Decision details

To confirm the District Council’s response to Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s Park Development Framework Draft Strategic Policies and Draft Amended Proposals for Areas 6, 7 and 8 Consultation.

a)     to support the overall approach of the proposals in the context of the statutory functions of the Park Authority i.e. in relation to (i) sport and recreation, (ii) leisure, (iii) education, and (iv) landscape, heritage and nature conservation.

b)     To express concern regarding the possible extent of new building in the Green Belt but to recognise the Local Planning Authority’s role in managing such development and responding to applications within the national policy context.

c)     To express concern regarding the proposed approach to glasshouse development in the Park but to recognise the Local Authority’s role in managing such development and responding to applications within the national and local policy context together with the Councils’ aim to support the vitality and expansion of protected horticulture in the District.

d)     To express concern regarding the desire to ultimately remove valuable industrial and commercial uses from the Park, and the Councils’ aim to protect employment uses in the District.