The Park Development Framework sets out the Park
Authority’s aspirations for future development and
management.
There are a number of core documents that make up
the Park Development Framework:
- Vision, Aims and Principles (published July 2010).
- Objectives and proposals, which will be produced in
two complementary documents. These focus on:
- Thematic proposals (this document), setting out our
proposals throughout the Park for each of our six
aims - Visitors, Sport and Recreation, Biodiversity,
Community, Landscape and Heritage, Environment.
- Area Proposals, setting out our proposals for the Park
on a more detailed location basis.
There is also a range of other documents that provide
additional information to support the core documents
identified above. This includes the Part 2 Area Proposals
included in the adopted Park Plan 2000.
The Park Development Framework reflects our
aspirations for the whole Park, and includes large
areas of land over which we have no direct control. The
framework documents therefore provide two functions:
the strategic framework for our ongoing activities, and
guidance for others involved in the development and
management of land within the Park.
The Authority is not a planning authority but
The Authority is not a planning authority but it has a
range of powers and duties in relation to the statutory
planning process. Section 14(1) of the Park Act requires the Authority to prepare a plan setting out proposals
for the future management and development of the
Regional Park. Riparian planning authorities are under a
mandatory obligation to include those parts of the
plan affecting their areas within their own relevant
planning strategies and policies.
Our current plan of proposals is the Lee Valley Regional
Park Plan adopted in 2000. The Park Development
Framework will in time include proposals for all land
within the Park, and will fully satisfy our duty to produce
a plan of proposals as required under Section 14 of the
Park Act. Once complete it will replace the Park Plan
2000. However the preparation and adoption of proposals
for the entire area of the Park will take time, so a phased
replacement of the Park Plan 2000 proposals with Park
Development Framework proposals will take place, as
and when specific areas of the Park are reviewed and
proposals agreed. Where proposals from the Park Plan
2000 remain relevant, these will be incorporated into the
Park Development Framework.
