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That the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document be adopted as a local development document, subject to any further minor changes (e.g. related to formatting or mapping) prior to adoption.

Report HPR2023/038

The report recommended the adoption of the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The SPD provided guidance to assist with the determination of planning applications in the Orpington Town Centre area, including guidance on design requirements.

A draft SPD underwent public consultation from 9 March 2022 to 1 July 2022. A significant number of responses were received covering a number of issues. The final SPD included a number of amendments in response to comments received.

The SPD also included minor amendments suggested by Development Control Committee at their meeting on 13 June 2023; and the Renewal, Recreation and Housing Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee at their meeting on 15 June 2023 included in the report to the Executive at Appendix 4.

RESOLVED: That the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (shown at Appendix 1 of the report) be adopted as a local development document, subject to any further minor changes (e.g. related to formatting or mapping) prior to adoption.

Report HPR2023/038

The report proposed the adoption of the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document which provided guidance to assist with the determination of planning applications in the Orpington Town Centre area, including on design requirements.  The final draft SPD included a number of amendments made as a result of a public consultation undertaken between 9 March 2023 to 1 July 2022.  This report was also considered by the Development Control Committee at its meeting on 13 June 2023 and the recommendations had been supported.

The Chairman advised that in considering the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document at its meeting on 13 June 2023, the Development Control Committee had recommended the following changes to the Renewal, Recreation and Housing PDS Committee for agreement:

-  SPD Guidance Note 11: Change to ‘Tall buildings will need to be of the highest achieve exemplary architectural design quality…

-  Section 6: Orpington East: Paragraph 6.4, Bullet 4 – Change to ‘In accordance with Local Plan and London Plan requirements, particularly Local Plan policy 47 and London Plan policy D9, tall and large buildings will need to be of the highest achieve exemplary architectural design quality’

A Member and Ward Member for Orpington Ward voiced her support for the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document.

RESOLVED: That the Council’s Executive be recommended to adopt the Orpington Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document as a local development document, subject to the proposed above amendments and any further minor changes (e.g. – related to formatting or mapping) prior to adoption.