Policy information sourced from the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1

CI3: Culture

To ensure that cultural uses help improve the quality of life of residents and visitors, a strong and well-developed cultural provision will be established by:

  • Safeguarding the quality of existing viable cultural facilities and supporting proposals for new and improved cultural facilities;
  • Identifying the need for new culture and arts facilities in the north of the borough and in the identified Opportunity Areas of Yiewsley/ West Drayton;
  • Protecting the historic environment as a cultural resource;
  • Promoting Uxbridge Town Centre, Compass Theatre (Ickenham), Manor Farm (Ruislip) and Beck Theatre (Hayes) as key cultural centres for the arts serving Hillingdon and the wider sub-region;
  • Ensuring all facilities promote walking, cycling and sustainable transport measures. The inclusion of cycle storage and electric charging points will be encouraged in new facilities and installed in existing facilities;
  • In locations where new development needs access to cultural facilities, developer contributions will be sought to provide for new and expanded services.

Implementation of Policy CI3: how we will achieve this

The Council will support the implementation of Council’s strategies which help to identify current and future needs for culture and arts facilities in the borough, including:

  • Cultural Strategy (to be implemented in 2011);
  • Library Improvement Plan (2002-06).

As this work progresses, the outcomes will continue to be fed into the Local Plan, via the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2- Development Management Policies LDD and Supplementary Planning Documents.

Monitoring of Policy CI3: how we will measure success

Provision and protection of leisure and recreational facilities will be considered in determining planning applications. Individual allocations of land relating to leisure and recreation will be set out in the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2- Site Specific Allocations LDD.

The Annual Monitoring Report will review the progress of Policy CI3 against the objectives of the Council’s Cultural Strategy.

For more information please see the Local Plan: Part 1