellings onpreviously developed land

H3

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 2a (v) from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show the number of gross new dwellings beingbuilt upon previously developed land (PDL).

4.4.8 The HUDP sets a target of 100% of new residential units to be built on brownfieldsites. In 2007/08 all new residential completions occurred on previously developedland. The pattern of development reflects the principles of sustainable developmentand greater commitment to the principle of ensuring more efficient use of land asstated in the HUDP and reflected in the Part 2 objectives.


(Policy H4 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D for more

information)

Percentage of new dwellings completed at:i) less than 30 dwellings per hectare.

ii) between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectareiii) above 50 dwellings per hectare

Post HUDPIndicator

Note: This is a Harrow Local Indicator, which replaces former Core Output Indicator 2C

Table 16 Completed Residential Developments (10 units +) showingDensity Rate 2007/08

Density (HRPH)Gross Number ofUnitsDevelopment Site

39014High Mead, rear of 73 Station Road, Harrow

247124 Waldrons Yard, South Harrow

2681413-17 Manor Road, Harrow

42749Troy Industrial Estate, Elmgrove Road, Harrow

25214Harrow View Service Station, Harrow View, Harrow

37112118/120 Headstone Road, Harrow

16496Brockley Hill, Stanmore (Picture 4)

27115141a Canterbury Road, North Harrow



Picture 4 Brockley Hill, Stanmore

4.4.9 The average density of residential completions on individual sites was analysed forthe eight largest schemes completed in 2006/07 (Tables 16, 17 & Figure 7). Thedensity levels of most of the developments are lower than the previous year. Map 4shows the location of all the major developments with 10 or more units completedin 2007/08.

4.4.10 An analysis of completed residential developments within Harrow, shows that in2007/08 the average density of completions for new residential developments (over10 units) was 299 habitable rooms per hectare (HRPH) (Table 18). This is a 21%decrease from 2006/07 (Table 18). The average density is more than the minimumset out in HUDP Policy H4 (minimum target of 150 HRPH), but not as high as theaverage of 313 HRPH achieved between 2001 and 2007.

4.4.11 In 2007/08, 55% of new dwellings were completed at a density of more than 50dwellings per hectare, compared with 48% in 2006/07 and 50% in 2005/06 (Table17). The situation reflects the council’s commitment, through housing objectives, toincrease housing density and repeats the same pattern as other London Boroughswhere density levels have been rising steadily.

Table 17 Percentage of new dwellings completed below 30, 30 to 50 and above 50dwellings per hectare

2007/082006/072005/062004/05

41%42%41%30%Less than 30 dwellings perhectare

4%9%9%25%Between 30 and 50 dwellingsper hectare

55%48%50%45%Above 50 dwellings perhectare



Map 4 New Residential Developments Completed (10+ units) 2007/08

Table 18 Residential Density - Developments of 10+ Units Completed 2001/02 - 2007/08

Average Residential Density(Habitable Rooms per Hectare)Monitoring Year

2512001/02

2602002/03

4342003/04

2542004/05

2972005/06

3802006/07

2992007/08



Figure 7 Average Residential Density (Habitable Rooms per Hectare)


(Policy H4 has been deleted,refer to Appendix D forfurther information)

Increase in the average density of newresidential development in areas of goodpublic transport accessibility by at least 10%above the average residential density achievedin the five year period 1996-2000

1.2

Note: Comparisons with the last five years have been made

4.4.12 New residential developments (over 10 units) have been plotted against the Transportfor London (TfL) public transport accessibility levels (PTALs), which show areas ofgood public transport links. The average density of those developments that fall withinthe PTALS was calculated and compared. The average density for majordevelopments that fall within areas with good public transport links for 2007/08 was336 HRPH, less than the average density of 476 HRPH in 2006/07 and 388 HRPHover the previous six years (Map 5 and Table 19).



Map 5 New Housing Developments (10+ units) & Transport Accessibility

Sources: Housing Monitoring Database, Harrow Council, Planning & Public Transport Accessibility Levels, Transport for London (TfL)

Table 19 Average density of new residential developments (above 10 units) in areas with‘good public transport links'

Average Density (HRPH)Year

3282001/02

3262002/03

5852003/04

3192004/05

2952005/06

4762006/07

3362007/08



Housing Trajectory


(Policy SH1 has been deleted, referto Appendix D for further

information)

Plan Period and HousingTargets

H1


information)

Net additional dwellings - infuture years

H2 (c)


information)

Managed Delivery TargetH2 (d)

Note: These are revised Core Output Indicators which replace former Indicator 2a from the2006/07 AMR period. These new indicators show: the planned housing period and provision;likely future levels of housing delivery; and how likely levels of future housing are expectedto come forward taking into account the previous years performance.

4.4.13 The Housing Trajectory (Table 20, Figures 8 and 9) shows Harrow's progress towardsmeeting its housing supply targets. The council has followed the CLG guidance onproducing housing trajectories, (2) which uses a plan, monitor and manage approach,presented as a table and graphs.

4.4.14 From the time of adoption of the Harrow Unitary Development Plan (July 2004) tothe end of financial year 2006/7, Harrow’s annual housing target was a minimum of331 additional units per year (including conventional, non-conventional supply andlong-term vacant stock brought back into use), as required by the London Plan(February 2004). The trajectory shows that Harrow has succeeded in exceedingthese targets over the past five years, averaging 520 net completed units per annumfrom conventional and non-conventional supply over this period.

4.4.15 The Alterations to the London Plan (December 2006) sets Harrow’s annual housingtarget at a minimum of 400 units per annum, a ten-year target from 2007/08 to 2016/17and amounting to 4,000 additional homes over this period. The London Plan(Consolidated with Alterations since 2004, February 2008) disaggregates this 400annual target to 360 units from conventional supply, 15 units from non self-containedresidential units and 24 units from the reduction of long-term vacant stock. Theselatest targets are shown on the Housing Trajectory (Table 20). In 2007/8, 366additional homes were completed in Harrow, from conventional and non self-containedsupply. In addition 44 private-sector units, which had been vacant for more than sixmonths, were also brought back into use. Harrow has not counted these vacant unitsin the overall housing trajectory, as to date the council has met and exceeded itstargets without the need to include long-term vacant units returning to stock.

2 CLG - Growth Fund, Programme of Development Guidance 2008, Annex B - Guidance onProducing Housing Trajectories, July 2008



4.4.16 Harrow’s Housing Trajectory takes into account the following factors:

Net additional dwellings and non-self contained units completed over the pastfive years;Net additional dwellings and non-self contained units completed in the currentfinancial year (2007/08);Projected net additional units to 2022/23; andThe annual net additional dwelling requirement, as required by the London Plan.(Please note that for the purposes of the Housing Trajectory the annual LondonPlan housing provision target to 2016/17 has been extrapolated to 2022/23)

4.4.17 The trajectory also includes a schedule of major sites (50+ units), with an estimatedproposed residential capacity and possible phasing of development. The GLA iscoordinating a new London-wide House Capacity Study and a Strategic HousingLand Availability Assessment, which will report late in 2009 andmay lead to a changedcapacity on some of these sites. Windfall sites are not included in the trajectory orHarrow’s Five Year Housing Supply (Appendix E).

4.4.18 For future provision, for both Harrow’s Five Year Housing Supply and the HousingTrajectory, the likely contributions are based on:

Sites with planning permission as at 31/3/2008 and currently under construction(including new build, changes of use and conversions)Sites with planning permission as at 31/3/08 and not currently under construction(including new build, changes of use and conversions)Sites with permission, but subject to legal agreement as at 31/3/08Potential deliverable sites, based on Proposals Sites in HUDP and other identifiedsites, including sites identified in the 2004 Housing Capacity StudyNote: All figures are net of demolitions and loss of residential stock to otheruses.

4.4.19 At the end of March 2008 the council was anticipating that completions over the nextfive years will greatly exceed the London Plan targets, particularly in years 2009/10to 2012/13. This is based on the expectation that a number of strategic sites,particularly in Harrow Town Centre, will be developed within this timeframe.

4.4.20 Over half of all the large sites shown on the Housing Trajectory are situated in CentralHarrow and Wealdstone and account for 52% of the total number of units expectedto come forward from the development of all these large sites. Included within thisCentral area is Harrow Town Centre, where there are nine identified sites, accountingfor 36% of the total units expected to be delivered from large sites.

4.4.21 The ‘Manage’ line represents the annual number of completions needed to meet thestrategic plan total. It is calculated by subtracting the number of completions to datefrom the total allocation and dividing that by the number of years left to run. The‘Manage’ line shows that Harrow is expected to meet its housing target 11 yearsearly, in 2012/13. The ‘Monitor’ line shows how many dwellings above or below theplanned rate the plan strategy is at any point in time. It is calculated by totallingcompletions over time and comparing it to the planned rate. The ‘Monitor’ line forHarrow is always above zero and Harrow is therefore over-delivering every yearrelative to its requirement.



Table20

Housing

Trajectory-2002/03

-2022/23

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

2019/20

2018/19

2017/18

2016/17

2015/16

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12

2010/11

2009/10

2008/09

2007/08

2006/07

2005/06

2004/05

2003/04

2002/03

Site

Area

50+units

notunder

constructionatendof

2007/08

210

148

213

224

6.09

HoneypotLane,

Governm

entB

uildings

-24

4.88

RaynersLane

Estate

(rem

ainder)

922.88

Stro

ngbridge

Close

100

3.37

RoyalNational

Orth

opaedicHospital

75100

1.21

BurntOak

Broadway,

EdgwareTownFC

620.86

RaynersLane

Estate

(Phase

D2)

50+Unitsunder

constructionatendof

2007/08

2.15

TheGrove,31Warren

Lane,B

AESystems

(rem

aining

37/198

units)

65115

0.91

RoxethGreen

Avenue,

TXUSite

&Biro

House,

Stanley

Road

7575

0.48

NortholtR

oad,Raebarn

House

7172

0.32

Headstone

Road,

BradstoweHouse

(HTC

)

112

0.39

PinnerR

oad,354-3

66

50+units

granted

subjecttolegal

agreem

ent

1616

0.42

Lyon

Road,Equitable

House

(HTC

)

Allocatedandother

identifiedsites(50+

units)

100

100

100

107

0.60

College

Road,Fo

rmer

PostO

ffice

(HTC

)

100

100

100

103

1.30

LowlandsRoad,Harrow

College

(HTC

)



2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

2019/20

2018/19

2017/18

2016/17

2015/16

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12

2010/11

2009/10

2008/09

2007/08

2006/07

2005/06

2004/05

2003/04

2002/03

Site

Area

9394

9494

1.30

GaytonRoadCar

Park,

lendinglibraryandSonia

Court(HTC

)

6565

6565

4.20

ChristchurchAvenue,

LeisureCentre

,associated

land

and

buildings

andform

erdrivingcentre

site

6667

673.70

StationRoad,Civic

Centre

2929

291.90

MillFa

rmClose

7374

0.65

PinnerR

oad,Travis

Perkins,19

4040

402.30

Brookshill,H

arrow

College

3434

3522.90

TheCom

mon,R

AF

BentleyPriory

3333

340.80

GreenhillW

ay,landsouth

of,rearo

fDebenhams

(HTC

)

5050

0.70

St.Ann'sService

Yard,

HavelockPlace

&4-3

6College

Road(HTC

)

2122

220.25

Uxbridge

Road,land

adjacenttoHarrowArts

Centre

2525

0.60

CoverdaleClose,A

nmer

Lodge

1617

170.54

GeorgeGange

Way,land

fronting&Palmerston

RoadCar

Parks

3737

3838

4.05

Headstone

Drive,partof

form

erKodak

Site

3637

372.50

HarrowView

,partof

Kodak

Sports

Ground

4040

401.40

HoneypotLane,Territorial

Arm

yCentre

1918

181.00

Marsh

Lane,N

ationalG

ridGasholder

Site

2222

210.45

ElmgroveRoad,Harrow

PostalD

eliveryOffice

4344

440.50

College

Road,76-132



2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

2019/20

2018/19

2017/18

2016/17

2015/16

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12

2010/11

2009/10

2008/09

2007/08

2006/07

2005/06

2004/05

2003/04

2002/03

Site

Area

1819

0.20

StJohn'sRoad,9-11

(HTC

)

1818

0.23

HighStre

et17b&19,land

atrear

2323

246.60

London

Road,land

atStanm

oreStationand

adjacentland

147

147

147

086

87846

994

1481

896

227

Projections

-Allocated

Sites(50+

units

proposed)

130

4413

45418

585

313

Projections

-Allocated

Sites(1-49units

proposed)

373

620

568

475

546

367

PastConventional

Com

pletions

-735

6-30

150

Pastnon-conventional

completions

4464

50Long

term

vacant

propertiesreturned

touse*

366

655

574

445

561

367

Totalpastcom

pletions

00

147

147

160

0320

086

131

859

1039

1899

1481

540

TotalProjected

Com

pletions

9777

9777

9777

9630

9483

9323

9323

9003

9003

8917

8786

7927

6888

4989

3508

2968

2602

1947

1373

928

367

Cum

ulativetotal

completions

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

400

331

331

331

331

331

PLAN-LondonPlan

Target

8055

7655

7255

6855

6455

6055

5655

5255

4855

4455

4055

3655

3255

2855

2455

2055

1655

1324

993

662

331

PLAN-C

umulative

London

Plan

Target

1722

2122

2522

2775

3028

3268

3668

3748

4148

4462

4731

4272

3633

2134

1053

913

947

623

380

266

36MONITOR-noof

dwellings

aboveor

belowcumulative

allocation

-73.1

11.6

97.3

235.8

324.8

339.1

340.8

359.3

371.2

375.1

402.8

MANAGE-A

nnual

requirementtaking

accountof

past/projected

completions

*Theserelatetoprivatesectorpropertieswhichhadbeenvacantformorethansixmonthsandbroughtbackintouse.Thesefigureshave

notbeencountedintheoveralltrajectory.



Figure8Housing

Trajectory2002/03-2022/23



Figure9Housing

TrajectoryMonitorL

ine2002/03-2022/23



Affordable Housing Completions

4.4.22 Picture 5 shows a new affordable housing development. 49 flats (all affordable) werecompleted on the site of the former Troy House in Elmgrove Road, Harrow in 2007/08.

Picture 5 Elmgrove Road, Harrow


(Policies H5 & H6 have beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for


Gross Affordable HousingCompletions

H5

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 2d from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show affordable housing delivery.

4.4.23 In 2007/08 Harrow's Housing Division reported that 127 new affordable housing unitsbecame available, 48 (38%) of these were social rented housing and 79 (62%) wereintermediate housing.


(Policies H5 & H6 have beendeleted, refer to Appendix D for


Net Affordable HousingCompletions

Post HUDP Indicator

Note: This is a Harrow Local Indicator, which replaces former Core Output Indicator 2d



4.4.24 Table 21 and Figure 10 show the net number of affordable housing completions asa proportion of the total housing completed in the borough in the last six years. In2007/08 a total of 116 affordable housing units were completed, compared with 156in 2006/07, which equates to a decrease of 24%. These figures do not includeacquisitions by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) or dwellings completed in estaterenewal schemes (eg. Rayners Lane Estate). Substantial contributions to affordablehousing are now being provided in planning agreements with developers and housingassociations working in partnership with the council.

Table 21 Affordable Housing Completions 2001/02 - 2007/08

% of HUDPTarget H6(165 units)

% AffordableUnits

Net Number ofAffordable Units

Net Number ofall Units Built

Monitoring Year

34.515.2573752001/02

58.225.7963732002/03

66.719.91105532003/04

48.516.8804752004/05

75.8221255682005/06

94.525.21566202006/07

70.3311163732007/08

64.322.3106477Average

4.4.25 As Figure 10 shows, there was a steady increase in the number of affordable housingunits completed between 2005/06 and 2006/07, as a proportion of the total housingprovision. There has been a decrease in 2007/08, but the proportion of affordableunits completed has increased from 25.2% in 2006/07 to 31% in 2007/08. The2007/2008 figure is still below the target of 165 units. However, Policy H6 was oneof a number of housing policies which were deleted by the Secretary of State on 28September 2007. Table 22 shows that the number of affordable units completed byhousing associations has decreased by just one unit, while the affordable unitscompleted by the private sector has decreased by 42%.



Figure 10 Affordable Housing Completions as a proportion of total housingunits 2001/02 - 2007/08

Table 22 Net Affordable Housing Completions by Developer Type 2001/02 - 2007/08

TotalPrivateHousing

AssociationMonitoring Year

574982001/02

969242002/03

11010462003/04

800802004/05

12501252005/06

14776712006/07

11644722007/08

4.4.26 In order to provide an indication of the likely rates of affordable housing developmentin the future, it is useful to consider outstanding planning permissions, as well as thelevel of affordable housing completions.

4.4.27 In 2007/08, 280 affordable housing units were granted planning permission, comparedwith 422 affordable housing units in 2006/07 (Table 23). This amounts to a significantdecrease of 34%. Affordable permissions as a proportion of total permissions havedecreased to 21.4% in 2007/08, in comparison to 31.8% in 2006/07. However, thenumber of units granted planning permission in 2007/08 is above the HUDP targetof 165 additional affordable units per year.



Table 23 Affordable Housing Units Granted Permission 2000/01 - 2007/08

% of HUDPTarget H6

%Affordable

Off SitePurchase

AffordableUnits on Site

Total HousingNet Gain(units)

Monitoring Year

68.528.1101134022000/01

111.522.801848062001/02

34.510.90575242002/03

72.722.001205452003/04

116.421.001929142004/05

152.723.502521,0732005/06

255.831.804221,3282006/07

169.721.402801,3112007/08

122.722.7n/a202.5862.9Average

4.4.28 An analysis of planning permissions for 2007/08 shows that all affordable housingwas granted in schemes submitted by private developers, which is a significantdeparture from previous years (Table 24).

Table 24 Net Affordable Permissions 2001/02 - 2007/08 by Developer Type

TotalPrivateHousingAssociationMonitoring Year

18401842001/02

5718392002/03

120101102003/04

19201922004/05

252177752005/06

4222311912006/07

28028002007/08

4.4.29 The information on affordable housing has been extracted from the housingmonitoringdatabase held by the Planning section. This information does not correlate exactlywith the information that the council’s Housing Division manage and supply to theGovernment for the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA).This is becausethere are some differences in the methodology, for example, all figures recorded byplanning are net gain, so exclude estate renewal schemes, unless additional



affordable units are being provided. In addition, completion dates may vary, asPlanning’s information is based on the completion date of the units, rather thanhandover dates to the Local Authority. Planning permissions always include someelement of double counting between years.


H16Net additional pitches (Gypsy andTravellers)

H4

Note: This is a new Core Output Indicator. This new indicator is to show the number of Gypsyand Traveller pitches delivered.

4.4.30 There were no new pitches or sites completed and no pitches or sites lost in 2007/8.


(Policy SD3 has been deleted, referto Appendix D for more

information)

Net increase in the amount ofmixed-use developments

Post HUDPindicator

4.4.31 In 2007/08 ten planning applications involving mixed-use developments were grantedpermission, slightly higher than in 2006/07, but much higher than the average overthe period 2001/06. The council will continue to explore opportunities for increasingmixed-use development as ameans of promoting sustainable development in Harrow(Table 25).

Table 25 Mixed Use Permissions 2001/02 - 2007/08

Mixed Use Permissions GrantedMonitoring Year

12001/02

32002/03

32003/04

92004/05

72005/06

62006/07

102007/08




Number of expired residential planningpermissionsPost HUDP Indicator

4.4.32 Permissions granted from August 2005 have three years until expiry for full planningapplications and any outline permissions have two years until expiry. Table 26 showsthe number of lapsed residential permissions for each financial year over the lastfive years. In 2007/08 eleven planning permissions lapsed, compared with nine inthe period 2006/07 and one in the previous year.

Table 26 Lapsed Residential Permissions 2001/02-2007/08

Lapsed PermissionsMonitoring Year

32001/02

62002/03

32003/04

22004/05

12005/06

92006/07

112007/08

House Prices

4.4.33 The average house price within Harrow has increased, following the general trendof house prices across London (Table 27 & Figure 11).The average cost of a homein Harrow is £296,982, which is £49,115 less than the London average. Across allhousing types the cost of housing in Harrow is slightly less than that of London (Figure12).

Table 27 Average House Prices for Harrow & Greater London (2007/08)

All (£)Average

Maisonette/Flat(£)

Terraced(£)

Semi-Detached(£)

Detached(£)

346,097310,588316,470354,952610,316London

296,982209,746272,795319,559579,748Harrow

Source: Land Registry (April'07 - March'08)



Figure 11 Average House Prices in Harrow & Greater London 2000/01 -2007/08

Source: Land Registry (April '07 - March '08)

Figure 12 Average House Prices in Harrow (2007/08) by type

Source: Land Registry (April '07 - March '08)



Housing Summary 2007/08

HousingCompletions

Completions in 2007/8 were again above the Mayor’s London Plantarget for the seventh consecutive yearHousing completion levels over the last five years have averaged 516.4net additional dwellings per annum, comparing well with both the HUDPtarget of a minimum of 330 units per annum; subsequently amendedto 360 units (conventional supply) by the London Plan Alterations onDecember 2006

ResidentialDensity

An analysis of new residential developments in the borough showsthat the average residential density was 299 habitable rooms perhectare (for developments of ten units and over). This is well abovethe target in the Unitary Development Plan of a minimum of 150habitable rooms per hectare.The promotion of sustainable development thorough mixed-usedevelopments provides an opportunity for increasing housingdevelopment and intensification of use in and around the town centres.In the last monitoring year, ten mixed-use permissions were granted.

AffordableHousing

There were 116 net affordable completions in 2007/8, which was againbelow the HUDP target. However, affordable units as a proportion ofcompleted units has increased. Given the demand for affordablehousing and the level of need, it is necessary to ensure that outstandingpermissions are implemented in accordance with approved schemes.

HousingPermissions

The net number of housing units granted permission in 2007/8 wasover 1,300For the past three years the net permitted gain has exceeded 1,000units. 21% (280) of units permitted in 2007/8 were affordable units.

HousingTrajectory

Based on a fifteen year trajectory to 2023/24, Harrow is expected tomeet its housing target 11 years early in 2012/1353% of development from large sites of 50 units and above is expectedto be delivered in Central Harrow and WealdstoneAt the end of March 2008 the council was anticipating that completionsover the next five years will greatly exceed the London Plan targets



4.5 Employment, Town Centres and Retail

The HUDP Employment, Town Centres and Shopping policy objectives are:

I. To encourage fewer journeys to work by car, through the retention of places ofemployment, in established locations and development in new locations, to whichemployees can easily travel by walking, cycling or using public transport;

II. To improve accessibility to the town centres, particularly by non-car modes of transportand to improve accessibility within the town centres for all;

III. To ensure a wide variety of mutually supporting uses in the borough’s town centres,especially Harrow Metropolitan Centre, including opportunities for employment;

IV. To support the economic health of local shops and services;V. To improve the environment of places of employment, and any adjacent areas, especially

if these are residential in character; andVI. To maintain and improve the attractiveness of the town centres and local parades.

Employment Land


EM12, EM13, EM14, & EM15Total amount of additionalemployment floor space - by type

BD1

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former indicator 1a from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show the amount and type of completedemployment floorspace (gross and net). Employment floor space is defined under the UseClass Order B1(a), B1(b), B1(c), B2 and B8. This does not include retail or other town centreuses.

Table 28 Amount of Floorspace Developed for Employment by Type

2007/08 Floorspace(gross/net) m²

2006/07 Floorspace(net) m²



Use Class

-1,500 (net)-1,898n/an/aB1(a)

0 (net)0n/an/aB1(b)

-1,586 (net)-244n/an/aB1(c)

n/an/a-4,9421,229B1

336 (gross) 0 (net)-300-7580B2

-880 (net)0-3802,920B8

336 (gross) -3,966 (net)-2,442-6,0804,149Total



4.5.1 In 2007/08 the borough experienced a loss of 3,966 m² of employment floorspace(compared to a loss of 2,442 m² in the last AMR period) as a result of redevelopmentor change of use to non employment uses. This amounts to an overall loss of 12,488m² gross external floorspace over the last three years (Table 28).

4.5.2 In 2007/08, as in the previous AMR period, there were no major employmentgenerating developments completed in this period. There was, however, onesmall-scale development amounting to 336 m² of B2 floorspace, but resulting in nonet additional floospace.


EM4, EM12, EM13, EM14, &EM15

Total amount of employmentfloorspace on previously developed

land - by type

BD2

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 1c from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show the amount and type of completedemployment floorspace (gross) coming forward on previously developed land (PDL).

4.5.3 In 2007/08 there were no major employment generation proposals on greenfieldsites, therefore 100% of developments for employment uses in Harrow have takenplace on previously developed land in the current AMR period. This demonstratesthe commitment to the policy of ensuring that all development takes place onpreviously developed land.


EM4 & EM5, EM7, EM9, EM10,EM12 & EM14

Employment land available - bytype

BD3

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former indicator 1d from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show the amount and type of employment landavailable.

4.5.4 Land available should include (i) sites allocated for employment uses in DevelopmentPlan Documents, and (ii) sites for which planning permission has been granted foremployment uses, but not included in (i). This should include sites which may beunder construction but are not yet completed or available for use in the reportingyear.

4.5.5 An Employment Land Study was completed in November 2006. Its purpose was toassess the quantity, quality and viability of Harrow’s employment land supply andforecast the future demand for employment land for the LDF. The study recommendedthat all land currently designated Industrial and Business Use should be protectedfor employment generating activity. This study has not been replaced or superseded.



However an 'Update on the Release of Employment Land in West London forNon-employment Uses April 2007-March 2008', which includes Harrow, was publishedin this monitoring year.

Table 29 Land Available for Employment Uses (with planning permission)

2007/08 Area (ha)2006/07 Area (ha)Use Class

0.5220.209B1(a)Existing andProposedUses arethe same

0.0000.000B1(b)

0.0000.000B1(c)

0.0210.142B2

0.1150.041B8

0.0470.139B1(a)Change fromother EmploymentUses (Use Classes B1,B2,B8)to: 0.2640.000B1(b)

0.2920.000B1(c)

0.0000.000B2

0.0670.000B8

0.0430.224B1(a)Change from all Other Uses(except Employment Uses) to:

0.0000.331B1(b)

0.0000.075B1(c)

0.0000.000B2

0.1920.000B8

1.5621.162Total Land Available

Note: B1(a) - Offices, B1(b) - Research and development, studios, laboratories, high tech, B1(c) - LightIndustry, B2 - General Industry, B8 - Storage or Distribution

4.5.6 In 2007/08 the total land available for employment use was 78.724 ha, an increaseof 1.562 ha from 77.162 ha in 2006/07. Comparable information is not available forthe previous two monitoring years (Table 29).



Town Centres and Retail


EM4, EM5, EM6, EM7, EM16,EM17 & EM21

Total amount of floorspace for'town centre uses'

BD4

Note: This is a revised Core Output Indicator which replaces former Indicator 4b from the2006/07 AMR period. This new indicator is to show the amount of completed floorspace (grossand net) for town centre uses within (i) town centre areas and (ii) the local authority area. Forthe purpose of this indicator, town centre uses are defined as Use Class Orders A1, A2, B1a,and D2.

4.5.7 There were no major new retail, office or leisure developments completed in towncentres (over 1,000 m²) during the AMR period, as per the previous monitoring year.

Table 30 'Town Centre Uses' - Designated Town Centres

2007/08Floorspace (m²)




NetGrossGrossGrossGrossUse Class

493493000Retail (A1)

-620000Office (A2)

-550001,229Office (B1a)

00000Leisure (D2)

376493001,229Total

Note: The previous three years (2004/05 - 2006/07) report development over 1,000 m², however the new COIBD4 requires the reporting of new gross and net figures for all development in Town Centres

Table 31 'Town Centre Uses' - Whole Borough (including Designated Town Centres)

2007/08 Floorspace (m²)Use Class

NetGross

586623Retail (A1)

-1360Office (A2)

-1,5000Office (B1a)

00Leisure (D2)

-1,050623Total

Note: The new COI BD4 requires the reporting of new gross and net figures for all development across theborough, this was not reported on in previous years and as such no data is for previous years is reported.




EM5 & EM6No more than 5% of gross retail floorspace Outof Town Centre

6.1

4.5.8 The requirement for not allowing more than 5% of additional gross retail floorspaceto be provided in Out of Town Centres was met in the last three years. There wereno new retail completions in 2007/08, so no additional retail floorspace has beenlocated in Out of Town Centres. The indicator is therefore fully met, as in the previoustwo years.


EM24Vacancy rate overall for each centre to be no morethan 10% of total measured retail frontage

6.2

4.5.9 Table 32 shows the vacancy rates for the different centres in Harrow for the last fourmonitoring periods. Vacancy rates are just one of several indicators which can helpsignify the vitality of a town centre.

Table 32 Percentage of Vacant Retail Frontage in District Centres & Harrow Town Centre

2007/082006/072005/062004/05Town Centre

4.796.385.814.56Harrow Town Centre

6.734.885.069.55Burnt Oak

8.5312.193.443.75Edgware

0.000.000.000.00Kingsbury

14.7313.8211.9810.50North Harrow

2.422.740.442.59Pinner

9.6911.998.486.15Rayners Lane

5.776.871.700.90South Harrow

3.362.381.792.23Stanmore

9.959.4612.5613.72Wealdstone

9.3410.925.787.13Belmont

3.755.996.353.83Harrow Weald

5.836.961.722.52Hatch End



2007/082006/072005/062004/05Town Centre

11.651.597.226.62Kenton (part)

5.245.871.647.59Queensbury

3.3310.210.000.56Sudbury Hill

6.57%7.02%4.62%5.14%Average Vacancy Rate

4.5.10 In 2006/07 five centres had vacancy rates of more than 10%. Although the overallvacancy rate decreased from 5.1% in 2004/05 to 4.6% in 2005/06, it increased to7.3% in 2006/07, but has since dropped again in 2007/08 to 6.57%. There are onlytwo centres which have over 10% of vacant retail frontage, North Harrow and Kenton(part). It should be noted that Kenton Local Centre falls within Brent and Harrow,with the Kenton Road forming the borough boundary. The highest vacancy rate wasagain in North Harrow, which has risen from 13.8% to 14.7%. Kenton (part) hasconsistently had relatively low levels of vacancy, but has gone from 1.59% in 2006/07to 11.56% in this monitoring period. Three centres are close to the 10% vacancyrate, Rayners Lane at 9.69%,Wealdstone at 9.95% and Belmont at 9.34%. However,it should be noted that Rayners Lane and Belmont have seen a drop in vacancylevels and are now below 10%. Wealdstone has seen a slight increase (Figure 13).

Figure 13 Percentage of Vacant Retail Frontage in Town Centres in 2007/08


EM24Average footfall levels in metropolitan and district towncentres not to fall significantly below 1999 levels

6.3



Table 33 Pedestrian Counts in Harrow’s Metropolitan & District Centres

2007/082006/072005/062004/052003/042002/031999/00(Base Year)

Town Centre

1,988,855-2,027,5602,062,1001,981,1001,963,0152,031,045Harrow

180,885--184,815-195,075195,045Burnt Oak

-92,175-91,69586,11594,080103,960North Harrow

257,355--267,885--284,760Pinner

176,025-159,675-164,370-190,695Rayners Lane

276,075-289,350-262,665231,270286,200South Harrow

286,650-248,790270,060285,315262,740269,790Wealdstone

68,775-71,655-70,035-65,400Hatch End

--77,565---71,610Kenton

-131,175--125,145125,385135,945Stanmore

Table 34 Actual and Percentage Change in Town Centre Footfall 2000 - 2008 Comparedto 1999/2000 Baseline

2007/081999/00(Baseline)Town Centre

% ChangeActual ChangeTotal Footfall

-2.08-42,1901,988,8552,031,045Harrow Town Centre

-7.26-14,160180,885195,045Burnt Oak

-11.34-11,78592,175*103,960North Harrow

-9.62-27,405257,355284,760Pinner

-7.69-14,670176,025190,695Rayners Lane

-3.54-10,125276,075286,200South Harrow

6.2516,860286,650269,790Wealdstone

5.163,37568,77565,400Hatch End

8.325,95577,56571,610Kenton

-3.51-4,770131,175135,945Stanmore

-5.25-191,0903,443,3603,634,450Overall

Note: Not all the centres were surveyed in 2007/08, so where this is the case the previous results have beencarried forwardFootfall was not recorded for North Harrow, Kenton and Stanmore in this AMR monitoring period



4.5.11 Table 33 compares the footfall levels for the past six monitoring years to data from1999/00, as the policy target requires. It shows a mixed picture with some significantfalls from the baseline. The biggest fall was in North Harrow, although it should benoted that footfall data was not collected in this monitoring period and this figure iscarried over from 2006/07. There have been some increases as well, particularly inWealdstone. Table 34 shows the actual footfall as well as the percentage changeagainst the 1999/00 baseline level.

Figure 14 Total Pedestrian Counts Across all Town Centres in the Borough in 2007/08

4.5.12 Figure 14 shows an overall decline of footfall within centres of 191,010 from 1999levels which equates to an overall fall of 5.25%, but an increase from last yearsresults.


EM4Office vacancy rates within the boroughPost UDP Indicator

4.5.13 Office vacancy rates increased from 9.7% (in January 2005) to 11% in 2006, but fellslightly to 10.9% in March 2007. In March 2008 vacancy rates fell slightly to 10.6%.Table 35 shows that the average office vacancy rate remains relatively steady, atabout 11% over the seven-year period.

4.5.14 There were no planning applications for any major office developments determinedduring the monitoring period. Office space in Harrow Town Centre represents 34%of total office stock in the borough and 30% of the borough's employment.



Table 35 Office Floorspace in Harrow - March 2008

% VacantTotal Office Space (m²)Vacant Office Space (m²)Office Space (m²)Year

10.22393,92840,246353,6822001

11.68393,31745,958347,3592002

11.52400,60146,135354,4662003

12.06365,63444,105321,5292004

9.73365,69935,571330,1282005

11.01365,61640,240325,3762006

10.93366,90240,106326,7962007

10.66340,80736,333311,7542008

4.5.15 Although the percentage of space vacant has remained steady the overall amountof office space has dropped by approximately 53,000 m² in the borough.

Other Achievements

4.5.16 Good progress has been made over the last year in implementing the Harrow TownCentre Development Strategy, adopted by the council in July 2005. Work has focusedin three key areas:

Land at Harrow on the Hill StationDeveloping a Business Improvement District (BID) and the Harrow Town CentreLand in Gayton Road

a. Land at Harrow on the Hill Station

The council has continued to work with Harrow College, Transport for Londonand other landowners to take forward the aims and objectives of the Harrow onthe Hill Station Planning Brief adopted in July 2005. Negotiations between HarrowCollege, developers and the council continue.

b. Business Improvement District (BID) and Harrow Town Centre

BIDs are a Government initiative to encourage businesses to regenerate theirtrading environments by working together in ways they decide themselves.Businesses vote to become a BID, work together to choose improvements, andturn their wish lists into reality, ranging from extra marketing and festive events,to additional cleaning and security. It is funded by levying an additional businessrate.BIDs have now been introduced in 17 locations in London and 46 across thecountry, and there are more being planned/introduced. The council is workingwith the Town Centre Business Community to set up a BID in the Town Centre.It is felt that this will support the businesses locally and is needed for the TownCentre to maintain its position in a competitive retail market.



c. Land in Gayton Road

The current Gayton Road Library has been relocated to Garden House in StJohn’s Road in the Town Centre. As part of the library a Tourist InformationCentre (TIC) has been established in the Town Centre in Garden House.

Changes of Use and Losses of Employment Land


EM15Losses of employment land in:.i) Employment/Regeneration Areas

ii) Local authority area

Post HUDP Indicator

Note: This is a new Harrow Local Indicator which replaces former Core Output Indicator 1efrom the 2006/07 AMR period. There are no Regeneration Areas in Harrow.

Table 36 Losses/Gains of Employment Land in Employment Areas (based onCompletions)

Net Change(ha)

% of TotalEmployment Land

Lost

Land Lost(ha)


Gained

Land Gained(ha)

Use Class

2005/06

-0.19146.020.191n/a0B1

0n/a0n/a0B2

-0.641000.64n/a0B8

-0.2550.2550Total

2006/07

-0.0185.960.018n/a0B1

0n/a0n/a0B2

0n/a0n/a0B8

-0.0180.0180Total

2007/08

0n/a0n/a0B1

0n/a0n/a0B2

0n/a0n/a0B8

000Total



4.5.17 It should be noted that the former COI requested information for losses of employmentland from completions in Employment/Regeneration Areas. Harrow does not haveany identified Regeneration Areas and so all the figures in the above table pertainto Employment Areas only. The new HLI has removed the reference to RegenerationAreas.

4.5.18 There was no loss of land from Employment Uses in Employment Areas in 2007/08(Table 36). Designated Employment Areas are those areas identified in policiesEM13 & EM14 of the UDP. There was a loss of one employment site of approximately0.018 ha in 2006/07. This is the first year that there hasn't been a decline in theamount of employment land in Designated Employment Areas, based on the pastthree monitoring years.

Table 37 Losses/Gains of Employment Land in Harrow (based on Completions)

Net Change(ha)


Lost

Land Lost(ha)


Gained

Land Gained(ha)

Use Class

2006/07

0.246100.000.302100.000.056B1

-0.069100.000.069n/a0B2

0n/a0n/a0B8

-0.3150.3710.056Total

2007/08

-0.429100.000.429n/a0B1

0n/a0n/a0B2

-0.198100.000.198n/a0B8

-0.6270.6270Total

4.5.19 Total employment land that has been lost or gained in Use Classes B1, B2 & B8within the borough (both in and outside the Designated Employment Areas) is shownin Table 37. In 2007/08 there was a net loss of 0.627 ha of land comprising 0.429ha from B1 use and 0.198 ha from B8. This follows the trend of a net loss ofemployment land that the borough has experienced in the last few years. This maybe attributed to the lessening importance placed on industry in the London economyand the increasing tertiary/service sector.


EM15Amount of employment land lost toresidential development

Post HUDP Indicator




Note: This is a Harrow Local Indicator which replaces former Core Output Indicator 1f fromthe 2006/07 AMR period.

4.5.20 The amount of employment land lost to residential within the borough was 0.627hectares in 2007/08. This was largely made up of new build and change of use ofoffices to residential use. None of these losses were in regeneration areas.


EM15Change of use completions (over 1,000 m²)Post HUDP indicator

Table 38 Change of Use Completions (A & B uses over 1,000 m²) 2004/05 - 2007/08

B8B2B1A3A2A1TotalA & B Uses

2,82001,2290004,0492004/05

00000002005/06

1,487000001,4872006/07

00000002007/08

Table 39 Change of Use Completions (C & D uses over 1,000 m²) 2004/05 - 2007/08

D2D1C3C2C1TotalC & D Uses

01,116-001,1162004/05

02,305-002,3052005/06

02,800-002,8002006/07

01,358-001,3582007/08

4.5.21 No schemes for changes of use of over 1,000 m², involving a change to any A, B orC Use Classes, were completed in 2007/08. This follows a similar pattern as theprevious year (Tables 38 & 39).


EM14 - EM21, EM26 & 27Net gain/loss for each Use Class based onpermissions granted in 2007/08

Post HUDP Indicator



4.5.22 In terms of B1, B2 and B8 employment land/floorspace there has been an overallnet loss in 2007/08 and the rate of decline was greater than last year. Table 40 showsthat a total of 14,104 m² B Use Class floorspace was lost in 2007/08, compared with9,841 m² in 2006/07 and 52,248 m² the year before. As in the previous year, the lossof floorspace can be attributed mainly to the continued loss of office use to residential.Overall there was a net gain of floorspace in Use Classes A, C and D.

Table 40 Net Losses/Gains for Use Classes A, B, C & D (parts) based on Permissions

Floorspace (m²)PermissionsUse Class

2007/082006/072005/062004/052007/082006/072005/062004/05

-1,039-101659-1,535119646270A1

1,326990-81776664311744A2

1,1251,6209832,45857523447A3

-1,400-41-570-43213-A4

467546376-24913-A5

4793,0146311,097307178139161Total (A)

-14,700-7,385-49,294-5,63352313162B1

-147-2,909-229-4,182612612B2

743453-2,7251,32612121414B8

-14,104-9,841-52,248-8,48970615188Total (B)

814-130-5484335C1

2,633-1,3207,590-548131496C2

3,447-1,3337,590-1,10417171211Total (C)

4,89018,92012,2292,027106786365D1

482-4,215-357-592351147D2

5,37214,70511,8721,435141896772Total (D)

4.5.23 There were no significant losses of A1 uses in 2006/07 and it appears that the existingpolicies (EM16, EM17, EM18 & EM19) have been successful in preventing suchlosses.


EM14Amount of vacant warehouse (B8)floorspace

Post HUDP indicator



Table 41 Storage & Distribution Floorspace in Harrow





9,54111,1318,8357,009Vacant B8

88,39887,59589,53883,735Occupied B8

97,93998,72698,37390,744Total B8

9.7411.278.987.72% Vacant

4.5.24 Table 41 shows that the vacancy rate for Storage & Distribution uses in Harrow was9.74% representing a drop from January 2007 (11.27%). However, this still showsan overall upward trend over the past four AMR periods. This raises some concern,but is not considered to be a major problem. The older warehouse stock tends tohave higher vacancy rates. These are largely located in South Harrow and Stanmoreandmay provide cheap accommodation for small businesses or offer redevelopmentopportunities.

Employment Town Centres and Retail Summary 2007/08

Summary

EmploymentLand

There were no major employment generating developmentscompleted in this period

Town Centresand Retail

Vacancy rates in the town centres are low. The number of towncentres that have a vacancy rate of over 10% has dropped from fiveto two.Overall the footfall within town centres has dropped approx 5.25%from 1999 levels. Harrow Town Centre has experienced a 2% dropover the last year. However, of concern are North Harrow and Pinnerwhich have experienced a drop in footfall of 11% and 9% respectively.

Change of useand Loss of

Overall there was a net gain of floorspace in Use Classes A, C & DThere was a decline in Employment Land (Use Classes B1, B2 &B8) and although greater than the loss last year it was not as highas the year before

EmploymentLand



4.6 Recreation, Sports and Leisure

4.6.1 Sports, recreation, arts, cultural and entertainment activities are important within thecommunity, enriching many people’s lives and providing a wide range of benefits,such as better health, social integration and employment. Harrow has the potentialto become a greater attraction to visitors and tourists. It has an internationally knownname, good transport links with Central London, attractions such as HeadstoneManor, Harrow Museum and Harrow School and proximity to pleasant, accessiblecountryside. Harrow is well placed to participate in and contribute to the prospectsand demands of London life, including an exciting future as host of the Olympics andParalympics in 2012.

4.6.2 There are no specific indicators for leisure and tourism, but it is beneficial to give anupdate on progress in the implementation of the HUDP and other schemes beingcarried out in the borough.

The HUDP Recreation, Leisure and Tourism policy objectives are:

I. To encourage provision, use and improvement, of a range of leisure and recreationfacilities and participation by all sections of the community;

II. To encourage the development and availability of land and buildings for sports, arts,cultural, entertainment and social activities; and

III. To encourage tourism development that enhances the borough's attractions, makes thebest use of cultural resources and opportunities in the borough and contributes to a highquality environment.

4.6.3 There are several initiatives taking these objectives forward including:

Championing HarrowLondon 2012 Pre-Games Training CampsLondon Youth GamesDepartment for Culture, Music & Sport (DCMS) Swimming Development PlanHarrow Arts CentreUnder One SkyTourism

Championing Harrow

4.6.4 The aim of Championing Harrow is to use the 2012 LondonOlympics and Paralympicsto inspire young people, residents and businesses by using this as a vehicle toencourage greater participation in sport, culture, volunteering, community involvement,and provide opportunities for tourism and business development. A Task Force wasestablished in November 2006 to look at maximising the impact of the 2012 LondonOlympic and Paralympic Games for Harrow. An action plan has been developed andimplementation across the four strategic delivery groups will be reported in the nextAMR.



London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camps

4.6.5 More than 600 sports facilities London-wide have been selected to appear in theLondon 2012 Organising Committee’s Pre-Games Training Camp Guide and thiswas distributed at the recent Beijing Games. The Pre-Games Training Camp Guidecontains details of sports facilities across the UK, which will give teams and individualathletes a selection of venues from which they can train in the run up to the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

4.6.6 The venues selected for the Pre-Games Training Camp Guide in Harrow are asfollows:

Aspire National Training Centre - Boccia, Paralympic Volleyball (sitting),Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair RugbyHarrow Leisure Centre - Basketball, Fencing, Handball, Taekwondo andVolleyballHarrow School - Archery and AthleticsZoom Leisure Centre - Boxing

4.6.7 Officers will be liaising with potential visiting countries when the training camp venueshave been selected in the run up to the London 2012Olympic and Paralympic Games.

London Youth Games 2009

4.6.8 The 1st London Youth Games took place in 1977 and the competition has gone fromstrength to strength. It is Europe’s largest youth sporting event, and attracts over25,000 young people from across every one of the 33 London Boroughs. Theorganisation of the games is coordinated by Limelight Sports, and has attractedsponsorship from Thames Water, Jack Petchey Foundation, Choice FM, LondonCouncils, Greater London Authority, Sport England London Region and a recentlyannounced 6 year sponsorship deal with Balfour Beatty worth £1.7 million.

4.6.9 The purpose of the games is to increase the number of sporting opportunities availableto young people living in London. The games also deliver excellent competitionopportunities and access to talent identification.

4.6.10 In Harrow the games are used to support the work of local voluntary sports clubs,many of whom use the games as a means of recruiting new members. Teamsrepresenting Harrow can be classed into three categories, the first being youngpeople who come directly from a local sports club, are regularly playing at a highlevel and are keen to represent the borough at the Youth Games. The second categoryis from an open trial system, where young people from all over the borough areencouraged to turn up for a trial and a team is then picked based on qualified sportscoaches' recommendations. The third is from a school representative team, and aregenerally supported by school teachers and the school sport system.

4.6.11 In 2008, Harrow entered 38 out of a potential 47 individual teams, with a combinedpoints total of 1032. Harrow was placed in 25th position out of the 33 LondonBoroughs who entered. Notable results were achieved in Angling (2nd), Boys Cricket(1st), Boys Gymnastics (1st) and Archery (2nd).



4.6.12 Key Actions and improvements for 2009 are to increase the number of Harrow’syoung people who know about the games, take part in trials and training and developtheir skills to compete in the finals.

4.6.13 The London Youth Games are a benefit to Harrow and its residents through:

Increased opportunities to take part in sports competitionsHealth benefitsThe opportunity to try out new sportsThe partnerships created between the Sports Development Team, schools andlocal sports clubsSports coach development and lifelong learning opportunitiesThe games can lead to longer-term sustainable activity

Canons Cricket Academy

4.6.14 Canons Cricket Academy is a community cricket project based at Canons HighSchool in the east of the borough. It was set up in response to a questionnaire thatwas handed out to young people in the borough and which asked themwhat activitiesthey currently partake in and what they would like to see more of. The questionnairewas handed out to young people that were ‘hanging out’ in parks, playgrounds, streetsor shopping centres. Cricket emerged as an overwhelmingly popular choice and itbecame clear that there was a need for some sort of structured cricket provision,particularly in the east of the borough.

4.6.15 The project has just completed its third year of delivery and continues with its aimsto offer at risk young people, particularly young Asian men, the chance to enjoystructured cricket activities run by qualified cricket coaches and youth workers. Sofar, over 250 young people, aged 11-19 and predominantly from Sri Lankan, Indianand Pakistani communities, have benefited from the project. Some are now qualifiedas cricket coaches in their own right and deliver introductory sessions to youngchildren and others are forming a team to play competitive fixtures in the local cricketleague. Earlier this summer, the boys played a friendly fixture against a team ofHarrow police staff and Sir Ian Blair, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner,attended the match.

4.6.16 The project is funded by the Metropolitan Police, Harrow Connexions and the JohnLyons Charity and is supported by Middlesex Cricket Board, Harrow Council andCanons High School.

DCMS Swimming Development Plan

4.6.17 Harrow Council has successfully been awarded a total of £214,000 in grant fundingfrom the Department for Culture, Music, and Sport (DCMS) to boost the participationamongst borough residents, in particular to increase participation amongst the Over50's and Under 16's.

4.6.18 The grant funding includes a capital allocation for refurbishment projects at HarrowLeisure Centre and Hatch End Pool.



Over 60’s [£56,199]Under 16’s [£108,797]Capital Fund [£48,824]

4.6.19 Officers are currently preparing to submit a further bid to DCMS for grant fundingtowards major improvement works planned to the borough's swimming facilities.

Harrow Arts Centre

4.6.20 Facilities at the Harrow Arts Centre include:

125-seat studio theatre475-seat wood panelled auditoriumRehearsal spacesSmall and large meeting roomsSpecialist art roomsExhibition space

4.6.21 The last 12 months has built upon the the work done in the last monitoring period byreinstating the arts programming and community learning programmes and regainingthe community’s attendance at events and activities. The council reopened the centreafter the charity controlling the facility went into liquidation.

4.6.22 This major commitment by the council continues to ensure that Harrow’s last survivingcommunity provision for performance space is protected for future use and developingaudiences. This season's highlights include a range of children and family theatre,plus a special gala black tie evening with art critic Brian Sewell in November 2007.

Under One Sky

Picture 6 Under One Sky, 2008



4.6.23 Harrow held the fifth Under One Sky one-day showcase of sports, arts and culturein July 2007 (Picture 6). It is Harrow’s largest cultural festival, with more than 10,000people coming together to celebrate the very best of music, song, dance, poetry,drama, sports and food. Under One Sky was organised by Harrow Council inassociation with cultural groups, community organisations and artists.

Tourism

4.6.24 The following tourism related initiatives and events occurred in 2007/08, led byHarrow’s tourism officer:

An updated visitor guide for Harrow was published in Spring 2008A new town centre visitor information point set up in the new Gayton library -future tourism queries to be re-directed to this facilityWebsite refresh of www.visitharrow.co.uk took place in October/November 2007Following the success of the previous year’s campaign, the London DevelopmentAgency funded a West London Resident’s Campaign involving all six WestLondon boroughs

4.6.25 Over the monitoring period, Harrow has achieved:

A 20% increase in the number of quality-assessed guest-house and B&Bestablishments following the introduction of LDA incentivesA 25% increase in hotel occupancy figures since 2005 (3)

A 42% improvement in tourist information service to visitors (4)

Substantial increase in queries from prospective B&B and hotel developers(two new enquiries for hotel developments)2,000 hits per month generated from the Visit Harrow websiteRegular quarterly Harrow Tourism Forums involving the participation of voluntaryorganisations, hotels, residents’ groups, Harrow Chamber of Commerce andother external stakeholdersRegular bi-monthly progress meetings with the Harrow Tourism Action Group(TAG)

4.6.26 Regarding Harrow's Heritage the council is working in partnership with the HeathRobinsonMuseum Trust on theWest House project. West House is located in PinnerMemorial Park. The council has given a £250,000 grant and is assisting with newgrant applications for further works. In addition the Heath Robinson Museum Trusthas raised over £750,000 towards this project. Planning permission was granted foralterations and extensions and work commenced on refurbishing West House toincorporate a cafe, museum and art gallery (to display works by prominent formerPinner resident Heath Robinson), as well as office space.

3 Based on figures from Comfort Hotel Harrow and Grim's Dyke Hotel Harrow4 Based on the annual Visit Britain mystery shopper exercises 2005-2007



4.6.27 12 different venues in Harrow participated in London’s Open House weekend inSeptember 2007. The primary objective of the Open House annual event is to provideLondoners with a unique opportunity to identify with distinctive architecture in thepublic and private realm. One of Harrow’s popular attractions was the guided tour ofHeadstone Manor, which received 255 visitors over that weekend.

Recreation Sport and Leisure Summary 2007/08

Summary

ChampioningHarrow

An action plan has been developed, identifying a range of futureactivities and events leading up to 2012

London 2012Pre-GamesTraining Camps

Four venues in Harrow have been selected for the London 2012Pre-Games Training Camp guide: Aspire National Training Centre;Harrow Leisure Centre; Harrow School; Zoom Leisure CentreOfficers will be liaising with potential visiting countries regardingtraining camp venues

London YouthGames

Harrow entered 38 out of a potential 47 individual teams and wasplaced in 25th position out of the 33 London Boroughs who enteredNotable results were achieved in Angling (2nd), Boys Cricket (1st),Boys Gymnastics (1st) and Archery (2nd)

Canons CricketAcademy

Just completed its third year of deliveryOver 250 young people, aged 11-19 involved

DCMSSwimmingDevelopmentPlan

Grant funding awarded for refurbishment projects at Harrow LeisureCentre and Hatch End Pool

Harrow ArtsCentre

The council reopened the centre after the charity controlling thefacility went into liquidation

Under One Sky Fifth event of Harrow’s largest cultural festival, celebrated by morethan 10,000 people

Tourism 20% increase in quality-assessed guest-house and B&Bestablishments25% increase in hotel occupancy42% improvement in tourist information service to visitors



4.7 Community Services and Accessibility

Community Services

4.7.1 The availability and provision of a wide range of social services, healthcare, publicutilities and educational facilities is important in achieving sustainable developmentwithin Harrow. Various bodies and voluntary organisations in the borough providethese facilities. Harrow seeks the provision of new facilities and the protection ofexisting ones.

The HUDP Community Services policy objectives are:

I. To improve and encourage the provision of community and health care services in theborough;

II. To facilitate the proper location, design and distribution of land and buildings for health,education and community facilities in the borough; and

III. To improve access for all, particularly ethnic minorities, disabled people and those withmobility difficulties.


C2Net increase in the number of community uses8.1

4.7.2 There have been a number of initiatives which take these objectives forward and willbenefit the Harrow community:

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)Post-16 CollegiateHindu Primary SchoolSchool Food Improvement Strategy - to provide facilities to allow the provisionof hot school mealsPrimary Capital Programme (PCP)Children's CentresGradual removal of Harrow’s Middle School system

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)

4.7.3 One-School Pathfinder - this is a project to rebuild Whitmore High School. The newschool will be completed in July 2010 and will incorporate a range of facilities forcommunity use.

4.7.4 This is a Government investment programme to transform learning in the secondarysector by either rebuilding or refurbishing all secondary schools in England. It isestimated to be worth between £150 million and £200 million for Harrow. The councilwill use this initiative as an opportunity to enhance the community facilities in schools.



Post-16 Collegiate

4.7.5 Sixth form provision is now provided through a Collegiate with all of Harrow's highschools and the three colleges taking part.

Hindu Primary School

4.7.6 Harrow has the first Hindu voluntary aided primary school in the country. TheKrishna-Avanti Primary School is currently based at Little Stanmore Nursery, Firstand Middle School, in St David's Drive, Stanmore. However, in September 2007 thecharity, the I Foundation, received permission to build a new purpose built Hinduprimary school on part of theWilliam Ellis Sports Ground, Camrose Avenue, Edgwareand this is expected to open in 2009/10.

Primary Capital Programme (PCP)

4.7.7 This a Department of Children, Schools & Families (DCSF) initiative worth £45m toHarrow over 14/15 years. The council will receive funding from April 2009. The aimsof the PCP programme are to:

Improve 50% of primary school buildings by 2022/23Focus on primary school buildings that are in the worst condition and in areasof highest deprivationCreate primary schools that are equipped for transforming 21st Century learningHave schools at the heart of their communities with children’s services in reachof every family

Children's Centres

4.7.8 Co-location of facilities and services within children's centres - The programme is toprovide services at each of the nine, Phase 2 children’s centres for the localcommunity and specifically those families with young children under the age of five.All children’s centres have multi-use offices where staff working in the centres anddelivering services can prepare or carry out work.

4.7.9 Work has been taking place with the Voluntary Sector, North West London HospitalTrust and the Primary Care Trust to evolve the co-location picture. Currently thefollowing services are co-located:

School Nursing Service at St Josephs Children’s CentreThe Nutritionist at Gange Children’s CentreCommunity Midwifery Team will be at Whitefriars Children’s Centre by January2009Speech and Language Therapy Services will be at Pinner Wood Children’sCentre by January 2009



Family Centre

4.7.10 The Kenton Learning Centre has undergone complete rebuilding and refurbishmentand opened in 2007/08 as a modern welcoming facility for learners to enjoy. Thenewly equipped building includes a Family Learning roomwhere courses and activitiesfor the family can take place during the week and at some weekends.


C2Retention of community usesPost HUDP indicator

Table 42 Permissions & Net Losses/Gains of Floorspace for Community Uses

Net Loss/Gain Floorspace (m²)Permissions for DevelopmentUse Class

07/0806/0705/0604/0507/0806/0705/0604/05

-6,69118,92012,2292,027109786365D1 (Non-residential Institution)

3,858-4,215-357-592391147D2 (Assembly & Leisure)

2,83314,70511,8721,435148896772Total

4.7.11 In 2007/08 there was a net loss of 6,691 m² floorspace from the D1 Use Class(Non-residential Institution) compared to 2006/07 when there was a net gain of 18,920m² floorspace. Over the same period there was a net loss of 4,215 m² from D2(Assembly and Leisure), compared to a gain of 12,229 m² in the previous year.Although the overall increase in floorspace was not as high as last year, it showsthat there is still a positive trend for more community facilities in the borough (Table42). Please note that these figures are based on planning permissions for D1Non-Residential Institutions (including Health and Community Use) or D2 Assembly& Leisure Uses. This includes improvements and extensions to existing facilities, aswell as proposals for new facilities. An increase in facilities can be interpreted fromthe total floorspace proposed and completed.



Table 43 Health & Community Facilities

2007/082006/07Type ofDevelopment

Floorspacecompleted

(m²)

No. ofdevts.

completed

Floorspaceproposed

(m²)

No. ofperms

Floorspacecompleted

(m²)

No. ofdevts.

completed

Floorspaceproposed

(m²)

No. ofperms

8531382--3,0684Care Homes

--------Children'sHomes

--714--2,81711Churches

--3,7259--4053CommunityCentres

--------CounsellingCentre

--------Day Centre

1431371--01Day Nurseries

140199981,40018,18610Education--5342----Gym--01--4557Halls--------Health Clubs

--98142,75018178Health/MedicalCentres

------48,2972Hospitals

--3605--01Leisure

--1,3581----Libraries

------01Museum

--01--422NursingHomes

------5751Riding School

2,255613,153482,47045,17942Schools

--3055--3878SportsFacilities

--------SwimmingPools

--02--2,8002Temples &Synagogues

--------Youth Clubs

3,391920,6781036,620673,028103Total



4.7.12 There was a decrease in the amount of floorspace proposed and completed in thepast year, compared to 2006/07. Whilst the number of permissions granted remainedstatic, the actual number of developments completed was nine, up from six in theprevious year. The majority of these completions related to alterations and extensionsto schools (Table 43).

Community Services Summary 2007/08

Summary

Community Services Increased investment in community servicesA net increase in total floorspace for community facilities



4.8 Appeals

Appeals

4.8.1 This is a new section in this year's AMR. Previously appeals have only beenmonitoredin relation to housing development; this new appeals section looks at appeal trendsoverall and in relation to a range of development types.

4.8.2 When a planning application is refused by the council the applicant has a right ofappeal against that decision. The right of appeal also extends to cases where planningpermission has been granted subject to conditions, and the applicant wishes tochallenge one or more of the conditions, where an application has not beendetermined in the statutory time period and to cases involving the issue of a formalenforcement notice. Themajority of appeals in Harrow concern the refusal of planningpermission.

4.8.3 Appeals are administered and in most cases decided by the Planning Inspectorateon the behalf of the Secretary of State. This means that the administration of appealsand decisions on appeal cases are entirely independent of the council. There arethree types of appeal process:

Written Representations: Under this procedure arguments in support andagainst the proposal are made by submission to the Planning Inspectorate ofstatements by the main parties. The appointed Planning Inspector will visit thesite and surroundings.Hearings: Under this procedure arguments in support and against the proposalare also made by the submission of statements from the main parties, but thisis then followed by a structured discussion (the hearing) led by a PlanningInspector. On the day of the hearing the Inspector and other parties will visit theappeal site where the discussion may continue.Public Inquiry: This is the most formal of the three procedures. Formal evidenceis submitted by the main parties and, on the day or days of the Inquiry, the mainparties and others are the subject of formal cross-examination in front of thePlanning Inspector. The Inspector will visit the site as part of the formal Inquiry.

4.8.4 In all appeals the third parties (neighbours, amenity societies, statutory consultees)are notified of the appeal and invited to submit written comments for considerationby the Planning Inspector. In cases dealt with under the hearing and public inquiryprocedure third parties may also attend and take part.

4.8.5 Under the hearing and public inquiry procedures the Planning Inspector is empoweredto award costs against either or both of the main parties for unreasonable behaviour.This allows one party to recover some or all of its appeal expenses if it can showthat the other party’s conduct during the proceedings led to unnecessary, wastedexpenditure.

4.8.6 Decisions on the appeals take the form of a letter, explaining the Inspector’s reasonsand setting out the formal decision, which are usually issued some weeks after theInspector has visited the site/conducted the hearing or Inquiry. Appeals are eitherallowed, which means that the Planning Inspector has granted planning permission,



or are dismissed, which means that the Planning Inspector has refused planningpermission. Very infrequently Inspectors may issue a split decision, meaning thatpart of a proposal is allowed and part is refused.

Why Monitor Appeals?

4.8.7 The proportion of appeals allowed is one measure of the quality of the council’sdecision making on planning applications. Whilst each proposal must be consideredon its own merits, an analysis of trends in the council’s appeal performance as awhole and in respect of certain types of development can help to reveal areas forimprovement in decision making or where council policies might need updating.

Refusal and Appeal Rate

4.8.8 The refusal rate is the proportion of the council’s decisions on all planning applicationswhich are refused. The appeal rate is the proportion of the council’s decisions onplanning applications that are the subject of an appeal.

4.8.9 During the 2007/08 period the council determined a total of 3,265 applications underthe Planning Acts. Of these 1,041 applications (46.8%) were refused, and theserefusals resulted in 106 appeals being lodged (a 10% appeal rate). It should be notedthat this figure differs from the one used in Table 44 as this figure excludesnon-determination, enforcement and conditions appeals.

4.8.10 The council's performance in determining planning applications within the prescribedperiods for major, minor and other types of applications was within the upper quartileof local planning authorities over the monitoring period.

General Appeal Trends


% of appeals allowedPost HUDP Indicator

4.8.11 This Post UDP Indicator is based on Best Value Performance Indicator (BVPI) 112which indicates that the proportion of appeals allowed should not exceed 40% of allappeal decisions in any year.

4.8.12 Figure 15 shows the total number of appeals including non-determination, enforcementand conditions appeals, in relation to those allowed and dismissed over the 2001-2008period. This illustrates that the total number of appeal decisions over the period hasincreased.



Figure 15 Number of Appeals 2001/02 - 2007/08

4.8.13 Table 44 shows the total appeal decisions as well as the proportion allowed. Duringthe 2007/08 monitoring period 46% of Harrow’s appeal decisions were allowed.These figures show a trend of an increased number of appeals allowed since a lowpoint during the 2004/05 period. Since this period the percentage allowed has beenconsistently above the 40% target.

Table 44 Appeals Summary 2001 - 2008

ProportionAllowed

AppealsDismissed

AppealsAllowed

Total AppealDecisions

Monitoring Year

50%3838762001/02

44%4536812002/03

38%5634902003/04

33%80391192004/05

50%58591172005/06

43%71531242006/07

46%87741612007/08

Analysis of Appeal Decisions 2007/08

4.8.14 This section provides some analysis of the appeal decisions received in themonitoringperiod. In previous years only residential appeals have been monitored (as a whole)and, for consistency, an overview of this year’s overall residential performance isincluded. However, to provide more detailed information this year, residential appealshave been broken down for analysis by the following development types:

New residential developmentConversions of houses to flats



Conversions of other buildings to flatsHouseholder extensions/alterations

4.8.15 Following an overview of non-residential appeals cases, telecommunication, changeof use and advertisement appeals have also been analysed.

Residential Appeals

4.8.16 Table 45 shows that 128 residential appeals were determined in 2007/08 comparedwith 95 in 2006/07. The proportion of these appeals allowed was 43%, a jump of 7%on the previous year when the proportion was below the target figure of 40%.

Table 45 Residential Appeals

2007/082006/072005/062004/05

%No.%No.%No.%No.Appeals

57%7364%6162%2176%28Dismissed

43%5536%3438%3724%9Allowed

100%128100%95100%54100%37Total

New Residential Development

4.8.17 Table 46 sets out the number of appeal cases involving new residential development(i.e. excluding residential conversions of existing buildings) over the monitoring period.

Table 46 New Residential Development Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08

Proportion of NewResidential Appeal Decisions

Proportion of all AppealDecisions

No. of DecisionsDecision Outcome

53%12%20Dismissed

47%11%18Allowed

100%23%38Total

4.8.18 In Table 47, the numbers of appeals are separated into two groups: those involving‘major’ development (defined as ten or more residential units) and those involving‘minor’ development (for nine or fewer residential units).



Table 47 New Residential Development Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08 - Breakdownby Major/Minor Development Type

Proportion of AppealDecisions (MinorDevelopment)

No. of Decisions(Minor

Development)

Proportion of AppealDecisions (MajorDevelopment)

No. of Decisions(Major

Development)

DecisionOutcome

62%1822%2Dismissed

38%1178%7Allowed

100%29100%9Total

4.8.19 An analysis of the main issues considered by Planning Inspectors in these appealcases for new residential development is set out in Table 48. The numbers in thetable indicate the number of cases in which each issue was considered. Table 48also shows the number of cases that were appeals against ‘non-determination’ (i.e.where the council failed to make a decision on the proposal within the prescribedperiod) and the number of cases that were ‘Committee overturns’ (i.e. where theplanning application was determined by the council’s Development ManagementCommittee and the decision to refuse was contrary to the officer’s recommendation).



Table48

AnalysisofNew

ResidentialD

evelopmentA

ppealD

ecisions

2007/08

MainIssues

Considered(Num

bero

fCases

Cited)

No.of

Non-determination

Appeals

No.of

Com

mittee

Overturns

Devt.

Type/Appeal

Decision

Outcome

Other

Highw

ays/Access

Refuse/Recycling

Provision

Access

Hom

esAmenity

ofNeighbours

Amenity

ofFuture

Occupiers

Character

1-

--

--

1-

-Major

Devt.

Dismissed

22

43

51

3Major

Devt.

Allowed

44

13

1111

151

Minor

Devt.

Dismissed

21

12

32

61

3Minor

Devt.

Allowed



Explanation of the Scope of Main Issues Considered at Appeal

Character

4.8.20 This issue covers considerations of the appearance and spatial relationship ofproposals with their surroundings and in addition, in some cases, issues ofoverdevelopment/over-intensive use with associated noise and disturbance. HarrowUDP Policies cited by Inspectors when considering this issue were mainly D4(standard of design and layout), D5 (new residential development – amenity spaceand privacy), EP25 (noise); in a small number of cases SD1 (quality of design), SH1(housing provision and housing need), SEP5 (structural features), EP46 (greenchains), EP47 (open space) and D9 (streetside greenness and forecourt greenery)were also cited.

Amenity of Future Occupiers

4.8.21 This refers to the adequacy of the accommodation to be provided, in terms of size,daylight, outlook, access to outdoor amenity space, etc. Harrow UDP Policies citedby Inspectors when considering this issue were SD1 (quality of design), D4 (standardof design and layout), D5 (new residential development - amenity space and privacy)and EP25 (noise).

Amenity of Neighbouring Occupiers

4.8.22 This concerns impacts on neighbouring occupiers, both in terms of the physicalimpacts of development (loss of light/outlook, visual harm etc) and in terms of theuse/levels of activity (loss of privacy, noise and disturbance etc). Harrow UDP Policiescited by Inspectors when considering this issue were SD1 (quality of design), D4(standard of design and layout), D5 (new residential development - amenity spaceand privacy) and EP25 (noise).

Accessible Homes

4.8.23 This deals specifically with the provision of lifetime and wheelchair standard housingin relation to Harrow UDP Policy H18.

Refuse/Recycling Provision

4.8.24 This issue covers the adequacy of proposed arrangements for storage and collectionof future residents’ waste. The Harrow UDP Policy cited by Inspectors in relation tothis issue was D4 (standard of design and layout).



Highways/Access

4.8.25 This issue covers considerations of highway safety, parking adequacy/servicingarrangements and accessibility. The Harrow UDP Policies cited by Inspectors inrelation to this issue were D4 (standard of design and layout), T6 (transport impactof development proposals), T13 (parking standards) and T15 (servicing of newdevelopments).

Other Issues

4.8.26 These are issues specific to individual cases and are summarised below:

Major development dismissed - the other issue raised was flood riskMajor development allowed - other issues raised were housing need (HUDPPolicy H4) and the cumulative impact of major development upon the areaMinor development dismissed - other issues raised were the impact of adevelopment upon adjacent tennis courts, the implications of a proposal uponthe future development of a neighbouring piece of land, the effect of a proposalupon the character and appearance of a conservation and the implications oflost servicing spaceMinor development allowed - other issues raised were Green Belt views andtrees

4.8.27 Of the UDP policies referred to by Planning Inspectors, Policies SD1, SH1, H4 andH18 were deleted during the monitoring period.

Conversion of Houses to Flats

4.8.28 The conversion of existing houses to flats contributes to the supply of additionalresidential units needed in the borough. Table 49 sets out the number of appealdecisions for the conversion of houses to flats (with and without extensions) over themonitoring period:

Table 49 House Conversion Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08

Proportion of ConversionAppeal Decisions

Proportion of allAppeal Decisions


50%6.2%10Dismissed

50%6.2%10Allowed

100%12.4%20Total

4.8.29 Of the ten appeals that were allowed, five had been applications recommended forrefusal and determined by council officers under delegated powers and five wererecommended for approval but were refused by the council’s DevelopmentManagement Committee. Of the ten appeals that were dismissed, all wererecommended for refusal and determined by council officers under delegated powers.



4.8.30 A review of all twenty appeal decisions reveals the following recurring issues:

The suitability of the accommodation, in terms of the living conditions of futureoccupiers; for example room sizes, access to and adequacy of garden spaces,internal layout and provision of lifetime homes;The impact upon the character and appearance of the area, particularly withregard to the treatment of forecourts and bin storage;Amenity of neighbours in terms mainly of noise nuisance/levels of activity.

4.8.31 In two cases Inspectors disputed the relevance of the council’s Lifetime Homes PolicyH18, opining that it only applied to larger residential schemes. Other issues raisedin specific cases included the impact of increased car parking demand on highwaysafety, the loss of a house in multiple occupation, the fallback position (in terms ofpotential activity levels) of already-approved extensions and the applicability ofdemands for garden access to first floor flats in schemes involving the conversionof terraced houses.

4.8.32 UDP Policies commonly referred to (amongst others) in these appeal cases includedH9 (Conversions) and Policy H18 (Lifetime Homes). Both of these policies haveexpired during the year covered by this AMR (2007/08). In the case of Policy H9,even without the Policy, there appears to have been acceptance on the part of theInspectors concerned that the issues raised by the council were material planningconsiderations and dealt with them.

4.8.33 In October 2007 the council produced some informal guidance on conversions as acompendium of the main planning considerations, following the expiry of Policy H9.This informal guidance note has not been formally adopted but provides generalguidance to developers with regard to acceptable flat conversion layouts.

4.8.34 Revision of the supplementary planning document ‘Accessible Homes’ which giveseffect to London Plan requirements in respect of Lifetime and Wheelchair StandardHomes has commenced to bring the document up to date with current guidelines. Itis anticipated that this revised document will be adopted during the next AMR period.

Conversion of Other Buildings to Flats

4.8.35 Table 50 covers all other appeal decisions involving the creation of residential unitsfrom existing buildings/premises, with or without alterations and extensions.

Table 50 Other Conversion Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08

Proportion of OtherConversionAppeal Decisions



56%3.1%5Dismissed

44%2.4%4Allowed

100%5.5%9Total



4.8.36 There were a total of nine other appeal decisions received in the 2007/08 periodrelating to residential conversions. These mainly involved the conversion (withextensions/alterations) of existing maisonettes above shops to flats. Other casesincluded the subdivision of dwellings (with extensions) to form two houses and theconversion of a detached rear garden building to form a residential annexe.

4.8.37 Of the five appeals dismissed, the principal reasons cited by Inspectors included theimpact of the extensions on character/appearance, the amenity of neighbouringoccupiers and the suitability of the accommodation to be provided. Although fourappeals were allowed there were, in effect, only two schemes as each involved listedbuildings resulting in applications for planning permission and listed building consent.The issues raised in each of the allowed schemes were quite specific and do notmerit further analysis.

Householder Proposals

4.8.38 Proposals for domestic extensions and related householder development make upthe majority of planning applications made in the borough and, unsurprisinglytherefore, these make up the single largest proportion of all appeal decisions receivedover the monitoring period, 41% (Table 51).

Table 51 Householder Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08

Proportion of HouseholderAppeal Decisions



58%23.6%38Dismissed

42%17.4%28Allowed

100%41%66Total

4.8.39 Due to the large number of householder appeal cases it is not feasible to analysethe decisions. It is noted that the Town and Country Planning (General PermittedDevelopment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2008 has introduced significant changesto the rules governing householder development which will take many proposals,such as two storey rear extensions, single storey side extensions and roof alterations,out of the planning system. This is likely to reduce the number of planning applicationsfor householder development (and consequently the number of appeals) in Harrowin forthcoming monitoring years.

Non-residential Overview

4.8.40 The number of non-residential appeal cases rose by nearly 6% from 117 in 2005/06to 124 in 2006/07. Of the appeal cases decided during 2006/07, 53 (42.7%) wereallowed and 71 were dismissed. This performance is better than the previous year



when 50.4% of appeals were allowed. Although the proportion of appeals allowedis lower than the previous AMR period, it is still higher than the maximum 40%guideline.

Telecommunications Development

4.8.41 There were only four appeal decisions relating to proposals for telecommunicationsdevelopment during the monitoring period 2007/08.

4.8.42 Three of the appeal cases involved telecommunications development requiring fullplanning permission and all of these were allowed. The principal issue in two of thecases concerned the impact of the equipment upon the character and appearanceof the conservation areas in which they were situated. The third proposal involveddevelopment in the Green Belt and this was the principal issue in the case.

4.8.43 The only telecommunications appeal to be dismissed in this period constituted‘permitted development’ subject to the prior approval procedure, meaning that onlysiting and appearance could be considered.

Changes of Use and Advertisements

4.8.44 Of the remaining appeal decisions received in the 2007/08 period, there were twosignificant groups by development type: schemes involving a change of use ofcommercial premises and proposals for advertisements.

Table 52 Change of use Appeal Decisions Received 2007/08

Proportion of Change of UseAppeal Decisions



22%1.2%2Dismissed

78%4.3%7Allowed

100%5.5%9Total

4.8.45 As shown in Table 52, there were a total nine change of use decisions of which themajority were allowed. Of the seven cases allowed, four related changes of use awayfrom retail (three to food/drink uses and one to a financial/professional office); in allbut one case the principal issue concerned the impact of the proposal upon the vitalityand viability of the retail centre in which the site was located.

4.8.46 There were three decisions relating to advertisement proposals, one of which wasdismissed and two were allowed. The consideration of proposals for advertisementsis confined to amenity and public safety.



Appeals Summary 2007/08

Summary

Appeal Trends The number of appeal decisions received continues to rise - 161 thisyear compared with 124 in 2006/07The proportion of appeals allowed continues to exceed the 40%target and is up on the previous monitoring periodDuring 2007/08 the council's refusal rate was 46.8%, leading to anappeal rate of 10%Of the appeals allowed: 9% were cases involving major newresidential development; 15% were for minor new residentialdevelopment; 14% were house conversions; 5% were otherconversions; 38% were householder proposals; 9% were for changeof use; 3% were advertisements. The remaining 7% related to casesnot analysed in this AMR.

ResidentialAppeals

Decisions on appeals for new residential development accounted for23% of all appeal decision in Harrow in 2007/08; 53%were dismissedand 47% were allowedDecisions on appeals for house conversions accounted for 12.4% ofappeal decisions in Harrow in 2007/08; the balance of the decisionoutcomes was 50:50Decisions on appeals for other conversions accounted for 5.5% ofappeal decisions in Harrow in 2007/08; 56% were dismissed and44% were allowed

HouseholderAppeals

Decisions on appeals for householder development accounted for41% of all appeal decisions in Harrow in 2007/08; 58% weredismissed and 42% were allowed

Non-householder/ResidentialAppeals

Decisions on appeals for non-residential development accounted foronly 5.5% of all appeal decisions in Harrow in 2007/08; 22% weredismissed and 78% were allowed



4.9 Planning Obligations (S.106 Agreements)

4.9.1 Planning Obligations, or Section 106 (S.106) agreements (named after the sectionof the Act) are legal agreements between local authorities and developers which arelinked to a planning permission. S.106 agreements are drawn up when it is consideredthat a development will have negative impacts that can't be dealt with throughconditions in the planning permission.

4.9.2 A Planning Obligations SPD is currently being drafted and should be adopted in thenext AMR period. This SPD will provide formulae to assist planning officers anddevelopers to calculate appropriate planning obligations. It will also provide guidanceon priority areas identified to receive benefits from S.106 agreements.

What Type of Benefits can the Council Ask For?

4.9.3 Planning obligations can not only reduce the negative impact of a development butalso deliver real benefits to the community around the development. CentralGovernment has guidance on S.106 agreements in the form of Circular 05/05, whichstates the obligations must: relate to the proposed development; be fair andreasonable; relevant to planning and necessary in planning terms.

4.9.4 Potential obligations include:

Affordable housingTransportCreation of open spaces, public rights of wayCommunity or affordable workshop spaceServicing agreementsCCTVAdoption of new highways, travel plansHealth care provisionRemove new residents’ rights to parking permitsLocal employment and training strategiesCompliance with the Considerate Contractors SchemeMeasures to encourage sustainability and biodiversity, such as green roofs etc.

Monitoring S.106 Agreements

4.9.5 Monitoring of S.106 agreements ensures that community benefits are delivered ontime. It has enabled the council to secure contributions towards the provision of arange of planning benefits including affordable housing. Table 53 shows:

2007/08 saw an increase of 103 units (or 160% in the provision) for sharedownership units. 2006/07 saw an increase of only 45%.2007/08 saw an increase of 162 units (or 131% improvement) in the rentedsector. 2006/07 saw an increase of 52%.That key worker units are still coming forward, however there were only 2 unitsprovided in 2007/08That all S.106 agreements for affordable housing units in 2007/08 were foron-site provision



Table 53 Affordable Housing Contributions

Number of Units

2007/082006/072005/06Housing Type

1676444Shared Ownership

28212280Rent

248Key Worker

£1,032,660Commuted Sum

4.9.6 Table 54 shows a steady increase in S.106 Contributions towards Infrastructure overthe last three years.

Table 54 Contributions towards Infrastructure

Amount Contributed (£)Infrastructure

2007/082006/072005/06

£350,000Public Transport

£55,000£100,000£32,000Highways

£250,000Green Belt

£350,000Public Open Space

£7,050Parks

£20,000Community Services

£500,000£750,000Leisure/Sports Ground

£55,000Drainage

£967,050£870,000£632,000Total



4.10 UDP Proposal Sites - Current Status

4.10.1 Table 55 gives an update on the progress on the Proposals Sites since the UnitaryDevelopment Plan was adopted in July 2004 (refer to section 10 of the UDP).

4.10.2 In summary, in 2007/08:

Development was underway on seven Proposals Sites: PS7 (land north ofJunction Road); PS12 (Prince Edward Playing Fields); PS19 (Eastern ElectricityLand, Stanley Road); PS25 (BAE Systems, Stanmore); PS28 (24-28 StationRoad); PS29 (land adjacent to the Leisure Centre/former outdoor pool); andPS34 (ex BR site, Cecil Road)The council sold its interests wholly in two Proposals Sites: PS2 (Land north ofGreenhill Way) and PS30 (Parks Depot Site and former mortuary, Peel Road).Planning applications have subsequently been submitted for the redevelopmentof both of these sites.The council sold part of the former Vaughan Centre in Vaughan Road (PS40)in March 2008 for residential development. The remainder of the site was grantedplanning permission in September 2007 for a new Neighbourhood ResourceCentre.Planning permission was also granted on the former Government Offices sitein Honeypot Lane (PS27) for a comprehensivemixed use redevelopment scheme,including 798 residential units and a business incubator centre.A planning application was submitted in March 2008 for a new leisure centre onthe site adjacent to the existing leisure centre in Christchurch Avenue (PS31 &PS32). The intention was to demolish the existing leisure centre on completionof the new scheme.

Table 55 Update on status of existing UDP Proposal Sites

Development Status (2007/08)Area

(ha)

Site AddressExistingUDP

ProposalSite

Reference

None0.8Land south of Greenhill Way, r/oDebenhams

Site 1

Site was sold in 2007/8. Planning applicationreceived in May 2008 for 37 flats.

0.2Land north of Greenhill WaySite 2

None0.52 St John's RoadSite 3

None0.29 - 11 St John's RoadSite 4

Authority has been given in principle to disposeof the council's interest in the site for residentialdevelopment

1.3Gayton Road car park, lendinglibrary and Sonia Court

Site 5

Development Brief has been produced for thesite, negotiations with prospective development

5.8Harrow-on-the-Hill Station, andland in College Road andLowlands Road

Site 6

partners underway. Planning applicationsreceived in February 2008, for redevelopmentof Harrow College and reconfiguration of openspace, and another for redevelopment of part of




(ha)


ProposalSite

Reference

Harrow College site for a residentialdevelopment to provide between 404 and 420flats. Further planning application awaited forredevelopment of former Post Office site inCollege Road for residential and commercialuse.

Development of 144 flats and ancillaryoffice/retail/leisure uses under construction

0.3Land north of Junction RoadSite 7

Planning permission granted in Oct 2006 for 9dwellings

0.116-24 Lowlands RoadSite 8

None0.7St Ann's Service yard & CollegeRd frontage

Site 9

Planning Application received in July 2007 for11 flats (subsequently dismissed on appeal)

0.1Former YWCA, 51 SheepcoteRoad

Site 10

None0.6Belmont Health Centre andadjacent land, Belmont Circle

Site 11

Planning permission granted to Barnet FootballClub for the development and management of

17.3Prince Edward Playing Fields,Whitchurch Lane/CamroseAvenue

Site 12

the site as a sports complex, football stadiumand ancillary leisure uses. Developmentunderway.

Development completed on 31/3/07 providing ahostel and 96 units

1.5Former Harrow Hospital, andnurses hostel, Roxeth Hill

Site 13

Development completed on 31/3/07 providing31 units and restaurant premises

0.56Former Kings Head Hotel, HighStreet, Harrow on the Hill

Site 14

None6.9Harrow Weald Park, BrookshillSite 15

None3.4Harrow Arts Centre, UxbridgeRoad and associated land andbuildings

Site 16

None1.4TA Centre, Honeypot LaneSite 17

None0.16149 and 151 Pinner ViewSite 18

Planning permission granted for 180 flats, officesand use of 11 railway arches for

1.5Eastern Electricity Plc land, theBrember Day Centre

Site 19

A1/A2/A3/A4/B1/D1/D2 uses. Developmentunderway.

None0.8Roxeth AllotmentsSite 20

Development Brief adopted0.08201-209 Northolt RoadSite 21

Development completed 12/07/05 providing 22flats

0.38Roxeth Nursery, The ArchesSite 22

None3.3Glenthorne, Common RoadSite 23




(ha)


ProposalSite

Reference

None6.6Land at Stanmore Station andadjacent land, London Road

Site 24

Permission allowed on appeal (31/03/05) for 198units. Construction underway and substantiallycompleted.

4.4BAE Systems Site, Warren Lane,Stanmore

Site 25

None0.6Anmer Lodge, StanmoreSite 26

Permission allowed on appeal in November 2007for comprehensive mixed use redevelopment

4.1Former Government Offices,Honeypot Lane

Site 27

including 798 residential units andA1/A2/A3/A4/A5/D1/D2 and B1 floorspace,including a business incubator centre.

New Mosque currently under construction0.424-38 Station RoadSite 28

Planning permission granted in September 2007for a Neighbourhood Resource Centre.Development underway. Remainder of siteallocated for residential care home.

0.6Land adjacent to the LeisureCentre/former outdoor pool

Site 29

Site was sold in March 2007. Planningapplication received in April 2008 for 46residential units.

0.3Parks depot site and formermortuary, Peel Road

Site 30

Planning application received 6/3/08 forredevelopment to provide new leisure centre.

0.23Land north of the Bridge Day CareCentre adjacent to the leisureCentre car park

Site 31

1.4Driving Centre, ChristchurchAvenue

Site 32

This proposal site will be reviewed as part of theongoing LDF process. Development was

1.5Land west of High Street,Wealdstone

Site 33

completed on 16/03/2005 for a change of usefrom offices to 33 affordable flats with part of thesite still to be developed.

Planning permission for redevelopment for 11B1 units was granted in November 1997 and

0.6Ex BR Site, Cecil RoadSite 34

has subsequently expired. New office buildingwith light industrial use granted permission forexisting site owner in January 2005 and underconstruction.

Development completed on 1/12/06 for 10houses and 87 flats (71 affordable)

0.6Wealdstone Library/ Youth Centreand Canning Road car park

Site 35

None0.151-33 The Bridge & 6-14 MasonsAvenue

Site 36

Will need to be reviewed through LDF aspremises at 10-16 Byron Road have recently

0.38Land at Oxford Road and ByronRoad

Site 37

undergone complete refurbishment includingextensions for commercial use.




(ha)


ProposalSite

Reference

None0.4587-111 High Street and land to therear, Wealdstone

Site 38

None0.9Land r/o 121-255 Pinner RoadSite 39

The locally listed status of the Vaughan Centrewas lifted to facilitate the development of part of

0.3Vaughan Centre, Vaughan RoadWilson Gardens

Site 40

the site as a Neighbourhood Resource Centre,which was granted planning permission inSeptember 2007. Remainder of site sold forresidential development.




Key Findings and Conclusions 5

5 Key Findings and Conclusions

5.0.1 The fourth AMR continues to show the significant difference planning and relatedpolicies are making to Harrow and its residents and demonstrate that Harrow iscontinuing to protect both its wonderful Green Belt and at the same time ensuringthat there is sufficient employment land to maintain our economic vitality.

5.0.2 The following sections give a summary of some of the achievements as well as somekey opportunities for the borough to improve.

Environmental Protection and Open Space

5.0.3 Harrow can proudly demonstrate that there was no loss of open space within theGreen Belt. The new Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) will provide Harrow with a stoutmechanism not just to monitor and protect the borough's flora and fauna, but also toraise awareness and interest in Harrow’s natural heritage. From a waste viewpointthe borough continues to make good progress towards achieving the 40% wasterecycling target agreed with the West London Waste Authority. Both the adoption ofthe BAP and the increased level of recycling will be important in taking forward ouremerging climate change strategy.

5.0.4 Some indicators have seen huge increases, which were largely due to streamliningand more efficient and effective procedures within the council. For example, changesmade in administering Tree Preservation Orders have resulted in the confirmationof nearly 300% more Tree Preservation Orders last year. This is a reflection on thehard work of officers and the council's commitment to preserving the leafy characterof the borough through the protection of valuable trees.

Design and the Built Environment

5.0.5 The pre-application advice service is proving popular for developers to discussproposals and allows officers from a range of disciplines to give feedback. Commentswere made on 174 schemes during the last monitoring period.

5.0.6 Having a dedicated Access Officer and appropriate SPDs in place has also enableda huge increase in the service provided to residents and developers with 394 detailedobservations on planning applications made in 2007/08.

5.0.7 The quality of Harrow's historic heritage is also being safeguarded through 21 adoptedConservation Area Appraisals. Work continues on a further four.

Transport

5.0.8 Improvements have been made to bus stop accessibility and to Harrow's cyclenetwork. This reflects the continuing need to improve the attractiveness and reliabilityof other forms of transport other than private motor vehicle. The council continuesto seek travel plans from developers as another means of promoting sustainabledevelopment and encouraging other modes of transport.


5Key Findings and Conclusions

5.0.9 Furthermore accident rates and the number of people killed or seriously injuredthrough road accidents have reduced.

Housing

5.0.10 The longer monitoring time span should enable emerging trends to be identified, butfor some of the indicators the trends are not always clear. With an increasing numberof housing completions over the past three monitoring years and a strong housingpipeline, a continuing growth in completions may have been expected, building onthe increase in 2006/07. However, there was a 40% decrease in the number of unitsbuilt in 2007/08, compared to 2006/07. There was even a temporary decrease in thehousing stock of dwellings in social housing ownership. However this decline shouldreverse once the new units on the Rayners Lane Estate are completed within thenext AMR period. There was also a decrease in the number of affordable housingunits completed, whilst Housing Need Surveys show an increasing demand for socialhousing. Officers andmembers will be looking for alternative ways forward, particularlyin view of the emerging economic downturn.

5.0.11 At the end of March 2008 the council was anticipating that completions over the nextfive years will greatly exceed the London Plan targets. Based on the 15 year HousingTrajectory to 2022/23 Harrow is expected to meet its housing target early, by 2012/13.

Employment and Town Centres

5.0.12 Within the town centres the footfall has continued to drop, but only by around 5%overall since 1999 and across all the town centres, despite the competition frommany major new retail attractions close at hand and across London. Overall thepercentage of vacant retail frontage in Harrow’s town centres remains low and officevacancy rates fell slightly in 2007/08. The amount of employment land has onlyreduced by a small margin, however, this reflects trends over the entire country asthe UK's economy moves away from manufacturing.

Recreation, Sport and Leisure

5.0.13 Further advances in promoting sport are being made throughout the borough withsuccess in the London Youth Games as well as the Canons Cricket Academy. Alsogrants for the refurbishment of Harrow Leisure Centre and Hatch End Pool areassisting the council to provide better facilities. Championing Harrow continues tobuild on this success with the aim to use the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympicsto inspire more residents of all ages to take up sport.

5.0.14 Harrow enjoys its rich culture and this diversity is celebrated each year in the UnderOne Sky festival. This year over 10,000 people attended. To strengthen culture andarts in the borough the council took over the running of the Harrow Arts Centre inHatch End.


Key Findings and Conclusions 5

Community Services and Accessibility

5.0.15 This AMR period saw an increase in investment into community services and a netincrease in the total floor space for community facilities. This follows the continuingtrend for a net gain in community facilities over the past year.

Appeals

5.0.16 This is a new section in the AMR. The number of appeal decisions rose from 124 inthe previous year to 161 in this monitoring period. The proportion of appeals allowedexceeded the 40% target again.

Planning Obligations

5.0.17 Monitoring the contributions made as a result of Planning Obligations ensures thatthe community benefits are delivered. There was an increase of 160% in the provisionof shared ownership units, up from 45% from last period. The introduction of a newPlanning Obligations SPDwill provide a streamlined mechanism to gain contributionsfrom developers and will be clearer and result in a fairer system. This should alsoresult in greater contributions. The SPD is currently being prepared and should beadopted in the next AMR period.

Conclusions

5.0.18 Monitoring activity helps us to understand what is happening now and allows thecouncil to take stock and review activity. The data collected and presented in thisAMR informs the council as well as central government as to the trends within Harrow.This information will also inform future policy development. The new Core OutputIndicators will be fully monitored for 2008/09.


5Key Findings and Conclusions


Core Output Indicator Summaries A

AppendixACoreOutputIndicator

Summaries

Thefollowingtables

includeasummaryofhowwellH

arrowisperformingagainstthe

NationalC

oreOutputIndicators.

BusinessDevelopmentand

TownCentres

Total

B8

B2

B1c

B1b

B1a

336

0336

00

0Gross

BD1

-3,966

-880

0-1

,586

0-1

,500

Net(m

2 )

336

0336

00

0Gross

BD2

--

100

--

-%

grosson

PDL

1.562

0.374

0.021

0.292

0.264

0.612

Hectares

BD3

Page86-Section4.5.1,Page87-Section4.5.3,Page87-Section4.5.4

Total

D2

B1a

A2

A1

00

00

0Gross

BD4

00

00

0Net

Page89-Section4.5.7


ACore Output Indicator Summaries

Housing

Source

ofPlan

Target

TotalH

ousing

Required

EndofPlan

Perio

dStartofP

lan

Perio

d

London

PlanFe

b2004

1655

2006/07

2002/03

H1

Alterations

toLondon

PlanDec

2006

4000

2016/17

2007/08

H1(b)

(ifrequired)

Page71-Section4.4.14

12/13

4

11/12

3

10/11

2

09/10

1

08/09

Cur

07/08

Rep

06/07

05/06

04/05

03/04

02/03

620

568

475

546

367

H2a

366

H2b

859

1039

1899

1481

540

a)Netadditions

H2c

8.64

16.61

25.16

17.38

b)Hectares

400

400

400

400

c)Target

Target

Met

1297

236

325

339

H2d



23/24

22/23

21/22

20/21

18/19

17/18

16/17

15/16

14/15

13/14

5

H2a

H2b

00

147

147

160

0320

086

131

a)Netadditions

H2c

0.57

b)Hectares

400

c)Target

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

Target

Met

H2d

Page63-Section4.4.4,Page71-Section4.4.15,Page72Section4.4.21

Total

366

Gross

H3

100

%grosson

PDL

Page66-Section4.4.8

Total

Transit

Perm

anent

00

0H4




Affo

rdableHom

esTotal

Interm

ediateHom

esProvided

SocialRentH

omes

Provided

127

7948

H5


Num

bero

fsites

with

aBuildingfor

lifeassessmentof

10to14

%of

dwellings

of14

to15

Num

bero

fdw

ellings

onthosesites

Num

bero

fsites

with

aBuildingfor

lifeassessmentof

14to15

%of

dwellings

of16

ormore

Num

bero

fdw

ellings

onthosesites

Num

bero

fsites

with

aBuildingfor

lifeassessmentof

16or

more

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

H6

Num

bero

fdw

ellings

onthosesites

%of

dwellings

ofless

than

10

Totalnum

bero

fhousingsites(or

phases

ofhousing

sites)

Num

bero

fdw

ellings

onthosesites

Num

bero

fsites

with

aBuildingfor

lifeassessmentof

less

than

10

%of

dwellings

of10

to14

Num

bero

fdw

ellings

onthosesites

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

H6

Page48-Section4.2.2

n/a=datanotavailable

Environm

entalQ

uality

Total

Quality

Flooding

00

0E1 Page35-Section4.1.3



Total

Addition

Loss

00

0E2 Page37-Section4.1.12

Biomass

Hydro

Solar

Photovoltaics

WindOnshore

Sew

agesludge

digestion

Landfillgas

E3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Permitted

installed

capacityinMW

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Com

pleted

installed

capacityinMW

Total

Biomass

Plantbiom

ass

Animalbiom

ass

Co-firingofbiom

ass

with

fossilfuels

Municipal(and

industrial)

solid

wastecombustion

E3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Permitted

installedcapacity

inMW

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Com

pleted

installedcapacity

inMW


n/a=datanotavailable



Minerals

Sand

andGravel

Crushed

Rock

00

M1


Recycled

Secondary

00

M2


Waste

Metal

Recycling

Site

Pyrolysis/

Gasification

LandfillG

asGeneration

Plant

Energy

from

Waste

Incineration

Hazardous

Landfill

Non-hazardous

Landfill

Inert

Landfill

00

00

00

0W1

Thetotalcapacity

(m3 ,tonnes

orlitres)

00

00

00

0Maximum

annualoperational

throughput(tonnes

(orlitres

ifliquidwaste))



Any

combined

mechanical,

biologicaland/or

thermaltreatment

(MBT)

Anaerobic

digestion

In-vessel

composting

Open

windrow

composting

Household

civic

amenity

sites

Material

recovery/

recycling

facilities

(MRFs)

Transfer

Stations

00

00

00

0W1

Thetotalcapacity

(m3 ,tonnes

orlitres)

00

00

00

0Maximum

annualoperational

throughput(tonnes

(orlitres

ifliquidwaste))

Total

Other

developm

ents

Other

waste

managem

ent

Storageof

waste

Material

recovery/recycling

facilities(MRFs)

Other

treatment

Sewage

Treatment

Works

00

00

00

0W1

Thetotalcapacity

(m3 ,tonnes

orlitres)

00

00

00

0Maximum

annualoperational

throughputtonnes(orlitres

ifliquidwaste))




TotalW

aste

Arisings

Other

Recycled/

Com

posted

Incineration

withoutE

fWIncinerationwith

EfW

Landfill

113,669

038,477

038

75,154

W2

Amountofwaste

arisings

intonnes





Changes to Core Output Indicators B

Appendix B Changes to Core Output Indicators

Removal of Core Output Indicators by CLG

B.1 The following tables highlight the key changes to the Core Output Indicator setbetween the 2006/07 and the current 2007/08 monitoring periods. As mentionedearlier, the removal of indicators from the COI set should not prevent their futurecollection and reporting within the AMR, especially where the council considers theyare necessary to monitor the implementation of spatial strategies or to reflectrequirements of other government guidance.

Table 56 Core Output Indicators (COI) removed (by DCLG in 2007/08)

Removed COI Indicators

Authorities can use indicator BD3 to apply to other spatialscales and policy areas as appropriate. Similarly trackingchanges to BD3 over time will enable authorities toidentify competing uses and pressures to employmentland lost to residential development.

1e - Losses of employment land in:i) employment/regeneration areasand (ii) local authority area

1f - Amount of employment landavailability

CLG will continue to collect density information throughland use change statistics. Authorities should continueto report density information in their AMR in the formmostrelevant to their policy and characteristics.

2c - Percentage of new housingdensities

Authorities should continue to report any policies on carparking where part of their Development Plan.

3a - Amount of completed nonresidential development complyingwith car parking standards

Authorities should continue to monitor accessibility,reflecting policy and characteristics of their area. NationalIndicator NI 175 Access to services and facilities by publictransport, walking and cycling may also be useful inmonitoring accessibility.

3b - Amount of new residentialdevelopment within 30 minutes ofkey services

Authorities with green flag policies or signed up to thescheme should continue to monitor against the standard.In addition, National Indicator NI 197 Improved local

4c - Amount of eligible openspaces managed to green flagaward standard

biodiversity - proportion of local sites where positiveconservation management has been or is beingimplemented - could help authorities monitor the qualityof any open spaces also covered by NI 197.

Authorities should continue to develop this informationwith local and regional biodiversity partnerships and useit as a contextual indicator, to be reported less frequently,

8(i) - Change in priority habitatsand species by type

as part of a suite of indicators (including ENV3) monitoringthe impact of new development on sites of biologicalimportance. National Indicator 197 Improved local



Removed COI Indicators

biodiversity - proportion of local sites where positiveconservation management has been or is beingimplemented could also be included within this suite.

Table 57 New Core Output Indicators (included by DCLG as of 2007/08)

New Core Output Indicators

H4: Net additional pitches (Gypsy and Traveller)

H6: Housing Quality – Building for Life Assessments Design

ExplanationKey Indicator changes

Local authorities can apply information they capture forBD1 and BD3 for which ever policy areas they need toincluding any relevant employment or regenerationareas.

Business Development andTown Centres

Removal of employment andregeneration areas in employmentindicators .

BD2 Previously developed landdefinition updated

To be consistent with PPS3 PDL definition

Definitions have been aligned across PPS3 the HousingFlows Reconciliation Return and National Indicator set

Housing

Dwelling and Net additiondefinition changes

The addition of five year housingsupply information as part of thehousing trajectory.

To reflect consistency with guidance published as part ofthe National Indicator set and the approach to managinghousing delivery in PPS3

The definition has been clarified and aligned with BERRdata collection and reporting categories

Environmental Quality

Clarifying the capture of renewableenergy generation

Primary land won aggregates have been defined in orderto allow comparable data collection and reporting (i.eexcluding marine dredged aggregate)

Minerals

M1 & M2 (not relevant in Harrow)

Recycled aggregate has been more clearly described


BChanges to Core Output Indicators

New Core Output Indicators

In order to allow consistent and comparable (year on year)collection and reporting of figures ‘management types’have been linked to those that are used in planning policysupporting guidance, the standard planning applicationform and existing DEFRA data collections.

Waste

W1 & W2




LDS TimetableC

AppendixCLD

STimetable

Figure16

LDSTimetable2006

-2011


LDS TimetableC


Deleted UDP PoliciesD

AppendixDDeleted

UDPPo

licies

Note:for'Deleted

Policy'thepage

numbersrefertothepolicyintheHarrowUnitaryDevelopmentPlan2004.Allotherpagenumbers

refertotheLondon

Plan

(Consolidated

with

Alterations

2004)February2008.

Table58

Deleted

UDPPo

licies

OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies

OtherRelevantLondonPlan

Policies

ReplacementLondonPlan

Policies

Deleted

Policy

4A.4(p202):E

nergyassessment

4A.3(p199)

Sustainabledesign

&constru

ction

SEP1(p28):EnergyUse

and

Conservation

4A.7(p205):R

enew

ableenergy

4A.6(p204):D

ecentra

lised

energy:heating,

coolingandpower

3A.18(p90):Protectionandenhancem

entof

socialinfra

structureandcommunity

facilities

EP11

Developmentw

ithinFloodplains

4A.13(p210):W

ater

andsewerage

infra

-stru

cture

4A.16(p214):W

ater

supplyandresources

SEP2(p29):Water

4C.6(p199):F

loodplains

EP15

Water

Conservation

4A.12(p210)

Flooding

4A.13(p210):F

lood

riskmanagem

ent

4A.14(p213):S

ustainabledrainage

4A.15(p214):Rising

groundwater

EP16

WasteManagem

ent,Disposal

andRecyclingFa

cilities

4A.29(p238):H

azardous

waste

4A.21(p221):W

astestrategicpolicyand

targets4A

.22(p222):S

patialpoliciesfor

wastemanagem

ent

SEP3(p30):WasteGeneral

Principles

4A.23(p223):C

riteriaforthe

selectionofsites

forw

astemanagem

entand

disposal



OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies


Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

4A.24(p231):E

xistingprovision,capacity,

intensification,re-use

andprotection

4A.25(p231):B

orough

levelapportionm

ent

ofmunicipalandcommercialwastetobe

managed

4A.26(p233):N

umbersandtypesofrecycling

andwastetre

atmentfacilities

4A.27(p235):B

road

locations

suitablefor

recyclingandwastetre

atmentfacilities

4A.28(p238):C

onstruction,excavationand

demolition

waste

EP28

ConservingandEnhancing

Biodiversity

3D.14(p184):B

iodiversity

&nature

conservation

SEP4(p32):Biodiversity

and

NaturalHeritage

EP32

Green

Belt:AcceptableLand

Uses

3D.9(p177):G

reen

Belt

SEP6(p33):Areas

ofSpecial

Character,G

reen

Beltand

Metropolitan

OpenLand

3D.10(p178):M

etropolitan

OpenLand

EP38

RecreationalU

sesintheGreen

Belt

EP39

Land

forR

ecreationinthe

Green

Belt

EP44

Metropolitan

OpenLand

D4DesignandTh

eBuiltEnvironm

ent

4B.2(p246):P

romotingworld-class

architecture

anddesign

4B.1(p245):D

esignprinciples

fora

compact

city

SD1(p34):QualityofDesign

4A.3(p68):Maximisingthepotentialofsites


DDeleted UDP Policies

OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies


Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

4B.3(p248):E

nhancing

thequality

ofthepublic

realm

D14

ConservationAreas

4B.12(p255):H

eritage

conservation

4B.11(p254):London’sbuiltheritage

SD2(p34):ConservationAreas,

Listed

Buildings,S

itesof

ArchaeologicalImporta

nceand

Historic

Parks

andGardens

D18

Historic

Parks

andGardens

D11

StatutorilyListed

Buildings

4B.13(p255):H

istoric

conservation-led

regeneration

D20,D

21,D

22SitesofArchaeological

Importa

nce

4B.15(p255):A

rchaeology

3D.1(p162):S

upporting

towncentres

2A.8(p49):TownCentre

sSD3(p35):Mixed-Use

Development

3D.2(p165):Tow

ncentre

developm

ent

T6Th

eTransportImpactof

DevelopmentP

roposals

2A.8(p49):Towncentres

3C.1(p126):Integratingtra

nsportand

developm

ent

ST1

(p36):Land

Usesandthe

TransportN

etwork

3C.2(p126):M

atchingdevelopm

enttotra

nsport

capacity

SEM3ProposalsforN

ewEm

ployment-G

eneratingDevelopment

3C.3(p127):S

ustainabletra

nsportin

London

3C.4(p127):Landfortransport

ST3

London-wideHighw

ayNetwork

3C.18(p149):A

llocationofstreetspace

3C.17(p148):Tacklingcongestionand

reducing

traffic

ST2

(p37):Traffic

Managem

ent

ST4

London-wideTransport

Investment

3C.18(p150):Localtra

nsport&publicrealm

improvem

ents

ST5

London-W

ideTransport

Investment

3C.20(p151):Improvingconditionsfor

buses



OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies


Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

T12ReallocatingAvailable

Road-spaceandManagingTraffic

3C.21(p152):Improvingconditionsfor

walking

3C.22(p153):Improvingconditionsforcycling

3A.4(p70):Efficientuse

ofstock

3A.5(p70):Housing

choice

3A.1(p64):Increasing

London’ssupplyof

housing

SH1(p40):Housing

Provision

and

Housing

Need

3A.2(p65):Borough

housingtargets

3A.7(p72):Largeresidentialdevelopments

3A.8(p73):Definition

ofaffordablehousing

3A.9(p76):Affordablehousingtargets

3A.10(p77):Negotiatingaffordablehousingin

individualprivateresidentialand

mixed-use

schemes

3A.13(p80):Specialneedsandspecialist

housing

3A.15(p83):Loss

ofhousingandaffordable

housing

H17

AccessforS

pecialHouseholds

with

Particular

Needs

3A.13(p80):Specialistneeds

andspecialist

housing

3A.5(p70):Housing

choice

SH2(p43):Housing

TypesandMix

3A.14(p8):London'stra

vellersandgypsies

3A.16(p83):Loss

ofhostel,staffaccommodation

andshared

accommodation

3A.17(p84):Addressingtheneedsoflondon's

diversepopulation



OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies


Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

EM4New

Office

Development

3B.4(p112):Industriallocations

2A.10(p55):Stra

tegicem

ploymentlocations

SEM3(p46):ProposalsforN

ewEmploymentG

enerating

Development

EM22

Environm

entalImpactofNew

BusinessDevelopment

SEP5Stru

cturalFe

atures

EP47

OpenSpace

3D.7(p175):R

ealisingthevalueofopen

space

andgreeninfra

structure

3D.6(p171):T

heOlympicandParalym

pic

Gam

esandsportsfacilities

SR1(p47):Open-AirLeisureand

Sporting

Activities

EP50

Inform

alAreas

ofOpenSpace

3D.11(p179):O

penspaceprovisioninUDPs

R4Outdoor

Sports

Facilities

C2Provision

ofSocial&

Com

munity

Facilities

3A.19(p91):Thevoluntaryandcommunity

sector


entof

socialinfra


facilities

SC1(p49):Provision

ofCom

munity

Services

C10

Com

munity

Buildings

&Places

ofWorship

6B.2(p391):M

easuringprogress

6B.1(p391):M

onitoringandreview

SI2(p50):MonitoringandReview

4A.7(p205):R

enew

ableenergy

EP7(p57):Renew

ableEnergy

EP15

Water

Conservation

4A.7(p205):R

enew

ableenergy

4A.4(p202):E

nergyassessment

EP8(p59):EnergyConservation

&Efficiency

4A.15(p214):R

isinggroundwater

EP9(p60):Water

Quality,Supply

andDisposal

EP12

Contro

lofS

urface

Water

Run-Off

4A.14(p213):S

ustainabledrainage

EP10

(p61):SustainableUrban

Drainage



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DP

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Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

EP16

WasteManagem

ent,Disposal

andRecyclingFa

cilities

4A.22(p222):S

patialpoliciesforw

aste

managem

ent.

EP17

(p69):WasteGenerating

Activities

4A.21(p221):W

astestrategicpolicyand

targets

4A.22(p221):S

patialpoliciesforw

aste

managem

ent

EP18

(p69):Landfilling

4A.31(p240):S

patialpoliciestosupportthe

betteru

seofaggregates

4A.30(p240):B

etteru

seofaggregates

EP19

(p70):Aggregates

4A.19(p218):Improvingairq

uality

EP24

(p74):AirQuality

3D.9(p177):G

reen

belt

EP33

(p87):Developmentinthe

Green

Belt

D4Th

eStandardofDesignand

Layout

D6(p111):D

esigninEmployment

Areas

D4Th


Layout

4A.22(p222):S

patialpoliciesforw

aste

managem

ent

D8(p112):S

torage

ofWaste,

RecyclableandReusable

MaterialsinNew

Developments

4B.13(p255):H

istoric

conservation-led

regeneration

D13

(p117):The

Use

ofStatutorily

Listed

Buildings

4B.12(p183):H

eritage

Conservation

D17

(p121):A

rticleFo

urDirection

4B.1(p245):D

esignprinciples

fora

compactcity

D26

(p128):A

dvertisem

ents&

Signs

onBuildings

4B.1(p245):D

esignprinciples

fora

compactcity

D27

(p129):F

ree-Standing

Advertisem

ents

4B.1(p245):D

esignprinciples

fora

compactcity

D28

(p129):A

dvertisem

ent

Hoardings



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DP

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Policies

Deleted

Policy

3A.2(p65):Borough

housingtargets

3A.3(p68):Maximisingthepotentialofsites

H4(p159):R

esidentialD

ensity

4B.1(p245):D

esignprinciples

fora

compactcity

Table3A

.2(p69):Densitymatrix

3A.8(p73):Definition

ofaffordablehousing

3A.9:(p76)

Affordablehousingtargets

H5(p159):A

ffordableHousing

3A.10(p77):Negotiatingaffordablehousing

inindividualprivateresidentialand

mixed-use

schemes

3A.9(p76):Affordablehousingtargets

H6(p163):A

ffordableHousing

Target

H10

Maintenance

andImprovem

ent

toExistingHousing

Stock

3A.2(p65):Borough

housingtargets

3A.1(p64):Increasing

London’ssupplyof

housing

H9(p165):C

onversions

ofHouses

&Other

Buildings

toFlats


ofstock

3A.5(p70):Housing

choice

D4Th


Layout

D5New

ResidentialD

evelopment–

Amenity

Space

andPrivacy

D9Stre

etside

Greenness

and

ForecourtG

reenery

T13Parking

Standards

H10

Maintenance

andImprovem

ent

toExistingHousing

Stock


ofstock

3A.5(p70):Housing

choice

H12

(p168):H

ousesinMultiple

Occupation

3A.5(p70):Housing

choice

H18

(p172):A

ccessibleHom

es

D4Th

eStandardofDesign&Layout

3D.1(p162):S

upporting

towncentres

2A.8(p49):Towncentres

EM8(p186):E

nhancing

Town

Centre

s



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DP

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Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

3D.2(p165):Tow

ncentre

developm

ent

3D.3(p167):M

aintaining

andimprovingretail

facilities

EP47

OpenSpace

3D.12(p181):O

penspacestrategies

3D.11(p179):O

penspaceprovisioninDPD

sR3(p213):P

ublic

OpenSpace

EP48

Public

OpenSpace

EP50

Inform

alAreas

ofOpenSpace

3D.11(p179):O

penspaceprovisioninDPD

sR6(p215):InformalRecreation

R11

ProtectingArts,C

ulture,

Entertainment&

LeisureFa

cilities

3D.2(p165):Tow

ncentre

developm

ent

3D.6(p171):T

heOlympicandParalym

pic

Gam


R9(p217):IndoorS

ports

Facilities

R13

LeisureFa

cilities

R11

ProtectingArts,C

ulture,

Entertainment&

LeisureFa

cilities.

3D.2(p165):Tow

ncentre

developm

ent

3D.4(p168):D

evelopmentand

prom

otionof

artsandculture

R10

(p218):A

rts,C

ulture

and

Entertainment

R13

LeisureFa

cilities

3D.3(p167):M

aintaining

andimprovingretail

facilities

R12

(p219):C

hangeofUse

above

GroundFloorleveltoArts,C

ulture,

Entertainmentand

Leisure

3D.4(p168):D

evelopmentand

prom

otionofarts

andculture

3D.6(p171):T

heOlympicandParalym

pic

Gam


3D.7(p173):V

isitora

ccom

modationand

facilities

R14

(p220):Tourism



OtherRelevantU

DP

Policies


Policies


Policies

Deleted

Policy

C2Provision

ofSocial&

Com

munity

Facilities

3A.24(p95):Educationfacilities

C4(p229):N

urseryProvision

inotherP

remises

C2Provision

ofSocial&

Com

munity

Facilities


C5(p230):N

urseryandChildcare

Facilities

C2Provision

ofSocial&

Com

munity

Facilities

C7New

EducationalFacilities


C6(p230):F

irstand

Middle

Schools

3D.1(p162):S

upporting

towncentres

3A.21(p93):Locations

forh

ealthcare

C9(p234):D

octors'Surgeries

C2Provision

ofSocial&

Com

munity

Facilities


entof

socialinfra


facilities

C12

(p237):C

ommunity

Protection

andEmergencyServices

D4Th


Layout

4A.18(p216):W

aterandsewerageinfrastructure

C13

(p237):S

tatutoryBodiesand

Utility

Com

panies

6A.4(p371):P

rioritiesinplanning

obligations

I3(p247):P

lanningObligations

andLegalA

greements

6A.5(p371):P

lanningobligations

I4(p249):E

nforcement

I6(p250):S

upplem

entary

PlanningGuidanceandPlanning

Briefs

I7(p251):P

ublic

Consultation




Five Year Housing Supply E

Appendix E Five Year Housing Supply

E.1 In accordance with Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) and the Strategic HousingLand Availability Assessments Practice Guidance the council is required to identifya five year supply of deliverable housing sites.

E.2 For sites to be considered ‘deliverable’ PPS3 states that they should be:

Available - the site should be available nowSuitable - the site offers a suitable location for development now and wouldcontribute to the creation of sustainable, mixed communitiesAchievable - there is a reasonable prospect that housing will be deliverable onthe site within five years

E.3 The council has identified sites which meet these requirements and these include:

All sites for housing units under construction as at 31/3/2008 (these developmentsinclude new build, changes of use to housing units and conversions)All sites with planning permission as at 31/3/2008 (these developments includenew build, changes of use to housing units and conversions)Sites where permission has been granted, subject to legal agreement, as at31/3/2008Potential deliverable sites (without planning permission as at 31/03/2008)

E.4 Schedules 1 to 5 (summarised in Table 59) demonstrate that Harrow has a sufficientsupply of housing land to meet its Five Year Housing Supply targets, without relyingon a windfall allowance. Sites with planning permission (commitments) account for2,957 units, (1) exceeding the overall five year London Plan target for Harrow by 1,157units.(2) In addition, 2,943 units (3) are expected to come forward from allocated andother identified sites (Schedules 5 & 6).

1 This includes totals for both sites with planning permission (not under construction) andsites with planning permission under construction

2 This is the difference between Harrow's five year conventional housing supply (360x5=1800and total sites with planning permission (both under construction and not under construction).

3 This is the figure for sites with legal agreement and potential deliverable sites



Table 59 Summary of Harrow's Five Year Supply (as at 31/03/08)

Site Area(ha)

NewUnits

DescriptionScheduleSites

31.281,592New Build sitesSchedule 1Sites with PlanningPermission (not underconstruction) 5.42196Conversions/Changes of

UseSchedule 3

36.701,788Summary Total

12.081,070New Build sitesSchedule 2Sites with PlanningPermission (underconstruction) 1.8799Conversions/Changes of

UseSchedule 4

13.951,169Summary Total

0.4232Schedule 5Sites with LegalAgreement

50.462,911Schedule 6Possible Future Sites

101.535,900--Total From DeliverableSites


EFive Year Housing Supply

Schedule1:New

BuildSiteswith

Planning

Perm

ission

andnotyetunderconstruction(asat31/03/08)

LargeSites(10+

units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

Perm

ission

Date

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.

Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Redevt.toprovide798units

(including40.2%affordablehousing),A1/A2

/A3/A4

/A5/D1

&D2f/s;C

lass

B1(a),(b

),(c)f/s

incl.a

business

incubatorcentre

(Appeal3565)

12-Nov-07

795

798

HoneypotLane,Governm

entBuildings

P/2317/06

6.09

1354

O/L:R

egenerationofestateincludingdemolition

of520units

&constru

ctionof329

houses

&406flats(th

isperm

ission

isforthe

partofthesitenotcovered

bylater

perm

issions)

Oct-02

-24

312

RaynersLane,"RaynersLane

Estate"

W/112/02

4.88

1444

Redevelopmentfor

254units:flats,houses,roads,parking,andopen

space

20-Nov-07

92254

Stro

ngbridge

Close

P/3171/06

2.88

1713

Outline:Partialredevelopmenttoprovidenewhospitaland

associated

facilities,

housing(includingstaff),

revisedroad

junction,carp

arking

andopen

space.*A

furth

er91

netgainafter2

012/13

15-Jan-07

100*

191

RoyalNationalO

rthopaedicHospital

P/1704/05

3.37

1715

Redevelopmenttoprovide164flatsand11

houses

innine

blocks

ofthreeandfive

storey

buildings

15-Jan-07

175

175

BurntOak

Broadway,E

dgwareTown

FCP/1532/06

1.21

1700

Approvalofreservedmattersforsiting,design,externalappearance

andmeans

ofaccess

requiredby

W112/02/OUTRaynersLane

EstateregenerationPhase

D2

5-Nov-07

6280

RaynersLane

Estate(Phase

D2)

P/2319/07

0.86

1772

Extension

toofficebuildingtoprovide35

flats

27-Sept-0

735

35JubileeHouse,M

errionAvenue

P/1220/07

0.57

1778

Redevelopment:Constructionof30

flats&am

enity

space(Appeal3737)

11-Oct-07

3030

Bridge

Stre

et,landrear

of71

P/1907/07

0.12

1775

Redevelopment:Detachedbuildingtoprovide21

flats(6

asaffordablehousing)

19-Dec-05

2021

NortholtR

d,19,T

heTimberC

arriage

PH

P/1108/05

0.11

1628

Renew

alofperm

ission

E/786/00:3/4storey

buildingtoprovide14

flats

8-Dec-05

914

BonnersfieldLane,16-28

P/2537/05

0.11

1374

Redevelopmenttoprovide3-storey

blockof14

flats

26-July-07

1414

HighStre

et,152-154,W

ealdstone

P/1376/07

0.10

1722

Redevelopmenttoprovidetwostorey

blockof14

flats(Appeal3599)

13-Feb-07

1014

WhitchurchLane,287,289,291,293

P/3309/06

0.02

1730

Dem

olition

ofdaycarecentre

andconstru

ctionof14

flats(Appeal3676)

4-May-07

1414

WaltonAvenue,2

P/0450/07

0.11

1749

Constructionof14

flatsandA2unit

10-Nov-06

1414

PinnerR

oad,186-194

P/2414/06

0.11

1777

Constructionof13

houses

3-Dec-07

1313

KenmoreRoad,form

erCouncil

Allotments

P/0907/07

0.25

1750



Dem

olition

ofexistingdw

ellings

andredevelopm

enttoprovide12

twostorey

houses

(Appeal3375)

29-Jun-06

1012

Alexandra

Ave19

&21

&r/o

11-29,

SouthHarrow

P/1354/05

0.34

1665

Conversionof1stfloorandroofextensiontocreatenew2ndfloortoprovide12

units

aboveexistingcommercialunit

7-Fe

b-08

1212

PinnerR

oad,90-100

P/4111/07

0.06

1767

Redevelopmentofsite

toprovide11

flats

7-Fe

b-08

711

WestfieldPa

rk,landat1-4Ea

tonCourt

P/3429/07

0.15

1755

Dem

olition

ofexistingbuilding&developm

enttoprovide10

flats(Appeal3240)

30-July-04

1010

BuckinghamRoad,Chandos

Parade

P/939/04

0.08

1601

Extensionsatfirstfloor

leveltoprovide10

s/cflatstoexistingbuilding

10-Dec-07

1010

HoneypotLane,Everto

nCourt,

206-228&278-292

P/3310/07

0.07

1757

Outline:Tw

oterraced

blocks

toprovide10

houses

19-M

ar-08

1010

TenbyRoad,land

atr/o

,former

clinic/scouthut

P/4092/07

0.22

1776

1418

2044

21.71



SmallSites(less

than

10units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Redevelopmentofsite

toprovide9self-containedresidentialdwellings

27-Oct-06

99

LowlandsRoad,16-24

P/1468/06

0.01

579

Redevelopment:twodetached

houses

21-Dec-07

02

NugentsPark,WhiteLodge

P/2887/07

0.22

891

Additionalaccommodationat3rdand4thfloor

levelfor

9flatswith

new

staircaseatrear

12-Jan-06

99

Stonegrove,CanonsCourt,

Edgware

P/2291/05

0.18

1298

Replacement2

storey

commercialbuildinganddetached

blocktoprovide

3flats

14-Oct-04

33

HighStreet,104-106,C

hameleonHouse

P/1553/04

0.10

1358

Singleandtwostorey

detached

buildingwith

rear

dorm

ertoform

new

dwelling

12-M

ar-04

11

Glebe

Crescent,land

between52

&54

P/2968/03

0.08

1365

Renew

alofE/1229/00:D

emolition

andreplacem

entof2

twostorey

semi-detachedhouses

9-June-06

02

Ass

House

Lane,1

&2Bankfield

Cottages,OldRedding

P/3026/05

0.07

1384

Outline:6retirem

entflatsintwoblocks

(Appeal3579)

1-Dec-06

66

WhitchurchLane,landr/o

123-5

P/1017/06

0.21

1386

Redevelopmenttoprovide3xtwostorey

terracehouses

(revised)

11-Nov-05

33

Greenford

Road,138,land

r/oRising

Sun

PH

P/1854/05

0.03

1416

Secondfloor

extensionon

thenorth

-westsidetocreatean

additionalflat

5-Jan-07

11

Greville

Court,

SouthVale

P/2500/06

0.01

1426

Pairo

fsem

i-detachedhouses

anddetached

bungalow

9-Sept-0

43

3ButlerR

oad,land

R/O

132

P/1993/04

0.07

1438

Dem

olition

of2bungalow

s&provisionof2replacem

entdwellings

Apr-03

02

TheCom

mon,'Heriots'

P/220/03

0.87

1471

Outline:Dem

olition

ofdw

ellinganderectionoftwo-storey

blockwith

additionalaccom

modationinmansard

rooftoprovide7flats

7-Sept-0

66

7Royston

Grove,O

rielH

ouse,P

inner

P/1561/06

0.21

1477

Provision

ofmansard

rooftoaccommodate4flatsat3rdfloor

level

Jul-03

44

Bridge

Stre

et,4-12

P/478/03

0.02

1479

Singlestorey

frontextn.toexistinghouse&detached

house

Sep-03

11

Row

land

Avenue,93

E/1474/02

0.04

1490

Twostorey

side,singlestorey

rear

extensiontoprovideadditionalhouse

Sep-03

11

FrancisRoad,2

P/1854/03

0.03

1498

Extension

at3rdfloor

over

frontblock(Flats17/18)

toprovideadditional

flat

Nov-03

11

Stonegrove,ConistonCourt

P/1788/03

0.02

1507

Sideextn.toform

house&conversion

ofexistinghouseto2s/cflats

Feb-04

23

KenmoreGardens,1,E

dgware

E/1451/02

0.05

1513



Twostorey

side

&singlestorey

rearextn.toprovidesemi-detachedhouse

with

detached

garage

(Appeal3097)

Jan-04

11

MiddleRoad,50,landadj.Th

eWhite

Horse

PH

P/476/03

0.04

1525

Firstfloor

rear

extensiontoprovides/cflat(Appeal3114)

18-June-03

11

NortholtR

oad,384

P/435/03

0.02

1526

Sideextn.toprovideadditionalhouse

26-Apr-04

11

MountParkRoad,"Valleyfield"

P/233/04

0.23

1535

Twostorey

house

17-Jan-06

11

OldChurchLane,r/o43,45,47

P/2748/05

0.07

1539

Replacementdetachedtwo/threestorey

house

19-Apr-07

01

GeorgianWay,5

P/0419/07

0.21

1547

Detachedbuildingtoprovide6flats&access

fromCam

rose

Avenue

23-Nov-07

56

St.Brides

Avenue,54

P/2437/07

0.18

1548

Constructionoftwostorey

detached

house

9-Sept-0

41

1BrickfieldsAvenue,landat11

(vacant

land

rear

ofByron

House)

P/1606/04

0.10

1550

Twostorey

detached

housewith

garage

16-July-04

11

Row

land

Avenue,landadjacentto68

P/613/04

0.03

1551

Dem

olition

oflock-upgaragesandreplacem

ent2

storey

detached

building

toprovide2flats,retaining

3garages

18-Oct-04

22

Moorhouse

Road,land

adjacentto153

P/1379/04

0.04

1555

Redevelopment:3-storey

buildingtoprovide6flats

9-Sept-0

54

6WhitchurchLane,73/75,1

&2Pretoria

Villas

P/1700/05

0.04

1557

Twostorey

side

torear,w

ithrear

dorm

er&singlestorey

rear

extensionto

providehouse

1-Fe

b-06

11

SouthfieldPark,33,N

orthHarrow

P/2936/05

0.05

1564

Redevelopment:Detached2storey

buildingtoprovide2flats

31-Jan-05

22

BelmontR

d,72A

P/3180/04

0.02

1576

DetailspursuanttoP/3104/04:3

storey

buildingtoprovideshop

(A1)

and

workshopatground

floor

&3flatsabove

12-Jan-06

33

HighSt,26-28,r/o

,Harrow

P/2839/05

0.01

1596

Redevelopmenttoprovideofficef/s

(Class

B1)

and2flatson

third

floor

with

parkingatground

floor

level

21-Nov-07

22

Marlborough

Hill,1

P/3182/07

0.03

1599

Outline:Detachedhousewith

access

toWoodw

ardGardens

14-Sept-0

51

1Maytre

eLane,1

Linksw

ayP/1897/05

0.05

1608

Extension

ofsecond

floor

rooftoform

additionalflat(Appeal3340).

2-Fe

b-05

11

RoxethGreen

Ave100a,6

Churchill

Court,

SouthHarrow(No.6)

P/3214/04

0.01

1609

Twosemi-detachedbungalow

swith

access

fromNorthwickParkRoad

12-Oct-05

22

GaytonRoad.Land

R/O

47-49

P/1591/05

0.07

1611

Extension

toform

additionaldwelling(Appeal3339)

29-Nov-04

11

Corbins

Lane,27,SouthHarrow

P/2782/04

0.03

1616

Redevelopmenttoprovidea3-storey

blockwith

conservatorycontaining

3flats

11-Nov-05

23

Royston

Grove,31(Glencara),P

inner

P/781/05

0.09

1619



Twostorey

detached

house

11-Nov-05

11

DorchesterA

ve,LandAdj4,Harrow

P/1774/05

0.02

1623

Extension

toprovidehouse;singlestorey

rear

extension(revised)

10-M

ay-05

11

TinternWay,38,SouthHarrow

P/839/05

0.01

1630

Outline:Detachedhouse

12-Jan-06

11

Uxbridge

Road,land

adj56

P/1939/05

0.03

1631

Redevelopment:Part2/part3

storey

blocktoprovide6flats

12-Jan-06

46

WestfieldLane,T

heRookery

P/1861/05

0.07

1633

Detachedhouse

26-Jan-06

11

EastcoteRd,154-156Land

R/O

P/2976/05

0.07

1635

Singleandtwo-storey

side

extensiontoform

newdw

elling

24-Feb-06

11

Ovesdon

Ave,1,Harrow

P/3050/05

0.04

1639

Terraced

houseattached

toNo.6Th

eMiddleWay

(Appeal3684)

16-July-07

11

TheMiddleWay,6

P/1521/07

0.02

1651

Dem

olition

ofexistingextensionanderectionofsingle/tw

ostorey

house

with

accommodationintheloft

18-M

ar-08

11

TheChase,1a

P/312/08

0.03

1654

Replacementtwostorey

house

8-Apr-06

01

Oak

Tree

Close,2,S

tanm

ore

P/39/06

0.09

1656

Twostorey

side

extensiontocreateseparatedw

ellinghouses

31-M

ay-06

11

Spencer

Road,49,W

ealdstone

P/868/06

0.04

1661

Twostorey

detached

buildingtoprovideresidentialaccom

modationfor

HarrowSchool

26-July-06

01

HighStre

et,S

iteofDoveCottage,

HarrowSchool,Harrowon

theHill

P/1461/06

0.05

1664

Outline:Residentialdevelopment

12-Jan-06

77

WaltonRoad,r/o

2-24,B

uildersYard

P/2536/05

0.11

1668

Outline:Dem

olition

ofexistinggarages,replacem

entw

ith36

parkingspaces

anddevelopm

entof2/3storey

blockof7flats

17-June-05

77

PerwellC

ourt(Garages

andLand

R/O)

OffCapthorne

Ave

P/708/05

0.11

1669

Outline:Replacementdetachedhouse

14-Sept-0

60

1Th

eGrove,W

arrenLane,W

estLodge,

Stanm

ore

P/2415/05

0.12

1677

Dem

olition

ofexistinghouse,erectionofhousewith

accommodationin

roofspace

11-Oct-06

01

DennisLane,9,S

tanm

ore

P/2173/06

0.30

1687

Outline:redevelopm

enttoprovidepart2/part3storey

residentialcarehome

with

53bedspaces

10-Nov-06

-10

Mollison

Way,T

heFlying

EaglePH

P/1225/06

0.17

1688

Replacementdwellinghouse

29-Nov-06

01

CarltonAve,37

P/1068/06

0.04

1690

Redevelopmenttoprovide3flats

15-Dec-06

23

Uxbridge

Road,16a

P/822/06

0.08

1698

Extensionstoform

newdw

elling;fro

ntporchandextensiontoexisting

dwelling.

10-Jan-07

11

Kings

Road,260

P/1891/06

0.03

1701

Additionalfloor

toprovide8flatsandonedetached

house(Appeal3510)

16-M

ar-06

99

CanonsParkClose,D

onnefieldAve,21

-40

P/2545/05

0.21

1703



Redevelopmenttoprovidebungalow

andonedetached

house

26-Jan-07

12

TempleMeadClose,11

P/3174/06

0.07

1706

Additionaldetached

house(Appeal3475)

11-Nov-05

11

Uxbridge

Road,24

P/933/05

0.18

1708

Constructionofblockofnine

flatswith

basementcar

parkingandgarden

forh

otel

19-July-07

99

GaytonRoad,Land

R/o47-51

P/1294/07

0.10

1718

Replacementhouse

29-Jan-07

01

ParkView

Road,9,Highlands

P/2523/06

0.14

1719

Redevelopmenttoprovidedetached

house(Appeal3492)

13-Apr-06

01

BrookshillD

rive,9,Red

Corners,H

arrow

P/3015/05

0.14

1720

Detachedhousefro

ntingAllingtonRoad;retentionoftwosemi-detached

houses

atfro

nt(Appeal3585)

15-Jan-07

11

KingsfieldAvenue,87

P/3299/06

0.03

1725

Redevelopment:Th

reestorey

buildingtoprovidefiveground

floor

retail

units

&sixflatson

upperfloors

7-June-07

46

WhitchurchLane,13-15

P/2917/06

0.03

1727

Twostorey

detached

house(Appeal3468)

16-M

ar-06

11

WestD

riveGardens,site

adjoining3

P/2337/05

0.07

1728

Twostorey

detached

house;demolition

ofexistinghouse

13-June-07

01

Royston

Grove,B

eamsley

P/0333/07

0.11

1731

Dem

olition

ofexistingdw

ellingandreplacem

entdetacheddw

elling

13-Aug-07

01

PainesLane,55

P/1347/07

0.96

1732

Dem

olition

ofexistinghouse&replacem

enthouse

18-Oct-07

01

BelmontLane,50

P/1526/07

0.12

1733

Threestorey

attached

house

22-Aug-07

11

Doncaster

Gardens,26

P/1537/07

0.02

1734

Dem

olition

ofexistinghouseanderectionof7flats

18-Oct-07

67

HighRoad,224

P/1570/07

0.11

1736

Detachedhouse

4-Oct-07

11

LinksView

Close,4

P/2820/07

0.13

1737

Redevelopmenttoprovidetwohouses

10-Sept-0

71

2WaxwellLane,103

P/2245/07

0.10

1738

Redevelopmenttoprovidereplacem

enthouse

16-Oct-07

01

Green

Cottage,B

rockleyHill

P/2748/07

0.11

1739

Replacementhouse

10-Oct-07

01

Reenglass

Road,Th

eWhiteHouse,

Stanm

ore,

P/2730/07

0.11

1741

Twostorey

detached

house

10-Sept-0

71

1WindsorRoad,land

adj2

&R/O

122-132

WealdLane,H

arrow,

P/1745/07

0.06

1745

Dem

olition

ofexistinggaragesandtheerectionofthreehouses

with

14carp

arkspaces

(Appeal3701)

11-Apr-07

33

SheepcoteRd,land

r/oChester

Court,

P/0200/07

0.03

1748

Sideextensiontocreatenewhouse(Appeal3572)

20-July-06

11

SuffolkRoad,36

P/1595/06

0.05

1751



Twostorey

buildingtoprovide3dw

ellings;detacheddw

elling;alterations

toandrefurbishm

entofoutbuildingtoform

dwelling(Appeal3615)

14-Feb-07

45

HighStre

et,landr/o

ChurchFa

rmP/3476/06

0.30

1752

Extension

toform

newdw

elling:singleandtwostorey

rear

extensionto

existingdw

elling(Appeal3641)

1-Dec-06

11

Welbeck

Road,8

P/2029/06

0.02

1753

Dem

olition

of2blocks

oflock

upgaragesandredevelopm

enttoprovide

3detached

houses

(Appeal3648)

14-Dec-07

33

Sum

mitClose,garages

rear

of23,

Edgware

P/2035/06

0.09

1754

Detachedhouse

6-Nov-07

11

OliviaMew

s,land

Adjacentto4,Lorra

ine

Park

P/2988/07

0.05

1756

Replacementdetachedhouse

14-Dec-07

01

GlanleamRoad,17

P/3505/07

0.13

1758

Dem

olition

ofexistinghouseandreplacem

entdetachedhouse

7-Dec-07

01

PainesLane,40A

P/3382/07

0.04

1759

Outline:Dem

olition

ofexistinghouse,construct3detached

houses

(Appeal

3594)

29-Jan-07

23

Wakeham

sHill,11

P/1082/06

0.29

1761

Twohouses

with

accommodationinroof

28-Jan-08

22

HarrowView

,adjacenttoNo.2Bolton

Road

P/2759/07

0.06

1762

RedevelopmentofP

eterboroughCottage

toprovidenewschoolboarding

house(includes

3s/cunits

forhousemaster,deputyhousem

aster&

matron)

17-Jan-08

13

GarlandsLane,P

eterboroughCottage

P/3708/07

0.37

1763

Two-storey

extensionabovecommercialbuildingtoprovidetwoflats

10-Jan-08

22

StationRoad,320

P/3826/07

0.02

1764

Dem

olition

ofexistingdw

elling&redevelopm

enttoprovidedetached

house

31-Jan-08

01

OakhillAvenue,Littlecote

P/4026/07

0.09

1765

Outline:Redevelopmenttoprovideablockof8flats

17-Jan-08

78

ElmsRoad,25

P/4068/07

0.18

1766

Replacementhouse

11-M

ar-08

01

CranbourneDrive,26

P/30/08

0.06

1773

Sideextensions

toform

newdw

ellingandexternalalterations

toexisting

house

28-M

ar-08

11

Drake

Road,2

P/499/08

0.02

1774

174

217

9.57

1592

2261

31.28

Total



Schedule2:New

BuildSitesunderC

onstruction(asat31/03/08)

LargeSites(10+

units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Detailspursuanttooutline

perm

ission

(P/2527/03/COU)9

0houses,108

flatsandopen

space(revised).64

units

completed

in2006/7andafurth

er97

units

completed

in2007/8.W

orkinprogress

onremaining

37units.

11-Nov-05

3737

TheGrove,31,WarrenLane,B

AE

Systems

P/1650/05

2.15

1579

Redevelopment:180

flats(51affordable);offices;parking

&useof11

arches

forA

1/A2/A3/A4/B1/D1/D2uses

11-Sept-0

6180

180

RoxethGreen

Avenue,T

XUsite&Biro

House,S

tanley

Road

P/1233/05

0.91

1484

150residentialunitsand834square

metresofcommercialfloor

space

19-Oct-06

150

150

NortholtR

oad,Raebarn

House

P/2471/06

0.48

1685

4-10

storey

bdg.toprovideretail,leisureuse&144residentpermitrestricted

flats(Appeal3340)

16-Sept-0

5143

144

Headstone

Road,'BradstoweHouse'

E/106/01

0.32

1349

Supermarket,112flats&community

facility

16-Oct-06

112

112

PinnerR

oad,354-366

P/2447/04

0.39

1684

Redevelopment:61

flats,2

live/workunits

and1retailunitandaccess

off

Palmerston

Road

19-M

ay-05

6363

HighStre

et,14-20,W

ealdstone

P/1578/04

0.17

1570

ApprovalofreservedmattersW/112/02/OUTforP

hase

D1

21-Feb-07

945

RaynersLane

Estate(Phase

D1)

P/1728/06

0.44

1714

Redevelopment:Detached4storey

buildingtoprovide38

flats(Appeal

3446)

30-June-06

3838

Marsh

Road,form

erPinnerTelephone

Exchange

P/2434/05

0.25

1666

Redevelopment:34

flats

29-June-04

3134

PinnerR

oad,29-33

P/1558/04

0.10

1563

Redevelopment:2to5storey

buildingtoprovide34

flatswith

underground

parking(revised)

4-Oct-06

3434

KentonRoad,408-4

12P/3178/05

0.12

1686

Approvalofreservedmattersre

siting,design

externalappearance

and

means

ofaccess

pursuanttoplanning

perm

ission

W/112/02/OUT

21-Feb-07

3434

RaynersLane

Estate,Phase

CP/1725/06

0.42

1465

26flats,basem

entcar

parkingspaces

anddemolition

ofexistingpetro

lfillingstation

15-Dec-06

2626

HighStre

et,S

tonegroveFilling

Station

P/1386/06

0.17

1693

Redevelopment:25

flats

15-Dec-06

2525

NortholtR

oad,50-54

P/2654/06

0.07

1696

Redevelopment:Detachedbuildingtoprovide18

flats

26-Apr-04

1818

PeterboroughRoad,1-9

P/245/04

0.05

1351



Reservedmattersrequiredby

Condition2ofP/3347/04

forredevelopment

for2

houses

and12

flats

28-June-06

1414

BelmontC

ircle,landr/o

25-28&13-25

BellamyDrive,KentonLane

P/687/06

0.19

1244

14flatsandhealthcentre

8-Dec-06

1414

Uxbridge

Road,74,TexacoSe

rviceStation

P/2874/06

0.21

1657

Redevelopment:Class

A1shop

and14

flatsanddemolition

ofexisting

petro

lfillingstation.

14-Sept-0

614

14StationRoad,16-22,WealdstoneService

Station

P/1594/06

0.10

1726

Redevelopment:12

flats

9-Sept-0

512

12BroadfieldsHouse,B

roadfields

P/1399/05

0.13

1606

Dem

olition

of2houses

andconstru

ctionofblockof12

flats

8-Dec-06

1012

KentonRoad,44-46

P/2737/06

0.94

1695

Constructionof12

flats

20-M

ar-07

1212

RoxethGreen

Avenue,substationadjacent

to102(EDFSite)

P/3229/06

0.10

1709

Dem

olition

ofNos

32&34

&redevelopm

enttoprovide10

flats(Appeal

3329)

28-July-05

810

Greenford

Rd,land

r/o32-38

P/3170/04

0.18

1476

Constructionofblockof10

flats

15-Jan-07

810

Manor

Road,26

&28

P/3109/06

0.06

1705

992

1038

7.95

SmallSites(less

than

10units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.

Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Extension

toform

2flats

Aug-90

22

RuskinGardens

127A

-B39937/89

0.02

1099

Dem

olition

ofexistingbuildinganddevelopm

enttoprovide6townhouses

(Appeal3318)

11-Nov-04

56

London

Road,'Sunningdale'

P/851/04

0.11

1176

Mosqueandancillaryfacilitiesincludingresidentperm

itrestrictedflats

Jun-00

03

StationRoad,24-34

E/965/98

0.01

1371

COU:C

lass

A1toA2on

ground

fl.with

3floorsoverandextn.toterrace

toprovide8flats

26-Apr-04

88

StationRoad,35-37

P/2869/03

0.03

1411

3terraced

properties

Apr-03

13

Village

Way,site

of157-159

P/256/03

0.15

1462



Hippedroofatrear,dormerwindows,rooflightstofro

nttoform

additional

flat

May-03

11

Devonshire

Road,Hatch

End,21A

P/246/03

0.02

1470

Redevelopment:7flats

Oct-03

67

TheAvenue,7,H

atch

End

P/631/03

0.13

1499

Replacementsem

i-detachedhouse

14-Apr-05

01

Stafford

Rd,15,

P/405/05

0.03

1505

Threestorey

blockcomprising4flats

18-Oct-07

34

Rickm

answ

orthRoad,7

P/1669/07

0.10

1545

Twostorey

detached

house

15-July-04

11

RaynersLane,landadj.540

P/1185/04

0.02

1549

Constructionof3detached

houses

with

access

fromHollyGrove

(Plots,

1,2&3)

15-Dec-06

23

BriantsClose,21,'Green

Trees',P

lots1,2

&3

P/2739/05

0.17

1552

Redevelopmenttoprovidereplacem

entdetacheddw

elling

31-July-06

-11

WarrenLane,1

&2Grove

Cottages

P/378/06

0.09

1561

Detachedhouse

4-Nov-05

01

Reenglass

Road,14,'Longfield'

P/2299/05

0.54

1566

Replacementhouse

andgarage

(revised)

12-Jan-06

01

Pow

ellC

lose,6

P/2384/05

0.11

1572

Replacementhouse

17-June-05

01

HarrowPark,50,O

rmont

P/762/05

0.60

1590

Dem

olition

ofexistinghouse,provisionofreplacem

enthouse

7-July-05

01

TheCom

mon,59,'Three

Chimneys'

P/776/05

0.21

1591

Detacheddw

ellingfro

ntingCunninghamPark

27-July-05

11

HarrowView

,and

r/o92/98

P/1253/05

0.03

1594

Singlestorey

side

extensiontoform

dwelling

14-Oct-05

11

ChantryRd,18

P/2140/05

0.03

1612

Outline:Detachedbuildingtoprovide8flats(Appeal3288)

5-Jan-06

78

GordonAvenue,15

P/584/04

0.02

1636

Dem

olition

andreplacem

entofdwellingtoform

four

flats

9-Fe

b-06

34

EastcoteAvenue,55

P/2710/05

0.03

1637

Redevelopmenttoprovide9flats

17-M

ar-06

79

London

Road,85

&87,S

tanm

ore

P/29/06

0.14

1641

Twostorey

side

torear

extensiontoform

twoself-containedflats

4-July-06

22

EllementC

lose,48

P/273/06

0.05

1670

Redevelopmenttoprovideadetached

2storey

blockof4flats

10-Apr-06

34

ShaftesburyAvenue,218

P/1529/05

0.05

1674

Redevelopment:Detachedtwostorey

house

14-Sept-0

60

1WoodLane,135,'Rosehill'

P/2512/05

0.10

1679

Singleandtwostorey

side

extensiontoprovidehouse

12-Sept-0

61

1Carlyon

Avenue,landadjto37

P/2244/05

0.02

1681

Singlestorey

rearextensiontoform

self-containeddomestic

staffannex

22-Sept-0

61

1InglebyDrive,8,Harrowon

theHill

P/2153/06

0.02

1682

Parttwo,partthreestorey

blockoffiveterraced

houses

15-Dec-06

55

MephamGardens,19

P/2378/06

0.15

1694

Detachedhouse

20-Dec-06

01

Heritage

View

,8P/3112/06

0.05

1699



Twosemi-detachedhouses

5-Jan-07

12

EnderleyRoad,39

P/2981/06

0.03

1704

Redevelopmenttoprovidedetached

house

6-Aug-07

01

Uxbridge

Road,112

P/1673/07

0.10

1710

Roofextension

toprovidetwoflatswith

roofterraces

19-Feb-07

22

StationRoad,190-194

P/3572/06

0.02

1712

Extensionstoform

newdw

elling

16-Jan-07

11

RoxethGreen

Avenue,landadjoining95

P/3190/06

0.01

1717

Dem

olition

ofbarnsd,eandf;detached

dwellingandlinkedoutbuilding;

conversion

ofbarnctoancillaryresidentialuse

fornew

dwelling(Appeal

3547)

19-Feb-07

11

MossLane,E

astE

ndFa

rmP/1931/06

0.29

1721

Detachedtwo/three

storey

singledw

ellinghouse

4-Apr-07

01

Royston

ParkRoad,71

P/3640/06

0.05

1723

Twodetached

houses

-Plots3and4(revised)

6-July-07

22

BriantsClose

21,'Green

Trees',P

lots4&5

P/1421/07

0.10

1724

Detachedhouse

18-Oct-07

01

Elm

ParkRoad,'Wellow',41

P/1971/07

0.07

1740

Threestorey

blockof8flats

18-Oct-07

88

Fentiman

Way,landat

P/2381/07

0.18

1744

Twostorey

house

27-Sept-0

71

1Warrington

Road,26C

P/2066/07

0.04

1746

Detacheddw

ellinghouse

18-Oct-07

11

Stamford

Close,S

tamford

Lodge,r/o

31ElmsRoad

P/2954/07

0.09

1747

Redevelopment:Tw

odetached

houses

23-Nov-07

12

TheAvenue,52,Hatch

End

P/3056/07

0.09

1760

Single/2-storey

dwellinghouseattached

toNo10

HollyAvenue

7-Dec-06

11

HollyAve,10

P/2884/05

0.03

1770

78106

4.13

Total



Schedule3:Conversions/Changes

ofusewith

planning

perm

ission

andnotyetbeingimplem

ented

LargeSites(10+

units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.

Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Conversionfro

m4to11

flatswith

partsingleparttwostorey

rear

extension

10-Nov-06

711

StationRoad,62

-64

P/2363/06

0.06

10909

711

0.06

SmallSites(less

than

10units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.

Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Conversionofbasementcar

parktooffices

andchange

ofuseofpart

existingoffices

tocaretaker's

flatatlow

erground

floor

level

26-Feb-07

11

ImperialD

rive,TalbotHouse,204-226

P/3115/06

0.01

10275

COU:R

esidentialtocarehomeforresidentswith

mentaldisabilitieswith

parkingatfro

nt(re-subm

ission)

Apr-03

-10

Malvern

Avenue,236

P/35/03

0.02

10352

Conversionofflattoprovidetwoflats

Apr-03

12

StationRoad,31

P/78/03

0.01

10356

Singlestorey

rear

extn.toshop;conversionofflatat1st&2ndfloorsto

providetwos/cflats

May-03

12

KentonRoad,138

P/82/03

0.01

10360

Conversionofhousetotwos/cflats

May-03

12

PinnerV

iew,66

P723/03

0.04

10368

Changeofuse:ancillaryretailtoresidentialon1stand

2ndfloorstoform

7flats(Appeal3396)

21-Jan-06

77

HighStre

et,88-92

P/1036/05

0.05

10371

Conversiontotwoselfcontainedflats

Nov-03

12

DurhamRoad,53

P/2133/03

0.03

10398

Conversiontotwoflats

Oct-03

12

BellamyDrive,2

P/709/03

0.03

10400

CLP

:COUtochildrens

homeprovidingfacilitiesfor4

children

Nov-03

-10

ArgyleRoad,2

P/2105/03/CLP

0.03

10420

Reard

ormer

andconversion

ofhousetotwoself-containedflats

Feb-04

12

FairholmeRoad,43

P/2997/03

0.02

10430



COU:1st/2nd

floor

offices

(Class

A2)

to3s/cflats(Class

C3)

Mar-04

33

KentonRoad,136

P/40/04

0.02

10445

Conversionofhoteland

housein2flatstoprovide7flatswith

s/srear

extn,2

rear

dorm

ers(residentpermitrestricted)

26-Apr-04

57

Marlborough

Hill,78&80,"CivicLodge

Hotel"

P/140/04

0.07

10447

CLP

:Use

ofpropertyas

children’shomeforu

pto3children(12-16yrs)

with

2mem

bersofstaffona24

hrshiftbasis

Mar-04

-10

LorneRoad,43A

P/332/04

0.03

10448

Conversiontotwoself-containedflats

May-04

12

Form

byAvenue,76

P/473/04

0.04

10552

Conversionofhouseto2s/cflats;alterations

atside,binstoreatrear

May-04

12

PinnerR

oad,278

P/658/04

0.03

10555

Conversionofhouseto2s/cflats;alterations

toside

30-Apr-04

12

Merlin

Crescent,14

P/672/04

0.02

10556

Conversionofhouseintotwoselfcontainedflats

16-Dec-05

12

Hartford

Avenue,39

P/2408/05

0.03

10557

Conversionofroof/firstfloor

flattotwoself-containedflats(revised)

12

Welldon

Crescent,12

P/746/04

0.04

10561

Singlestorey

rear

extension(with

useas

asinglehouse)

20-M

ay-04

-11

TudorR

oad,37

&39

P/900/04

0.05

10568

COU:M

ixed

useresidential/office

(C3/B1)

toresidential(C3)

toprovide

flat

24-M

ay-04

11

HighStre

et,49

P/100/04

0.01

10570

Singlestorey

rear

extension,fro

ntporch,side

gable,rear

dorm

erand

conversion

totwoselfcontainedflatswith

parkingatfro

nt10-June-04

12

Cam

rose

Avenue,18

P/916/04

0.03

10576

Conversionofhousetotwoself-containedflats

18-June-04

12

BinyonCrescent,44

P/1260/04

0.03

10586

Conversionof1st&

2ndfloorandroofspacetothreeself-containedflats

16-July-04

23

HighStre

et,3a

P/1427/04

0.01

10589

Additionalfloor

withinmansard

rooftoprovide2flatswith

residential

access

onground

floor

8-July-04

22

NortholtR

oad,56-60,"Scanm

oorH

ouse"

P/1369/04

0.01

10598


8-Sept-0

41

2Courte

nayAvenue,157

P/1624/04

0.04

10612

Singlestorey

rear

extensionandtwoadditionalfloorstoprovide2flats

with

access

fromrear

22-Oct-04

22

KentonRoad,134A

P/2424/04

0.02

10623

Conversionofhouseinto3s/cflats

29-Oct-04

23

Beresford

Road,12

P/2091/04

0.03

10627

Conversionoftwohouses

toonehouse

15-Nov-04

-11

Village

Way,43&45,P

inner

P/2567/04

0.08

10639

Conversionofsecond/third

floorstosixself-containedflats

30-Sept-0

46

6StationRoad,303/5

P/2114/04

0.03

10644

Conversiontoprovidethreeflats;alterations

torooftoform

endgable

with

rear

dorm

er30-Sept-0

42

3HindesRoad,76

P/2019/04

0.04

10645



Alterations

tofro

ntandconversion


14-Dec-04

12

Tregenna

Avenue,43

P/2930/04

0.02

10657

Frontporch

andconversion

totwos/cflats

25-Jan-05

12

Cam

bridge

Road,95

P/3149/04

0.04

10678

Singlestorey

side

torear

extension;useofgarage

ashabitableroom

;conversion


3-Mar-05

12

PrioryWay,68

P/12/05

0.03

10688

Singlestorey

side

torear

extensiontoprovideadditionaldwellingand

firstfloor

side,singlestorey

rear

extensionandconversion

totwoflats

17-M

ar-05

23

SouthfieldPark,67

P/2695/04

0.04

10690


5-Apr-05

12

Devonshire

Road,22

P/512/05

0.03

10698

Conversiontothreeselfcontainedflats

18-Apr-05

23

StationRoad,154a,H

arrow

P/47/05

0.03

10700

Conversionintofour

selfcontainedflats

22-Apr-05

24

WhitchurchLane,198

&200,Edgware

P/3259/04

0.06

10701


22-Apr-05

12

St.Brides

Avenue,1,E

dgware

P/386/05

0.03

10702


27-Apr-05

12

Wellesley

Road,16

P/561/05

0.02

10706

Changeofusefro

mguesthouse

tofiveself-containedflats

22-Apr-05

55

KentonRoad,8

P/719/04

0.01

10707

Conversionofhouseintotwoself-containedflats

16-M

ay-05

12

Orchard

Grove,39,Edgware

P/701/05

0.02

10710

Replacementsinglestorey

rearextensiontoshop;changeofuseof1st

&2ndfloor

fromshop/officestoself-containedflat

29-July-05

11

HighSt.,12,P

inner

P/1204/05

0.01

10725

Conversionto3self-containedflats

28-July-05

23

KentonRoad,258

P/2969/05

0.03

10738

Replacementsinglestorey

rearextensiontoshop;changeofuseof1st

&2ndfloorsfro

moffices

to2self-containedflats

29-July-05

22

HighSt.,14,P

inner

P/1206/05

0.02

10741

Conversionofground

floor

shop

tooneselfcontainedflat

18-Aug-05

11

Headstone

Road,125

P/1254/05

0.03

10746


7-Sept-0

51

2WhitehallRoad,13

P/1807/05

0.02

10747

Conversionofextended

housetotwoself-containedflats

28-Sept-0

51

2GreenhillWay,18

P/1878/05

0.02

10754

Conversionoffirstandsecond

floor

offices

(Class

B1)

tosix

self-containedflats

2-Sept-0

56

6StationRoad,321,323,Harrow

P/1838/05

0.05

10755

Conversionofthreeflatstoform

onedw

elling

9-Sept-0

5-2

1Plots1,2&6,88

HighSt.&19

&25

King

HenryMew

sP/1218/05

0.06

10756

Changeofuseatground

floorfromshop

torestaurant&café;conversion

offirst&second

floor

offices

totwoself-containedflats

9-Sept-0

52

2StationRoad,46,N

orthHarrow

P/1422/05

0.02

10757



COU:N

ursing

hometoresidential(Class

C2toC3)

9-Sept-0

51

1MossLane,59,Pinner

P/1299/04

0.10

10758

Temporarychange

ofuseof2flatstooffices,consultationandmeeting

accommodation

21-Nov-05

12

Lynton

Road,175

P/2414/05

0.29

10766

Conversionof1stand

2ndfloor

maisonette

into2selfcontainedflats

22-Nov-05

12

Mollison

Way,N

orthPa

rade,17a,Edgware

P/2420/05

0.02

10767


10-Jan-06

12

HibbertRoad,60

P/2880/05

0.02

10789

Conversionofhousetotwoselfcontainedflats

30-Jan-06

12

TheHeights,197,N

ortholt

P/2927/05

0.04

10797

Conversionofhouseintotwoself-containedflats(Appeal3388)

13-Jan-06

12

HarrowView

,147

P/569/05

0.02

10798

Singlestorey

rearextensionandchange

ofuse:office/residential(Class

A2/C3)

torestaurant(Class

A3)

10-M

ar-05

-10

PinnerR

oad,273

P/234/05

0.04

10800

Changeofuse:residential(Class

C3)

topoliceoffice(Class

B1)

24-Jan-06

-10

Uxbridge

Road,155,Hatch

End

P/2958/05

0.01

10801


9-Fe

b-06

12

Chester

Court,

13,S

heepcoteRoad

P/2708/05

0.04

10805

Changeofuseof1st,2ndand3rdfloorstoself-containedflats

29-M

ar-06

11

HighStre

et,30a,(Upper

floors)

P/2887/05

0.04

10808

Conversionofhouseinto2self-containedflats

10-M

ar-06

12

ClaremontR

oad,7

P/92/06

0.03

10812


floor

maisonette

tothreeselfcontained

flats

16-Jan-06

23

Uxbridge

Road,413,Hatch

End

P/2741/05

0.01

10823

Conversiontotwohouses

6-Apr-06

12

OakleighAvenue,88,Edgware

P/2275/05

0.02

10830

Use

ofroofspaceas

self-containedflat

11-Apr-06

12

Beresford

Road,1a

P/3149/05

0.03

10831

Replacementofexistingroofwith

mansardanddorm

ersatfro

ntandrear

toprovidetwoself-containedflats(Appeal3399)

19Apr-06

22

ParkfieldRoad,15

&15aPa

rkfieldHouse,

S.H

arrow

P/1555/05

0.02

10836

Changeofuse:Leisuretoreligious

uses

(Class

D2toD1)

including

conversion

ofgaragestocaretakershouse

19-M

ay-06

11

Form

erlyCloistersWoodfitness

club,

CloistersWood,WoodLane,S

tanm

ore

P/1306/05

0.49

10839

Conversionofgarage

toannexe

flat

12-M

ay-06

11

TitheFa

rmAvenue,14,SouthHarrow

P/714/06

0.03

10843


25-M

ay-06

12

EastcoteLane,176,S

outhHarrow

P/739/06

0.03

10846

Conversionofhouseintotwoflats

20-June-06

12

ToorackRoad,67

P/933/06

0.02

10849

Changeofuse:Residentialcarehome(Class

C2)

toasinglehouse

(Class

C3)

9-June-06

11

SouthHillAvenue,93(W

estlands)

P/17/06

0.07

10850

Conversionofpropertyintotwoflats

2-June-06

12

Carlyon

Avenue,36,SouthHarrow

P/576/06

0.02

10851




22-June-06

12

WhitchurchLane,311,E

dgware

P/657/06

0.04

10852


15-June-06

12

Torrington

Drive,34,S

outhHarrow

P/882/06

0.03

10855

Conversionofhouseto2self-containedflats

30-June-06

12

Stre

atfieldRoad,226

P/1147/06

0.05

10857

Conversiontotwoflats(Appeal3354)

11-July-06

12

ShaftsburyAvenue,220,S

outhHarrow

P/490/05

0.02

10861

Conversionofhousetoprovide2self-containedflats

31-July-06

12

Orchard

Grove,43,Kenton

P/3187/05

0.02

10864


5-July-06

12

KentonLane,87

P/929/06

0.03

10865

Conversionofhouseto2self-containedflats.

22-Aug-06

12

Raeburn

Road,37

P/1720/06

0.02

10869


8-Aug-06

12

Windsor

Road,54

P/575/06

0.03

10871

Conversionofhouseinto3flats

23-Aug-06

23

Spencer

Road,Wealdstone,85

P/1590/06

0.04

10874

Changeofuseoflowerground

floorfrommeetingroom

stoself-contained

flat

14-Sept-0

61

1CrownStre

et,6

P/2058/06

0.01

10883

Changeofusefro

mdw

ellinghouse(C3)

tocare

home(C2)

26-Sept-0

6-1

0Sandringham

Crescent,37,SouthHarrow

P/1443/06

0.04

10886

Conversiontotwohouses

22-Sept-0

61

2Tregenna

Avenue,40

P/262/06

0.06

10888

Conversionofhouseinto3self-containedflats

20-Oct-06

23

Headstone

Road,99

P/1353/06

0.02

10891

Changeofuseofbasementand

ground

floorsfro

mresidentialtooffice

20-Oct-06

-10

HighStre

et,45

P/2032/06

0.01

10892


9-Oct-06

12

Glebe

Avenue,69

P/2213/06

0.05

10893

Conversionofhouseto2self-containedflatswith

rear

dorm

er9-Oct-06

12

Wykeham

Road,15

P/2311/06

0.02

10896

Conversionofexistinghousetotwoself-containedflats;constructionof

newdetached

house(4

bedroom)

16-Nov-06

23

AvondaleRoad,21

P/1805/06

0.07

10898

Com

bining

Nos.192

&194toprovidecare

home

15-Dec-06

-20

KingshillDrive,194

P/3185/05

0.06

10911

Conversionofhouseto2selfcontainedflats

21-Dec-06

12

BoxmoorR

oad,4

P/3208/06

0.03

10914


16-Feb-07

12

HarrowView

,89A

P/2508/06

0.05

10921

Retentionofconversion

ofhouseinto2flats

12-Jan-07

12

Byron

Road,178

P/2694/06

0.02

10924

Conversionofhouseinto3flats

5-Jan-07

23

Grove

HillRoad,11

P/2820/06

0.01

10925


18-Jan-07

12

KingsleyRoad,61

P/3339/06

0.02

10929



Conversionofflatonupperfloorstotwoflats

23-Jan-07

12

KentonRoad,150a

P/3369/06

0.02

10930

Conversionofhousetotwoselfcontainedflats

7-Mar-07

12

WorpleClose,7

P/3048/06

0.09

10933

Conversionofdetached

houseintotwoflats

7-Mar-07

12

Byron

Road,127

P/2777/06

0.03

10935


6-Mar-07

12

DaleAvenue,130

P/3145/06

0.02

10938

Conversionofdw

ellingintotwoflats

17-July-06

12

HarrowView

,17

P/1859/06

0.03

10946

Conversionoffirstfloor

androofspaceintotwoflats

14-June-07

12

Welldon

Crescent,40,Low

erandupper

flats

P/0551/07

0.03

10948

Conversionofhousetotwoself-containedflats(Appeal3553)

8-Mar-07

12

Bow

enRoad,59

P/1921/06

0.01

10952


1-June-07

12

Stre

atfieldRoad,32

P/0187/07

0.04

10954


23-M

ay-07

12

Malvern

Gardens,80

P/2015/06

0.03

10956


8-June-07

12

Long

Elmes,144

P/0284/07

0.03

10960


floor

maisonette

totwoflatsandlofttoa

studioflat

5-April-07

23

Broadwalk,22A,P

innerR

oad

P/0281/07

0.03

10961


8-June-07

12

Carmelite

Road,19

P/0546/07

0.03

10963


26-Apr-07

12

TheMeadowWay,8

P/2509/06

0.03

10965

Conversionofexistinghousetotwoflatsandsingle/tw

ostorey

side

extensions

provideoneself-containedresidentialunit

19-June-07

23

PinnerR

oad,675

P/0978/07

0.05

10968

Changeofuseoffirstfloor

flattostorageuseancillarytoground

floor

shop

10-M

ay-07

-10

St.AnnsRoad,18

P/0606/07

0.01

10970


18-June-07

12

ClydesdaleAvenue,1

P/1204/07

0.04

10973

Conversionoffirstfloor

intotwoflats

4-July-07

22

HighStre

et,116

-118

P/733/06

0.09

10979


16-Aug-07

12

CanterburyRoad,159

P/1161/06

0.03

10980

Changeofuseoffirstandsecond

floorsto6flats

24-Aug-07

66

SheepcoteRoad,Manor

Parade,1-3

P/2057/07

0.03

10981


14-Aug-07

12

ImperialD

rive,16,N

orthHarrow

P/1961/07

0.02

10982


10-Aug-07

12

Wykeham

Road,31

P/1718/07

0.03

10985

Conversionofsecond

floor

flatand

roofspaceto2flats

31-Aug-07

12

Uxbridge

Road,459

P/2156/07

0.01

10986



Conversionofstableblockintoself-containedhouse(Appeal3609)

17-Aug-07

11

ClampHill,P

rioryHouse

P/2299/06

0.02

10987

Conversionofterracehouseintotwoselfcontainedflats

6-Aug-07

12

GrantRoad,64

P/1809/07

0.02

10988


3-Aug-07

12

ReynoldsDrive,55

P/1181/07

0.01

10989

Conversionofhouseintotwohouses

28-Sept-0

71

2Broom

groveGardens,110

P/2415/07

0.04

10991


18-Oct-07

12

DudleyRoad,39

P/2032/07

0.02

10993

Conversionofflatonfirstandsecond

floorstotwoflats

17-Sept-0

71

2Greenford

Road,155a

P/2404/07

0.02

10995

Conversiontosixflats(Appeal3631)

18-Sept-0

74

6CunninghamPark,19

P/3644/06

0.06

10996

Alterations

toexistingtwoflatsandconversion

offirstandsecond

floors

ofpublichousebuildingtoprovideeightselfcontained

flats

18-Oct-07

88

StationRoad,41-43SilverTrum

petPublic

House

P/2241/07

0.05

10998

Re-conversion

intotwosemi-detachedsinglehouses

27-Sept-0

71

2RoxboroughRoad,43

-45

P/2524/07

0.04

10999

Conversionofhouseto3self-containedflats(Appeal3693)

28-Dec-07

23

KentonLane,742

P/0208/07

0.04

11007


19-Dec-07

12

RoxboroughRoad,32

P/2559/07

0.03

11008

Changeofuseofground

floor

fromgymnasium

tointernetcafé/re

tail

andof1st&

2ndfloorstooneself-containedflat

23-Nov-07

11

BurntOak

Broadway,299

P/2608/07

0.01

11009

Conversionoftwoflatsat1st&

2ndfloorsover

shopsinto4flats;

constru

ctionofadditionalstoreyat3rdfloorleveltoprovide2moreflats

14-Dec-07

46

HighStre

et,19A

&19B

P/2617/07

0.02

11011

Conversiontotwoself-containedflats(Appeal3654).

13-Nov-07

12

WestwoodAvenue,17

P/2629/06

0.03

11012

Conversionofhousetotwoflats

23-Nov-07

12

Kingsway

Crescent,6

P/2950/07

0.08

11016

Conversionintotwoflats

6-Dec-07

12

VancouverR

oad,98

P/3297/07

0.03

11020


21-Dec-07

12

Welldon

Crescent,96

P/3438/07

0.03

11021


11-Dec-07

12

PeelR

oad,53

P/3413/07

0.04

11022

Conversionofhouseintotwos/cflats(Appeal3711)

28-Jan-08

12

Marsh

Road,98

P/1485/07

0.02

11025


2-Jan-08

12

Drake

Road,91

P/1444/07

0.02

11026

Conversionofhousetotwoflats

28-Jan-08

12

Leam

ington

Crescent,11

P/3441/07

0.05

11027


29-Jan-08

12

FrognalAvenue,24

P/3831/07

0.02

11028




floor

flatintotwoflats

5-Fe

b-08

12

Bridge

Stre

et,36A

P/3943/07

0.01

11029

Conversionof1stand

2ndfloor

flattotwoflats

12-Feb-08

12

Mollison

Way,N

orthParade,21A

P/4236/07

0.01

11031


14-Feb-08

12

Spencer

Road,83

P/4252/07

0.04

11032


13-Feb-08

12

GrahamRoad,37

P/4265/07

0.03

11033


28-Feb-08

12

Morecam

beGardens,26

P/100/08

0.03

11037


4-Mar-08

12

Canning

Road,61

P/106/08

0.02

11038


14-M

ar-08

12

LocketRoad,166

P/280/08

0.03

11039


17-M

ar-08

12

Headstone

Road,95

P/349/08

0.02

11040

Conversionofhousetotwoflats(Appeal3730)

28-Feb-08

12

Elmsleigh

Avenue,17

P/973/07

0.03

11042


29-Feb-08

12

How

berryRoad,1

P/3889/07

0.03

11043


7-Mar-08

12

St.Kildas

Road,19

P/4076/07

0.01

11044


26-M

ar-08

12

Leam

ington

Crescent,100

P/4094/07

0.03

11045

189

323

5.36

196

334

5.42

Total



Schedule4:Conversions/Changes

ofusecurrently

beingimplem

ented(asat31/3/08)

LargeSites(10+

units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

COU:O

ffice

toresidential(Class

B1-C

3)on

1st/2ndfloorsand

additionalfloor

toprovide21

flats

16-June-04

2121

Red

Lion

Parade,ParkvilleHouse,

Bridge

Stre

et,P

inner

P/993/04

0.12

10572

Conversiontoprovide12

self-containedflatswith

reardormers,rooflights

atfro

ntandexternalstairsatrear

Feb-04

812

RaynersLane,389,393,397

&401

P/1955/03

0.04

10431

Conversiontoprovide10

selfcontainedflats(Appeal3365)

3-Apr-05

1010

RadnorR

oad,44-46,MaurvilleHouse

P/2769/04

0.06

10821

3943

0.22

SmallSites(less

than

10units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Conversiontoprovidefour

flatswith

access

&parkingatside

Feb-03

34

College

Avenue,62(fo

rmerly85

The

MeadowWay)

E/976/02

0.03

10339

Singlestorey

side

&rear

extension&conversion

totwos/cflats

Jun-03

12

CanterburyRoad,100

P/987/03

0.03

10376

Conversiontothreeself-containedflats

5-Aug-04

23

HarrowView

,41

P/1619/04

0.04

10604

Singlestorey

side

andrear

extensiontoform

self-containedflat

2-Fe

b-05

11

WhitchurchLane,151

P/3080/04

0.06

10684

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse


4-Mar-05

12

Woodlands,30

P/23/05

0.04

10689

Conversionof1st&

2ndfloor

maisonette


8-June-05

12

WarwickParade,2A

,BelmontC

ircle

405,KentonLane

P/660/05

0.02

10720


7-July-05

12

Balfour

Rd,4,Harrow

P/1166/05

0.02

10730

Conversionfro

mtwotofiveself-containedflats

15-July-05

35

StationRd,54.H

arrow

P/1275/05

0.02

10734

Conversiontoprovidetwohouses

26-July-05

12

New

tonFarm

Cottages,1,RaynersLane

P/1359/05

0.02

10737



Conversiontotwoself-containedflatsandonedw

elling

12-Jan-06

23

Malvern

Ave,188,Harrow

P/2185/05

0.02

10791


12-Jan-06

12

ArundelDr.127,Harrow

P/2663/05

0.02

10793

Firstfloor

extensionandconversion

ofresulting

firstfloor

totwoself

containedflats

12-Jan-06

22

PinnerR

d,352,Harrow

P/1184/05

0.02

10799

Conversionofdw

ellinghousetotwoselfcontainedflats

6-Mar-06

12

Headstone

Road,55,H

arrow

P/85/06

0.02

10819

Conversionofloftspaceintoself-containedflat

20-June-06

11

Welldon

Crescent,1a,H

arrow

P/1073/06

0.03

10858

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

intooneflatand

onemaisonette

21-Aug-06

12

AberdeenRoad,9

P/1688/06

0.01

10868

Changeofuseofsecond

floor

fromofficeuse(Class

B1)

totwoflats

4-May-07

22

PeterboroughRoad,4-6

2ndFloor

(Rainbow

House)

P/0718/07

0.02

10878

Secondfloor

extensiontoprovide2flats

29-Sept-0

62

2WhitchurchAvenue,C

handos

Court,

Edgware

P/1096/06

0.01

10885

Groundfloor

rear

extensiontoenlargeexistingpublichouse,firstfloor

rear

extensions.C

onversionoftwoflatson

firstandsecond

floorsinto

four

flats.

12-Oct-06

24

HighStre

et,91,Wealdstone

P/2332/06

0.01

10897


floor

maisonette

totwoself-contained

flats

22-Dec-06

12

Greenford

Road,149&149a

P/2329/06

0.01

10915

ConversionofbarnsAandBtofamily

dwellinghouse

22-Dec-06

11

MossLane,E

astE

ndFa

rmP/2953/06

0.35

10917


floor

maisonette

totwoself-contained

flats

4-Dec-06

12

Greenford

Road,141A

P/2616/06

0.02

10918

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

intotwoself-containedunits

29-Jan-07

12

ToorackRoad,6

P/2482/06

0.01

10920

Conversionofdw

ellinghouseintotworesidentialunits

16-M

ar-07

12

GrahamRoad,17

P/3524/06

0.02

10936


21-M

ar-07

12

WoodEnd

Road,98

P/1156/06

0.03

10941

Changeofusefro

mlightindustrialtodw

ellinghouse

(Class

B1toC3)

8-Mar-07

11

Stanm

oreHill,R

/O87

P/3197/06

0.02

10942

Extension

toNo.61;singlestorey

rear

linkedextensions

toNos.61and

63with

externalalterations

andinternallinks

22-Nov-06

-11

Lake

View

,61-63,H

arrow

P/2680/05

0.12

10951

Conversionofloftspaceintoaflat

21-M

ar-07

11

Welldon

Crescent,9

P/0086/07

0.01

10953

Conversionofdw

ellinghousetotwoself-containedflats

31-M

ay-07

12

Mollison

Way,140

P/0526/07

0.02

10959

Conversionofupperfloorsintotwoselfcontainedunits

26-June-07

12

StationRd,79A

P/1163/07

0.02

10964



Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

totwoselfcontainedflats

12-June-07

12

VancouverR

oad,36

P/1148/07

0.03

10969

Conversionofdw

ellinghousetotwodw

ellings

12-July-07

12

EastTow

ers,82

P/1184/07

0.07

10975

Conversionofdw

ellinghouseintotwodw

ellinghouses

24-July-07

12

Broom

groveGardens,114

P/1623/07

0.04

10978

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

intotworesidentialunits

13-Aug-07

12

Som

ersetR

oad,40

P/1905/07

0.01

10984

Conversionof1stand

2ndfloor

flattotwoflats

5-Oct-07

12

Greenford

Road,147A

P/2345/07

0.01

10990

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

to2self-containedflats

7-Sept-0

71

2VancouverR

oad,46

P/1139/07

0.02

10994


18-Oct-07

12

Malvern

Avenue,169

P/0863/07

0.03

10997


29-Oct-07

12

TheHighlands,51

P/1144/07

0.04

11001


10-Oct-07

12

Cam

rose

Avenue,269

P/2187/07

0.01

11002


18-Sept-0

71

2CarltonAvenue,8

P/1401/07

0.04

11003

Changeofusetosixself-containedresidentialunits

25-Oct-07

66

Welldon

Crescent,92-94

P/2881/07

0.07

11004

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

totwoflats

19-Dec-07

12

Ovesdon

Avenue,32

P/2609/07

0.03

11010


floorsfro

monetotwoflats

29-Nov-07

12

BelmontC

ircle,21A

P/2682/07

0.01

11013


6-Nov-07

12

OakleighAvenue,43

P/2714/07

0.03

11014

Conversionofdw

ellinghouseintotwoflats

20-Nov-07

12

Montro

seRoad,36

P/2913/07

0.02

11015

Conversionofdw

ellinghouseintothreeflats(Appeal3713)

6-Fe

b-08

23

NibthwaiteRoad,110

P/1959/07

0.04

11018


2-Nov-07

12

NibthwaiteRoad,7

P/3336/07

0.02

11023

Conversionofdw

ellinghouse

intotwoflats

20-Dec-07

12

Montro

seRoad,40

P/3486/07

0.02

11024

Changeofusefromdw

ellinghousetoClass

D1non-residentialin

stitution

asalearning

centre

17-Jan-08

-10

KentonRoad,13

P/4047/07

0.04

11030

60102

1.65

99145

1.87

Total



Schedule5:Siteswheretheprincipleofresidentialdevelopmenthas

been

accepted

(asat31/3/08)

Includes

siteswhere

planning

perm

ission

hasbeen

grantedsubjecttoLE

GALagreem

ent

LargeSites(10+

units

proposed)

DevelopmentD

escription

DateGranted

Gain

Prop

Address

Appl.Num

ber

Site

Area

(ha)

Site

Number

Changeofuseofpartofofficeblocktoresidentialtoprovide32

residential

units

with

atwostorey

extensionatroofleveland

asevenstorey

3232

Lyon

Road,EquitableHouse

P/3214/07

0.42

1798

extensionandretentionof1920

sqmofB1floorspace(residentpermit

restricted)

3232

0.42

Schedule6-P

otentialD

eliverableSites(withoutplanningperm

ission)

Status

NetResidential

Gain*

ProposedTotal

Units*

Estimated

Site

Area

(Ha)

Stre

etSite

Num

ber

Permission

subjecttoS106

374

383

1.30

GaytonRoad,carpark,lendinglibrary&SoniaCourt

648

Permission

subjecttoS106

4040

0.20

GreenhillWay,landnorth

of1247

UDPProposalS

ite50

500.60

CoverdaleClose,A

nmer

Lodge

1338

UDPProposalS

ite260

260

4.20

ChristchurchAvenue,LeisureCentre,associatedland

&buildings

andform

erDrivingCentre

site

1340

Permission

subjecttoS106

4646

0.35

PeelR

oad,Parks

depotsite

&form

ermortuary

1377

Application

20*

20*

0.30

Wilson

Gardens,Vaughan

Centre

1378

Pre-applicationdiscussions-identified

site

3939

0.50

HighStre

et,G

eorgeGange

Way,landatjunction&

Canning

Road,16-24

1780

UDPProposalS

ite100

100

0.80

GreenhillWay,landsouthof,rearo

fDebenhams

1781

UDPProposalS

ite20

200.09

NortholtR

oad,201-209

1783



Permission

subjecttoS106

103

103

22.90

TheCom

mon,R

AFBentleyPriory

1784

Application

407

407

0.60

College

Road,form

erPostO

ffice

1786

Applicationrefused

147

147

0.65

PinnerR

oad,TravisPerkins,19

1788

Applicationrefused

403

403

1.30

LowlandsRoad,HarrowCollege

1791

2004

Housing

Capacity

Study

site

200

200

3.70

StationRoad,CivicCentre

1792

LBHHsg

87*

197*

1.90

MillFa

rmClose

1793

Linked

toLowlandsRdsite

120

120

2.30

Brookshill,H

arrowCollege

1794

Applicationby

RSL

20*

75*

0.59

Richard'sClose

1795

Application

35*

35*

0.35

StationRoad,NorthHarrowAssem

blyHall

1796

Pre-applicationdiscussions

1515

0.18

Headstone

Drive,form

erTyneholmeNursery

1797


150

150

4.05

Headstone

Drive,partofform

erKodak

site

1799


110

110

2.50

HarrowView

,partofK

odak

Sports

Ground

1800

UDPProposalS

ite65

650.25

Uxbridge

Road,land

adjacentHarrowArts

Centre

1801

Appealdismissed-U

DPProposalS

ite20

200.12

SheepcoteRoad,YWCA

1803

Identifiedsite

5050

0.54

GeorgeGange

Way,landfro

nting&Pa

lmerston

Road

carp

arks

1804


3030

0.19

StationRoad,GreenhillWay,Tem

pleHouse

1805

2911*

3085*

50.46

*Based

onfigures

supplied

toCLG

on04/07/08




Detailed Air Quality Monitoring and Analysis F

Appendix F Detailed Air Quality Monitoring and Analysis

Air Quality

F.1 As in previous AMRs, air quality monitoring is carried out over a calendar year.Consequently the results reported in this section cover the year 2007 and not themonitoring period 2007/08.

F.2 Monitoring of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations across the borough is done bya network of diffusion tubes and two continuous monitoring stations. The diffusiontube network sampling sites are all background, being more than 5m from the kerband all at least 2m above ground level. However, Site 1 is placed closest to a busyroad whereas the others are more true background sites.

F.3 Table 60 shows the results for the four sites that have been included in the diffusiontube monitoring network for the most recent years in the borough. It is important tonote the results for the years 2001 and 2002 have been adjusted for bias by usingdefault bias factors from the Stanger LWEP programme. The factor used for 2001was 1.36 and for 2002 was 1.37. These factors indicate that the diffusion tube resultsunder-read in comparison with chemiluminescence monitoring. As Gradko Scientificsupplied the council’s diffusion tubes with analysis undertaken by Casella Stanger,the national bias adjustment was applied to data for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and2007; these were 1.10, 1.08, 1.18, 1.06 and 1.01, respectively.

Table 60 Results of bias adjusted NO2 diffusion tube results monitoring (μg/m3) 2001 -2007

2007200620052004200320022001Site

39.440.346.142.243.936.538.0Site 1

17.624.430.617.722.428.924.2Site 3

22.420.124.630.432.426.727.2Site 4

27.022.331.832.633.926.830.1Site 5

26.626.733.230.733.129.729.9Average


F.4 Site 1 has an annual mean concentration greater than the 2005 objective (40 μg m-3),for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. However, for the first time since 2003 the annualbias adjusted concentration for Site 1 in 2007 was less than the 2005 objective limit.This could indicate a continuing trend of decrease in the roadside NO2 concentrations.

F.5 Using the correction factors on the 2007 data to estimate the annual average NO2

concentrations for 2010, these show that the annual mean concentrations would be24.8 μg m-3, this would be below the 2005 exceedence limit. Even Site 1 modelledpredictions for 2010 would only give an annual mean concentration of 35.8 μg m-3.


FDetailed Air Quality Monitoring and Analysis

F.6 The mean annual concentrations for Harrow 1 (background continuous monitoringstation) and Harrow 2 (roadside continuous monitoring station) for 2007 were 27.1μg m-3 (98.9% data capture) and 44.3 μg m-3 (only 97.0% data capture), respectively.This again indicates that some of the roadside areas within the borough would haveexceed the annual objective limit of 40 μg m-3 during 2007. Using the correctionfactors on the 2007 data to estimate the annual average NO2 concentrations for 2010these show that the annual mean concentrations would be 24.8 μg m-3, this wouldbe below the 2005 exceedence limit. Even Site 1 modelled predictions for 2010 wouldonly give an annual mean concentration of 35.8 μg m-3.

F.7 The mean annual concentrations for Harrow 1 (background continuous monitoringstation) and Harrow 2 (roadside continuous monitoring station) for 2007 were 27.1μg m-3 (98.9% data capture) and 44.3 μg m-3 (only 97.0% data capture), respectively.This again indicates that some of the roadside areas within the borough would haveexceed the annual objective limit of 40 μg m-3 during 2007.

F.8 Modelled predictions for 2010, 2015 and 2020 based on the 2007 background NO2

continuous monitoring annual concentrations (μg m-3) gave mean annualconcentrations of 24.9, 23.4 and 23.1 μg m-3, respectively. These predicted figureswould be within the current exceedence limits for these future years. Predicted futureannual concentrations, based on the 2007 annual NO2 concentration from the roadsidecontinuous monitoring station, gave values of 39.6, 34.8 and 33.8 μg m-3 for 2010,2015 and 2020, respectively. Again these predicted values show that even theroadside should be below the current 2005 exceedence limit in these years.

F.9 Particulates (PM10) monitoring within the borough is done at the continuous monitoringsites: background (Harrow 1) and roadside (Harrow 2). The concentrations areadjusted by a factor of 1.3, as they were measured with a TEOM, to provide theagreed gravimetric equivalent.

F.10 During 2007 there were six exceedences of the 50 μg m-3 24-hour mean for PM10, atthe Harrow 1 (background continuous monitoring station). The annual meanconcentration for Harrow 1 indicated a flattening off of the downward trend inbackground concentration for the borough (Table 61) seen between 2002 and 2004.

F.11 Harrow 2 (roadside continuous monitoring station) data showed there where 18exceedences during 2007, which was considerably lower than the 35 permitted.There was onemore exceedence during 2007 than 2006. However, themean annualconcentration decreased by 1.4 μg m-3 during the same period.



Table 61 Annual mean concentration for PM10 (μg m-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 1

200720062005200420032002200120001999LAQN Site

6510168633Days mean>=50μgm-3

19.821.220.019.724.023.021.020.821.0Annualmean μgm-3

Note: This table is for continuous monitoring at Harrow 1 (background).1999 figures represent < 90% data capture.


F.12 The 2007 mean average annual concentration for the background monitoring station(Harrow 1) was 19.8 μgm-3 (with 99.7% data capture) and the mean annualconcentration for the roadside monitoring station (Harrow 2) was 29.0 μgm-3 (with99.2% data capture) after the interim default adjustment factor of 1.3 was used, asTEOM monitors are employed. Both these values were below the annual meanconcentration limit for December 2004 of 40 μgm-3.

F.13 As can be seen from Table 62, the annual mean concentrations of PM10 measuredat the roadside continuous monitoring station has remained around the 29 μgm-3

value. There was a slight increase during 2006, however this decreased again during2007. These changes would not be significant and could be accounted for in thenatural variation of the monitoring, effects of the weather and the amounts of datacollected. There was over 99% data capture during 2007 compared with only 94.5%data captured during 2006, 94% in 2004 and 98.6% in 2005.

Table 62 Annual mean concentration for PM10 (μgm-3) and number of days aboveexceedence limit at Harrow 2

2007200620052004Harrow 2 Monitoring Station

18221717Days mean >=50μgm-3

29.030.328.429.3Annual mean μgm-3

Note: This table is for continuous monitoring site (roadside).


F.14 The Department of Environment Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) releasedprovisional statistics for 2007 related to the air quality indicators for sustainabledevelopment. This data showed an annual national average urban backgroundparticulate (PM10) level of 21 μg m

-3 this compared to 24 μg m-3 in 2006. Comparedto the Harrow background continuous monitoring data of 19.8 μg m-3, Harrow is below


FDetailed Air Quality Monitoring and Analysis

the national average. The national concentrations have increased slightly in each ofthe last two years, although there has been an overall decreasing trend since 1993whereas the background concentrations for Harrow has remained relatively constant,around 20 μg m-3 over the last eight years with only elevated concentrations during2002 and 2003. These elevated concentrations are probably linked to very warmand dry summers.




GlossaryG

Appendix G Glossary

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): This is a document that forms part of the Local DevelopmentFramework, the Annual Monitoring Report covers the period 1st April to 31st March of eachyear and must be submitted to the Secretary of State by the December following the period. Itassesses progress made in plan making and implementation against the LDS and the policiesin Development Plan Documents.

Area Action Plans (AAP):Development Plan Documents that will be used to provide a planningframework for areas of change and conservation.

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs): Business Improvement Districts are a Governmentinitiative to encourage businesses to regenerate trading environments by working together, inways they decide themselves. These improvements could include extra marketing, festiveevents, additional cleaning and security.

Communities and Local Government (CLG or DCLG): The Government departmentresponsible for determining national planning polices as well as the rules that govern theoperation of the planning system.

Community Strategy: This is a document produced by the Harrow Strategic Partnershipidentifying the community’s social, economic and environmental aspirations for the boroughand how these will be achieved.

Confidence Interval: Statisticians use a confidence interval to express the degree of uncertaintyassociated with a sample statistic. Confidence intervals around a sample mean estimate thelikely difference between the sample mean and the population mean. They specify a regionwhere the population mean is likely to lie using the standard error of the mean.

Conservation Area: An area of special architectural or historic interest, the character of whichis desirable to preserve or enhance. There are a total of 28 Conservation Areas in Harrow ofvarying size and character. Conservation Areas are usually designated by the council, althoughthe Secretary of State can also designate them.

Core Output Indicators (COI): This is a set of indicators devised and employed at nationaland regional level to develop consistency between datasets on issues of strategic importance,such as housing employment and the environment.

Core Strategy: The Core Strategy is the Development Plan Document that will set out thelong-term spatial vision for the local planning authority area and the strategic policies andproposals to deliver that vision. Broad locations for development may be set out in a key diagram.

Development Control Policies: This is a suite of criteria-based policies which are required toensure that all development within the area meets the vision and strategy set out in the CoreStrategy.

Development Plan: This will consist of the spatial development plan for London (London Plan2004) and Development Plan Documents contained within the Local Development Framework.

Development Plan Documents (DPD): These are Spatial Planning Documents that are subjectto independent examination. There will be a right for those making representations seekingchange to be heard at an independent examination.


GlossaryG

Economically Active: People of working age who are either in employment or unemployed.

Employment Use Classes: B1(a) - Offices; B1(b) - Research and development, studios,laboratories, high tech; B1(c) - Light Industry; B2- General Industry; B8 Storage or Distribution.

Equivalised Income: An adjusted income scale, which takes into account the size of ahousehold. It reflects the idea that a large household will need a larger income than a smallerhousehold in order to achieve an equivalent standard of living.

GANTT chart: A graphical representation of the duration of tasks against the progression oftime.

Harrow Local Indicators (HLI): Indicators that have been identified by the Local PlanningAuthority to monitor and assess the performance of the council in achieving policy targets.

Harrow Strategic Partnership (HSP): An initiative aimed at improving local services by bringingtogether representatives from public, private, business, voluntary and community organisationsin Harrow.

HarrowUnitary Development Plan (HUDP): The UDP is a borough-wide statutory developmentplan for Harrow, adopted on 30th July 2004, which sets out the council’s policies for thedevelopment and use of land. The Government intends to replace Unitary Development Planswith Local Development Frameworks.

Independent Examination: The local authority must arrange for an independent examinationof a submitted Development Plan Document whether or not representations have been received.The reason for this is that the independent examination must consider the “ soundness of theplan”.

Listed Building: A building that is of national, architectural or historic importance. The Secretaryof State (Department of Media, Culture and Sport) is responsible for the Statutory List of Buildingsof Architectural or Historic Interest. Any building they deem to be of national historic andarchitectural value can be added to this list, and therefore becomes a listed building.

Listed Building Consent: Express consent that needs to be obtained before work is carriedout on a listed building.

Local Development Documents (LDD): These include Development Plan Documents andSupplementary Planning Documents, and the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).

Local Development Framework (LDF): The LDFwill comprise a portfolio of local developmentdocuments, which will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for thearea.

Local Development Scheme (LDS): The LDS sets out the programme for the preparation ofthe Local Development Documents. All plan-making authoritiesmust submit a Local DevelopmentScheme to the First Secretary of State for approval within six months of the commencementdate of the Act (28th September 2004).

Local Strategic Partnership (LSP): Non-statutory, non-executive body bringing togetherrepresentatives of the public, private and voluntary sectors. The LSP is responsible for preparingthe Community Strategy.


GGlossary

London Plan: The Mayor’s spatial development strategy for London, adopted February 2004.

Micrograms (μm): A measurement of weight equivalent to 1/1000 of a milligram.

Microgram per Cubic Metre of Air (μg m3): A measure of the weight of particles in the air.These particles are so small that they are measured in micrograms per square metre of air.

Micro Particles (PM10): Particles in the air can be from a variety of sources, the most harmfulare often those as a result of human actions. These particles can vary widely in size andcomposition. PM10 are particles that measure 10 micrograms (μm) or less. This standard wasdesigned to identify those particles likely to be inhaled by humans, and PM10 has become thegenerally accepted measure of particulate material in the atmosphere in the UK and in Europe.

Office of National Statistics (ONS): The national office repsonsible for monitoring and reporting,the production and publication of all official statistics in the UK.

Office of the Deputy PrimeMinister (ODPM): The Government department with responsibilityfor planning and local government – now CLG or DCLG.

Planning Advice Team (PAT): A consultitative team made up of officers from a range ofdisciplines who receive proposals from developers before a planning application is formallysubmitted and provide written advice and feedback on planning matters.

Planning Application: An application to the Local Planning Authority for express planningpermission to undertake development.

Planning Delivery Grant (PDG): A performance-related annual award to local authorities,intended as a mechanism for improving planning delivery/performance against Best Valueindicators.

Planning Inspectorate: Agency responsible for processing planning appeals and holdinginquiries into development plans. Inspectors appointed by the Planning Inspectorate will conductexaminations into DPDs and the SCI.

Planning Policy Statement (PPS): An expression of Government policy on an individualplanning topic e.g. PPS12 deals with local development frameworks. The Government intendsto replace its current set of planning policy guidance notes with planning policy statements.

Population Projections: The Greater London Authority (GLA) produce an annual round ofdemographic projections and two projection variants are produced. The low projection variant(PLP low) is dwelling constrained and takes account of the latest London Plan targets for Harrow(essentially up to 2016/17). The high projection variant (PLP high) is a migration trend and istherefore more akin to the Government's projections. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)2006-based long-term Sub-national Population Projections for England (SNPP) were publishedon 12 June 2008. They give an indication of future trends in population for the period 2006-2031.These projections are consistent with the mid-2006 population estimates published on 22 August2007 and the 2006-based national population projections published on 23 October 2007.

Post HUDP Indicators: Indicators identified after the adoption of the Harrow UDP in 2004.Some of these indicators are formerly national COIs that are still monitored and reported on bythe Local Planning Authority.


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Pre-Application Meeting (PAM): One on one meetings between developers and planningofficers to discuss a proposal before an application is submitted.

Proposals Map: A graphical illustration of the policies and proposals contained in DevelopmentPlan Documents and saved policies.

Public consultation: A process through which the public is informed about proposals fashionedby a planning authority or developer and invited to submit comments on them.

Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL): This is a method used in transport planning toassess the access level of geographical areas to public transport. It is used to calculate thedistance from any given point to the nearest public transport stops and the frequency of theservice from those stops. The final result is a grade from 1-6 (including sub-divisions 1a, 1b,6a and 6b) where a PTAL of 1a indicates extremely poor access to the location by publictransport, and a PTAL of 6b indicates excellent access by public transport.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS): This is prepared by the regional planning body. The RegionalSpatial Strategy sets out the policies in relation to the development and use of land in the regionand is approved by the First Secretary of State. In London, the spatial development strategyprepared by the Mayor is the equivalent of a Regional Spatial Strategy. GOL Circular 1/2000provides advice in respect of the spatial development strategy.

Saved Plans, Policies and Supplementary PlanningGuidance: The transitional arrangementsthat allow for existing adopted plans (and their constituent policies), and supplementary planningguidance (SPG) to be saved for three years from the date of commencement of the Act.

Spatial Strategy: The Core Strategy Development Plan Document that will set out the long-termspatial vision for the local planning authority area and the strategic policies and proposals todeliver that vision. Broad locations for development may be set out in a key diagram.

Statement of Community Involvement: A document setting out how and when stakeholdersand other interested parties will be consulted and involved in all decision making processes.

Strategic Environmental Assessment/ Sustainability Appraisal: A generic term used todescribe environmental assessment as applied to policies, plans and programmes. The European‘SEA Directive’ (2001/42/EC) does not in fact use the term Strategic Environmental Assessment.It requires a formal ‘environmental assessment’ of certain plans and programmes, includingthose in the field of planning and land use. The Sustainability Appraisal covers wider objectivesthan the Strategic Environmental Assessment but in practice both procedures will be combined.These processes feed into and are intended to improve the content of the LDF.

Sub-Regional Development Strategy (SRDF): The sub-regional implementation documentfor the London Plan. It provides guidance on issues of more than borough-wide significance. ASRDF will be produced in each of the five London sub-regions.

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD): These will cover a wide range of issues onwhich the plan–making authority wishes to provide policy guidance to supplement the policiesand proposals in the adopted HUDP and in Development Plan Documents. They will not formpart of the development plan or be subject to independent examination.


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Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM): This method of measuring air qualityrecords particles in the air. Air is sucked in through the sampling head which restricts the sizeof the particle entering the device (for instance a PM10 sampling head will only allow particleswith a diameter less than or equal to 10 micro-metres). Some of the air then passes through afilter and as the number of particles deposited increases the natural frequency of the vibrationof the element decreases. There is therefore a direct relationship between the change in thevibrating frequency and the mass on the filter.

Use Classes Order (UCO): This is an official schedule which classifies uses of land andbuildings in various categories, as defined by the 'Town and Country Planning (Use Classes)(Amendment) (England) Order 2005'.


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