Decision details

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet:

1. Notes the comments received during the consultation period.

2. Approves the amendments made to the draft Supplementary Planning Document for the former National Air Traffic Services site, Porters Way, West Drayton.

3. Adopts the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the purposes of development management, along with the accompanying documents, the Sustainability Appraisal and the Summary of responses to the consultation on the draft SPD.

4. Grants delegated authority to the Director of Planning and Community Services to approve any minor amendments or corrections of a factual nature, to the Supplementary Planning Document before it is formally published.

Reasons for decision

The purpose of the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) was to provide planning guidance for the future use and development of the former National Air Traffic Services (NATS) site, at Porters Way, West Drayton, along with the adjoining site owned by Council. The former NATS site had been acquired by Inland Homes, who intend to redevelop it. The Porters Way Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) 2005, which covered the site, is considered to be out of date, given the number of legislative and policy changes since 2005, and needs to be updated. Cabinet approval was therefore given for the adoption of the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the site that has been revised following public consultation on the draft document.

Alternative options considered and rejected

Cabinet could have decided not to adopt the SPD. This would have restricted the Council’s ability to influence redevelopment of the site and may have affected the ability to achieve wider planning, community and sustainability goals.

Officers to action:

Stephen Timms / Jales Tippell, Planning & Community Services