LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES
Public Notice inviting comments on:
- Draft Kneller Hall (Whitton) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

- Draft Transport Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

- Draft Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

- Draft Sustainable Checklist Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

- Ham & Petersham Neighbourhood Forum application for re-designation

The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012
Public consultations: 13 December 2019 until 27 January 2020
The Council is asking for views on these five separate consultations.
Draft Kneller Hall Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The Council is disappointed at the decision by the Ministry of Defence to sell Kneller Hall in Whitton, however through the One Public Estate programme the Council has been working in partnership with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). Following informal consultation earlier in the year, the draft SPD sets out a future planning framework for the site. It provides strategic level development principles and parameters, with further design guidance for the sub areas within the site.
Draft Transport Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The draft Transport SPD provides further detailed guidance to support the adopted Local Plan policies, to promote safe and sustainable transport choices.
Draft Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The draft Planning Obligations SPD provides further detailed guidance
to support the adopted Local Plan policies with regard to the planning obligations that are sought from developers to mitigate the impact of developments in the form of Section 106 agreements. This update to the existing SPD (2014) is to reflect new or updated requirements in the Local Plan for planning obligations in relation to Local Employment Agreements, affordable workspace, trees, air quality, sustainable design and construction, carbon off-setting, biodiversity, and social infrastructure (including education and health facilities).
Draft Sustainable Checklist Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The draft Sustainable Construction Checklist SPD describes the key principles of sustainable design and construction and forms part of the assessment for planning applications for new build, conversions and extensions. This update to the existing SPD (2016) also reflects the Council's recent climate emergency declaration and the ambition to seek the highest standards of design and construction to improve the environmental performance of developments.
Availability of SPD consultation documents
You can view the draft SPDs on the Council's website at

There are reference copies to view at the Civic Centre. The topic based SPDs are in all of the borough's libraries, while the Kneller Hall SPD is available to view at Whitton library. Details for the libraries are at:

Ham & Petersham Neighbourhood Forum application for re-designation
The Ham and Petersham Neighbourhood Forum (H&PNF) was designated on 16 January 2014 as the Neighbourhood Forum for the Ham and Petersham Neighbourhood Area. The designation lasts for a period of 5 years. During this time, the H&PNF prepared a Neighbourhood Plan which was approved at a local referendum on 18 October 2018, and subsequently adopted by the Council on 22 January 2019. The H&PNF is now applying for the renewal of the
designation in order to support the ongoing implementation of the Neighbourhood Plan. Details of the re-designation application can be viewed at:

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Let us know your views by 27 January 2020
We would welcome your views. Please make clear in your response which consultation(s) you are responding to. You can respond in the following ways:
- By email to

or

- By post to Policy and Design, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ.

Please note that your response will not be treated as confidential and any anonymous responses will not be accepted.
Also note that there will be two consultation events / drop-ins on the draft Kneller Hall SPD at the Community Room Whitton Library on 9 and 11 January. For further details including times see

What happens next
A summary of responses to each consultation will be made available following the consultation period. These responses will be fully considered and if appropriate, changes will be made to the final version of the SPDs prior to their adoption by the Council. For the re-designation of the Ham & Petersham Neighbourhood Forum, a decision statement will be issued by the Council.
If you have any queries please email

or
phone 020 8891 1411.
LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES