Brent Local Plan 2019-2041

Development of the Brent Local Plan

The Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 was adopted by Full Council on 24 February 2022.

This replaced the now revoked Brent Core Strategy 2010, Brent Site Allocations Plan 2011, Wembley Area Action Plan 2015 and Development Management Policies Plan 2016.

In advance of a final version of the plan being available, we produced a basic version of the Local Plan incorporating all modifications. This will be subject to further minor modifications. These will address things such as page numbering, the insertion of figures and infographics identified in the text similar to those in the submitted plan, as well as appropriate photographs.

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Previous stages

Receipt of Local Plan Inspector's Report

The council received the Inspector's Report on 17 January 2022. The Inspectors concluded that the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 provides an appropriate basis for the planning of the London Borough of Brent, provided that a number of main modifications are made to it.

Planning Inspectors’ Report on the Examination of Brent Local Plan 2019-2041(.pdf, 680.2kB)
Appendix – Main Modifications (.pdf, 1.91MB)
Final Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Addendum: Assessment of Final Changes to Main Modifications(.pdf, 3.18MB)
Consolidated text version of the proposed modified Local Plan (.pdf, 10.77MB)
Schedule of minor modifications to the Brent Local Plan (.pdf, 1.10MB)
Schedule of Policies Map Modifications(.pdf, 4.08MB)

Main modifications stage

Consultation on Main Modifications ran from 8th July to 19th August 2021. This was the Council’s last public consultation on the draft Local Plan.

View the representations received regarding the soundness of these proposed modifications (you can find them at the bottom of the page).

The Council’s response to these representations (.pdf, 1.33MB), along with the full individual representations were considered by the Inspectors prior to production of their final report with associated recommended main modifications.

The modifications consulted on were proposed in response to issues raised during the Local Plan Examination Hearing Sessions. These are without prejudice to the Inspectors’ ultimate conclusions and recommendations on the Plan. The Main Modifications set out a series of changes required to resolve issues that make the Local Plan unsound or where it is not legally compliant. These include Main Modifications (including modifications to the policies map), and Minor Modifications. These, along with their incorporation into the draft Local Plan and supporting evidence documents which arose as a result of the Examination process, can be found below:

Hearing Sessions - closed

Due to COVID-19, Examination in Public of the new Brent Local Plan took place virtually, on Zoom. This was over a three week period beginning the week commencing 28th September 2020. The Inspectors produced a guidance note on how the virtual meetings will be managed, and how people could get involved. This can be found here (.pdf, 639.6kB). The Individual agendas for the hearing sessions can be found in the table below, under 'hearing session agendas'. To ensure compliance with data protection, both the Inspectors (Inspectors Privacy Notice) and the Council (Brent Privacy Notice)

Matter Agenda	Date of Hearing Session
Matter 1 Agenda: Legal and Procedural Requirements (.pdf, 554.0kB)	29/09/2020
Matter 2 Agenda: Vision, Strategy and Objectives (.pdf, 533.0kB)	29/09/2020
Matter 3 Agenda: Flood Risk (.pdf, 514.4kB)	30/09/2020
Matter 4: Strategic Transport Infrastructure and Delivery (.pdf, 629.7kB)	01/10/2020
Matter 5: Housing (Requirement, Strategy and Supply)	06/10/2020
Matter 5: Housing (Affordable, Mix and Other Housing Matters)	07/10/2020
Matter 6: Economy and Town Centres	08/10/2020
Matter 7: Design, Heritage and Culture	13/10/2020
Matter 8: Social, Green and Sustainable Infrastructure	13/10/2020
Matter 9: Places (Including Site Allocations)	14/10/2020 - 15/10/2020
Matter 10: Delivery and Monitoring	16/10/2020

Inspectors Matters, Issues and Questions (MIQ's) - closed

Having regard to Government guidance in the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 May, the Inspectors published their Matters Issues and Questions (MIQs) (.pdf, 716.1kB). The Inspectors Examination Guidance Note can be viewed here (.pdf, 567.1kB). Taking account of recent proposed changes that take effect on 1^st September to the Use Classes Order, the Inspectors have issued an addendum to the MIQ's (.pdf, 303.7kB). The Council's Response to these MIQ's, and the Hearing Statements of other stakeholders can be found here.

The deadlines for parties to notify whether they intend to participate in the Examination Hearings was Tuesday 12 August and for the submission of Hearing Statements in response to the Inspectors’ Matters, Issues and Questions was 4pm, Wednesday 26 August 2020.

Summary

At its meeting on the 19^th February 2020, Full Council approved the draft Brent Local Plan and supporting documentation for submission for examination. The Council submitted the draft Brent Local Plan to the Secretary of State on 17^th March 2020. See statutory notice (.pdf, 147.9kB). (.pdf, 271.6kB)

The Regulation 19 Publication Plan (.pdf, 26.56MB), together with the Proposed Modifications (.pdf, 2.57MB), make up the Submitted Local Plan.

All documents submitted at Submission stage to the Secretary of State can be found here.

Additional documents which have been submitted after Submission and in support of examination can be found here

The Planning Inspector

The Council has been appointed the following two Inspectors:

Christa Masters, MA (Hons), MRTPI
Andrew McCormack BSc (Hons), MRTPI

They will examine the Plan, supporting evidence and representations received to the Regulation 19 consultation.

Once the Inspector has thoroughly assessed the Plan they will, if they consider it appropriate, undertake hearings at an Examination in Public. It will be for the Inspector to determine the scope of the Examination Hearing Sessions and who they wish to invite to those sessions. The Council has notified the Inspector of those that made representations who indicated that they would wish to appear at any hearings to make their representation in person. Where the Inspector has requested additional material for clarification, it will be made publicly available here on the Shape Brent webpage. For more information on examination timeframes, this webpage will be updated when necessary with new information.

The Inspector will examine the Plan against the test of soundness set out in the NPPF:

Positively Prepared (i.e. the Plan seeks to meet needs);
Justified (i.e. the Plan is supported by evidence);
Effective (i.e. the Plan is ‘deliverable’) and;
Consistent with National and Regional Policy (i.e. broadly aligns with both the NPPF and the London Plan).

The Plan will either be considered sound and ready for adoption assuming Inspector recommendations are implemented, or unsound.

The Programme Officer

The Council has appointed Andrea Copsey as the Programme Officer for the Local Plan. Andrea is independent from the Council and will work under the direction of the appointed Inspector. Throughout the examination process, the Programme Officer will deal with all procedural and programming matters relating to the Inspector and Examination.

For all matters concerning the examination, please contact Andrea Copsey:

Post: Examination Office, PO Box 12607, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 9GN

Email: copseyandrea@gmail.com

Phone: 07842 643988