Policy information sourced from the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan

AAP4: Achieving a High Standard of Development throughout the Heart of Harrow

All development throughout the Heart of Harrow should:

  • Use high quality, durable and serviceable materials to the external finishes of buildings;
  • Conserve and enhance the significance of heritage assets, including their settings;
  • Contribute positively to the wider context in terms of form, ground floor use, and engagement with public pedestrian and cycle routes;
  • Incorporate ‘Secure by Design: Designing out Crime’ principles;
  • Create attractive, active and safe streets and public open spaces, which create a sense of community and are consistent with Policy DM2 of the Development Management Policies DPD: Achieving Lifetime Neighbourhoods;
  • Ensure green infrastructure, including soft landscaped areas, are integrated as part of the overall design strategy for the site;
  • Maximise opportunities to increase pedestrian permeability and to implement the Harrow Green Grid;
  • Seek to integrate fully with, and be respectful of, the existing street grain and character;
  • Incorporate sustainable building and site design which responds to the impacts of climate change and takes a long-term view of energy and water efficiency, having regard to the relevant Policies of the London Plan and to the guidance set out in the Council’s Sustainable Building Design SPD; and
  • Make satisfactory on site provision for the disposal and storage of waste and recycling generated by future occupiers of the development.

New homes within the Heart of Harrow must achieve a high standard of residential quality having regard to the privacy and amenity considerations set out in Policy DM1 of the Development Management Policies DPD: Achieving a High Standard of Development, and any related supplementary planning document.

Development that would prejudice the future development of other parts of a site, adjoining land, or which would frustrate the delivery of adopted plans and allocated Opportunity Sites in Chapter 5, will be resisted.

Where more sensitive character and appearance relationships exist between a site and its surroundings, the Council will expect this to be satisfactorily resolved through the design process.

For more information please see the Area Action Plan