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Policy NH1

Northwood Headquarters (MOD)

On pages 180 to 181 of the official PDF.

The human version (we wrote this, not the council)

This policy supports new development at Northwood Headquarters that enhances or sustains its operational capability. It also supports the redevelopment, conversion and reuse of redundant Ministry of Defence sites and buildings. Other non-military development in or around the site will not be supported if it would harm military operations, unless the effect is mitigated or there is no longer a defence need for the site. The council will normally defer to the Ministry of Defence on national security matters.

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Open PDF at p. 180

What the plan says

The text below is extracted automatically from the official PDF and may contain artefacts; the PDF is authoritative.

nnel. NH1 - Northwood Headquarters (MOD) 1) New development at Northwood Headquarters that helps to enhance or sustain its operational capability will be supported. 2) Redevelopment, conversion and change of use of redundant MOD sites and buildings will be supported. 3) Non-military or non-defence related development within or in the areas around the Northwood Headquarters site will not be supported where it would adversely affect military operations or capability, unless the effect is suitably mitigated against or it can be demonstrated that there is no longer a defence or military need for the site. Reasoned Justification: 14.2 National planning policy requires planning policies to take into account defence requirements by recognising and supporting development required for operational defence and security purposes and ensuring that operational sites are not affected adversely by the impact of other development proposed in the area. 14.3 Northwood Headquarters is identified as a significant defence asset where additional development is envisaged to support National Security needs. 14.4 Due to the need for operational secrecy, the evidence provided by the Ministry of Defence of the national security impact of development may be more limited than for other consultees. This council recognises this and will defer whenever possible to representations from the Ministry of Defence regarding the national secur
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