Thank you for your quick reply.
By your reply i surmise that while
the land is not likely to get planning permission in the the
next year , you can't rule out the possibility of it NEVER getting
planning permission in the medium to long term ie in
the next 5 years.
Whilst
we aer unable to predict significant changes to
national and regional policy, any developer of the site would need to
demonstrate exceptional circumstances before any sort of major development
could take place in the green belt.
Also the fact that it is possible to build on greenbelt
since you did not confirm that the developments in the north west are
indeed on greenbelt land.
The
'Profitable Plots' site is within the Borough's green belt.
You mentioned forseeable future
which is a relatively vague term..what
would you define as the forseeable future. I also
understand from my discussions with the kind people at the Mayor's office that
the London Plan itself is undergoing a review and the area around Heathrow has
been designated a Opportunity Area so its not possible
to exclude changes to the greenbelt or development in this area. Would you be
in agreement with this ?
Hounslow
Council has had very early meetings with the GLA on the Heathrow
South Opportunity area and does not at present have any plans
to undertake further work on this project. Any review of the
existing Green Belt boundary is a separate exercise but will be undertaken
through the local plan making process in the context of national and regional
guidance which seeks to maintain the protection of London's green belt.
The other thing i wanted to
know was whether the site itself has ever been used as a graveyard or if it
could be designated as such.
You
would need to request a land search to determine the history of the
site. You would also need to request the designation of the site
through the planning making process and provide evidence to support any such
proposal.
The reason I am asking this is to evaluate the site for
future long term personal investment. I do understand that while there might
not any immediate plans , changes in the forseeable future could open this site up to development as
has happened to many such sites..for
example Stockley
Park. Would you disagree
with this statement?
Stockley Park is outside the borough
of Hounslow so we are not able to provide comments on this development.
The people at Profitable Plots have been most upfront about
the long term nature of land investment and its
heartening to note your confirmation of their submissions to the council. Of
course i am tempted to ask if these opinions that you
forward are your personal views or do they reflect the current policy of the
council which can be subject to change with the change in policies in the forseeable future.
The
policy of the Council is that development will only be permitted in the
green belt if exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated in accordance
with national planning guidance.
Would the increase in the need for housing
and jobs in the area neccessitate a change in
prevailing policies. I would also like your forebearance
in answering some of my earlier questions.
To
consider a site in the green belt it would have to be demonstrated that we
could not achieve our current target for new housing development. The
Council has demonstrated that we have enough housing land on previously
developed (brownfield) sites available to meet
its housing target for a least the next 8 years, and potentially considerably
longer.
We
have also demonstrated through a recent development plan document that we have
enough existing land capacity to meet current employment growth projections for
at least the next 10 years.
----- Original Message ----
From: Brendan Tinney <xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To:
Sent: Friday, 19 October, 2007 4:53:53 PM
Subject: Concorde Village/Profitable Plots.
,
Your e-mail query to Simon Hoets has been forwarded to me from Pat Boissieux. We have received a number of queries
on this subject and have set out below our response.
My understanding is that
'Profitable Plots' own this site in Chertsey
Road. The site is part of London's Metropolitan Green Belt and is
mostly also identified as a nature conservation area in the Hounslow Unitary
Development Plan. Both of these designations mean that residential development
is very unlikely to be acceptable. If you would like further information about
green belt policy you could look up PPG2 (UK Government Planning Policy Guidance
on green belts). This will tell you that any building construction in green
belts, other than in exceptional circumstances, has little chance of getting
planning permission. You can also see the London Borough of Hounslow's Unitary
Development Plan online (hounslow.gov.uk) and this will give you the same
message.
What I can not confirm is
whether or not the site will remain part of the green belt. Profitable Plots
have made a case to the Council to have it excluded. This will be considered at
the appropriate time in the future - certainly not in the immediate future. The
indications are that the likelihood of exclusion is limited.
In previous queries it has
been stated that PP have indicated that there is a current planning application
and that we have asked for a higher density. This isn't the case if we are
talking about the Chertsey Road
site - and I can't think of another that it might be confused with. I wonder if
there might be a misunderstanding about the term 'planning permission'?
In conclusion, in my
opinion there is no chance whatever of this land not being green belt this time
next year. And this means that the chances of a speculative planning permission
being granted, within this time, for residential development is next to nil.
The chances for such a permission over the longer
period depend upon major changes to the planning regime - not impossible to
imagine but, in my personal view, unlikely in the foreseeable future.
Regards,
Brendan Tinney.
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London Borough of Hounslow - TW3 4DN
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