Saving the Welsh Harp: Four Questions to the Mayor
Significance of Welsh Harp
| Question number | 1683/2013 |
| Meeting date | 22/05/2013 |
Do you agree that Welsh Harp, a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest’
(SSSI) should be safeguarded to give it protection from obliteration
due to pressure from development? Do you agree that London Plan should
provide due protection to such sites of high ecological strategic
significance?
Answer
by
Boris Johnson
The protection given to designated Sites of Special Scientific
Interest is set out clearly in the relevant legislation and in Policy
7.19 of the London Plan. Your particular question relates to a planning
application to which I will have to give further consideration, and on
which it would be inappropriate for me to comment.
Welsh Harp Reservoir
| Question number | 1277/2013 |
| Meeting date | 22/05/2013 |
Can residents with concerns over development proposals affecting the
Welsh Harp Reservoir expect you to give the highest protection to this
site of importance for nature conservation, in line with Policy 7.19
[Biodiversity and access to nature] of your London Plan?
Answer
by
Boris Johnson
Yes, I will follow the process set out in Policy 7.19 section E on
assessing the impact of proposals on a SSSI. The views of Natural
England will also be important in the consideration of any proposals.
West Hendon Estate 4
| Question number | 1473/2013 |
| Meeting date | 22/05/2013 |
Under Barnet Council’s new proposals for the regeneration of West
Hendon estate there are no additional health services and local GPs and
clinics are already oversubscribed; what representations will you make
to Barnet Council about this?
Answer
by
Boris Johnson
The Council has indicated that the healthcare needs of the proposal
will be met either through a Community Infrastructure Levy payment or if
the applicant applies for exceptional relief, and is successful,
through a section 106 contribution taking into account the facilitation
of the provision of a 2 form entry primary school on the site and the
impact on viability.
West Hendon Estate 5
| Question number | 1474/2013 |
| Meeting date | 22/05/2013 |
Under Barnet Council’s new proposals for the regeneration of West
Hendon estate the impact on the important Welsh Harp nature reserve is
such that it will risk losing its national SSSI status; what
representations will you make to Barnet Council about this?
Answer
by
Boris Johnson
I considered this application at Stage I on 15 May and my views on
this application are set out in the Stage I report. The report can be
found at this link:
http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/strategic-planning-applications/mayors-planning-decisions/planning-decisions-date-reviewed/2013.
[The two PDF files involved are reproduced below.]
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