Consultation launched on Upper Lee Valley development plans

The consultation aims to encourage local authorities, developers and investors to invest in building in the area.

The consultation reveals that two protected industrial sites on Tottenham High Street have been earmarked for release for mixed-use development. The framework outlines plans to build on land surrounding transport hubs and industrial estates.

Industrial land has been released around each of the major transport hubs to create growth areas to accommodate medium to high mixed-use development, the document said.

The Government has estimated that 15,700 new homes could be provided in the ULV OAPF as part of a wider regeneration of 3,884 hectares in the North London area.

"Land which is not open space or housing is mostly industrial land safeguarded in the London Plan and the Boroughs’ Local Development Frameworks as Strategic Industrial Locations," the consultation document (189- page / 44MB PDF) said. "These areas are likely to undergo significant regeneration or redevelopment over the next 25 years."

The Upper Lee Valley is one of dozens of opportunity areas identified in the Mayor’s London Plan, but was prioritised for a planning framework after this summer’s riots in Tottenham, Enfield and Edmonton. This is the sixth opportunity area framework to be published and has been directly funded by the Mayor.

The consultation document also acknowledged the potential benefit that that implementation of the Local Retention of Business Rates Review could bring to the area, which could mean that retention and growth of business activities would be directly beneficial to the Upper Lee Valley local authorities.

The framework would be a key consideration for planning applications submitted in the area, if adopted. It is supplementary to the London Plan and would be "a powerful material consideration in respect of plan making and planning decisions".

Comments are invited on the consultation until the closing date of 13 January 2012.