Policy information sourced from the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan
AAP7: Creating a New Public Realm
All development proposals within the Heart of Harrow should contribute to the creation of a high quality, accessible, safe and attractive public realm through:
- use of an approved, simple palette of sustainably sourced surface materials;
- a reduction in street clutter and the rationalisation of existing street furniture wherever possible; and
- judicious implementation of electric car charging points, wayfinding signs and infrastructurefor cyclists, where these do not add to street clutter.
Where required, and where directly related to a development scheme, such improvements will be secured through the use of Planning Obligations.
Within Harrow town centre, priority will be given to the delivery of public realm improvements to the Junction Road underpass, the intersection of St John’s, Lyon and Station Roads, St Ann’s Road, and College Road in the area of Harrow Bus Station and the approach to Harrow-on-theHill Station.
Within Wealdstone district centre, priority will be given to the improvement of eastwest links through the centre and, in particular, the connectivity of the centre with the Kodak/Zoom Leisure site in the west and the Harrow Leisure Centre in the east.
New areas of public realm should be designed carefully to accommodate and strengthen pedestrian and cycle linkages to surrounding areas, enhance social use and legibility, and be flexible in function.
Major development proposals on sites affecting an identified new view corridor must contribute to the realisation of that new view. All proposals within the Heart of Harrow must comply with Policy DM3 of the Development Management Policies DPD: Protected Views and Vistas.
For more information please see the Area Action Plan