Policy information sourced from the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan
AAP13: Housing within the Heart of Harrow
Through the development of the Opportunity Sites identified Chapter 5, and other sites that may come forward for development, provision for a minimum of 2,800 net new homes will be provided within the Heart of Harrow during the Plan period to 2026 as part of mixed use and mixed tenure development.
To ensure that mixed, sustainable communities are created within the Heart of Harrow, proposals for residential development (including mixed use schemes) should:
- Provide for a range of housing types and sizes, commensurate to the character of the sub area in which it is located;
- Meet the minimum internal spaces standards set out in the London Plan;
- Have regard to the design and layout guidance for new residential development set out in the Council’s Residential Design SPD;
- Provide appropriate forms of useable, outdoor space, including children’s play space (see Policy AAP11);
- Make provision for affordable housing in accordance with Core Policy 1J and the Council’s Housing Strategy;
- Ensure homes of different tenures are both integrated and visually indistinguishable from one another; and
- Demonstrate that adequate consideration and funding contributions have been made towards community infrastructure.
In addition to the above:
Within the Wealdstone Central sub area, an affordable tenure split which favours intermediate housing will be sought. Throughout the rest of the Heart of Harrow, an affordable housing tenure split of 60 per cent social/affordable rent homes and 40 per cent intermediate homes is required.
Within the sub areas of Wealdstone East and West, priority is to be accorded to the provision family homes (3 bedrooms and above), especially as part of the affordable housing provision.
For more information please see the Area Action Plan