Breadcrumb Home Privacy policy and cookies Privacy policy and cookies This page was updated: 7th July 2026 Who we are and what we do The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is the planning authority for one of London’s largest regeneration opportunities. Established by the Mayor of London in April 2015, it is part of the Greater London Authority (GLA) – also known as City Hall. Although OPDC is part of the GLA Group, the GLA and other functional bodies are separate public authorities and do not automatically have access to personal data collected by OPDC. OPDC is the data controller for personal data collected through the OPDC website. You can find contact details for the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the GLA and OPDC on the GLA’s your privacy rights page or contact us by email [email protected]. Find out about the other organisations that are part of the GLA family. Personal information we collect about you You can browse our website without disclosing any information about yourself. Some OPDC webpages will ask you to provide information about yourself, so you can sign-up to a particular service, initiative, or newsletter. This is so we can respond most effectively to your enquiry with the OPDC. Information we ask for may include: your name your contact details the capacity in which you are contacting the GLA (for example, as a member of the public) organisations (if applicable) We will only ever ask you to provide the information necessary for that purpose. Other personal data we may collect from your interactions with our website include: your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques The legal basis for processing this data is to perform a task in the public interest that is set out in law and is statute based. How we use this information We use your information to: Carry out our statutory planning and regeneration functions Respond to enquiries Manage consultations and engagement activities Administer events and initiatives Provide updates where you have requested them Improve and monitor website performance We will only use personal data where it is necessary and proportionate to do so. The lawful basis for collecting data Under data protection legislation, the OPDC is only allowed to use personal information if we have a proper reason (known as a 'legal basis') to do so. The ‘legal basis’ relied on to process the partial personal data we hold for the purposes of meeting our s106 obligation is to verify developers’ compliance with local labour, skills and employment covenants. Our handling of your personal information will be necessary for the delivery of our public functions or to meet our obligations under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) (as amended). In other words, when we use personal information, we do so to deliver better public services to Londoners as individuals and as a whole. We will retain data collected for the lifetime of OPDC’s tenure as a local planning authority. Third-party sites Some pages on our website may contain links to sites owned and operated by third parties. They are required to maintain their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third-party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk. S106 data As a Local Planning Authority, OPDC’s Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) sets out the organisation’s approach to securing local labour, skills and employment obligations by way of Section 106 (S106) agreements. OPDC’s power to enter such agreements is provided for in the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) (as amended). To ensure compliance with such obligations, OPDC may request the following data: Data relating to local procurement, including the name of supplier, the postcode and the value of transactions Employment data, including details of employees’ role, the first part of their postcode, and their gender, ethnicity and disability status. Protecting your information We aim to have a secure and reliable website and use appropriate security technology to protect any personal data we process about you. But your use of the internet, and this website, is entirely at your own risk. We have no responsibility or liability for the security of personal information transmitted over the internet. Sharing your information Due to our Shared Service Agreements, some of the data collected by our website is managed by the GLA in order to provide technical support. We will not: sell or rent your data to third parties share your data with third parties for marketing purposes without express permission The OPDC may be required to share your personal information with the police and other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of crime prevention or detection. If we are asked to disclose your information, we ask the requesting organisation to demonstrate that the data will assist in the prevention or detection of crime, or that the OPDC is legally obliged to disclose it. Cookies Cookies are small pieces of data that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or application. Cookies are generally used to monitor how a website is used and improve your online experience. They do not give us access to the rest of your computer and are not used to identify you personally. A cookie will typically contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come, the lifetime of the cookie and its name. It does not give us access to the rest of your computer and only the site that created the cookie can read it. We use the following types of cookie: Session cookies: to ensure you are recognised when you move from page to page within our site and that any information you enter is remembered. Persistent cookies: to recognise you as a unique visitor to our website so that we can tailor content to match your interests. How to manage cookies You can control cookies through your web browser, just click on browser settings edit the options available. If you’d like to learn more about cookies, including how they have been set and how to manage them, visit All About Cookies. OPDC newsletters and marketing If you are currently receiving newsletters or marketing communications from the OPDC and no longer wish to do so, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. Due to our Shared Service Agreements, some of the data collected is managed by the GLA in order to provide technical support. Changes to our privacy pages We may need to update our privacy pages every so often. The ‘last updated’ date at the top of this page will also change. Any changes to these privacy pages will apply to you and your data immediately, so please check back here regularly. Your continued use of the site will mean that you accept any revisions. If these changes directly affect how your personal data is processed, we will take reasonable steps to let you know. Your privacy rights As the OPDC is part of the GLA family, we share the same privacy rights. If you would like to exercise your rights under data protection legislation according to the ‘Your privacy rights’ page, please contact [email protected].