Lee Valley Regional Park Consultation

Dear Consultee LEE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK ACT 1966 SECTION 14 PARK DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Consultation by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority: 1.    Lee Valley Regional Park Draft Strategic Planning Policies 2.    Draft Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Strategy 3.    Draft Amended Proposals for the Regional Park from the River Lee Country Park to the Lee Navigation in Ware, Areas 6, 7 and 8 PERIOD OF CONSULTATION - 18 April 2014 to 30 May 2018 As you may know the Regional Park Authority has various town planning powers which include powers to prepare proposals to guide the future development of the Regional Park. To date these policies and proposals are contained within a Park Plan which was adopted in 2000. These are under review and we are consulting on a revised set of strategic policies including a new landscape strategy and more detailed proposals affecting the Regional Park north of the M25 motorway. More detail on each of these documents is included below; all documents are available on our consultation web page via the following link: www.leevalleypark.org.uk/lvrpaconsultation Draft Strategic Planning Policies As part of the PDF process the Park Authority is seeking to produce a new set of strategic policies.  Once adopted these will replace the Strategic Policies included in Part One of the Park Plan (2000).  It is intended that the Strategic Policies will provide a framework for future development and master planning within the Park guide the Authority’s and riparian authorities’ response to development proposals within and adjacent to the Park, and provide an up to date planning context for Area Proposals The draft Strategic Policies draw upon a revised evidence base and an understanding of the key challenges and opportunities facing the Park.  This  consultation includes a draft Evidence Base Report, a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Scoping Report and a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA). Draft Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Strategy The Authority has commissioned work to review and update the Regional Park’s existing landscape strategy and bring it in line with revised guidance produced by Natural England in 2014.  The Landscape Strategy will provide guidance for development and land management within the Park and assist the Authority in its response to strategic policy work, master planning and major applications. Draft Amended Proposals Areas 6, 7 and 8 We are now consulting on a revised set of proposals for the northern sections of the Park; Areas 6, 7 and 8 which start with the River Lee Country Park in Waltham Abbey, and continue through to the northern most tip of the Park adjacent to the Lee Navigation in Ware, East Hertfordshire.  This is a second round of consultation following the consultation in 2015. The proposal schedules include amendments in red text with strikethrough text indicating changes made following the earlier consultation.  The accompanying Proposal maps have also been revised.  For the local planning authorities in whose boundaries the Regional Park lies the importance of these proposals is that, once adopted by the Authority, section 14(2) of the Park Act requires their inclusion in their Local Plans or Local Development Frameworks. Their inclusion does not however imply approval of the local planning authority although clearly it is hoped that by reason of this process there will not be fundamental objection to them. It is anticipated that these strategies and proposals will be adopted by November 2018. How to comment Comments are welcome by email to planning@leevalleypark.org.uk Or by post to PDF Consultation, Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9HG The deadline for comments is the 30th May 2018 A set of all the above mentioned documents will be available to view at the following locations; please check opening times before visiting Myddelton House Visitors Centre – Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 9HG. Tel 03000 030 610 info@leevalleypark.org.uk Lee Valley Park Farms - Stubbins Hall Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 2EF. Tel 01992 892 781 farms@leevalleypark.org.uk Lee Valley White Water Centre - Station Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire,, EN9 1AB. Tel 03000 030 616. Email:whitewater@vibrantpartnerships.co.uk Pickett’s Lock at the Lee Valley Athletic Centre - Lee Valley Leisure Complex, Meridian Way, Edmonton, London, N9 0AR  Tel. 020 8344 7230 athletics@vibrantpartnerships.co.uk Lee Valley Ice Centre - Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, London, E10 7QL.  Tel 03000 030 624   ice@vibrantpartnerships.co.uk Lee Valley VeloPark - Abercrombie Road, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 3AB.  Tel 03000 030 613  velopark@vibrantpartnerships.co.uk DATA PROTECTION You have been sent this email as your contact details are held on our consultation database. The Authority holds this database solely for the purpose of contacting people about any consultation exercises it carries out. The contact details are not passed on to any other organisation. If you should like to remove your contact details from our database for future consultation exercises, please let us know by return email at Planning@leevalleypark.org.uk  In line with the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) the Authority will only use any responses to this consultation to inform the development of its policies and proposals in line with Section 14 of the Lee valley Regional Park Act 1966. Your contact details will not be shared with third parties. Responses to this consultation, including names (and supporting evidence), will be made public and may be used by the Committee as evidence in the scrutiny process, and may be published, unless respondents specifically request confidentiality. Respondents should be aware that confidentiality cannot always be guaranteed. For example, responses, including personal information, may be subject to publication or release in accordance with the access to information regimes (primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004). Stephen Wilkinson Head of Planning and Strategic Partnerships  Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 9HG  Tel: 01992 717711      Fax: 01992 709922 www.leevalleypark.org.uk