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Consultation OLD summary KENT ROAD January 2019 This document is a summary of the consultation we have done with residents, businesses and others over the last three years on our plans for the Old Kent Road. It includes a summary of feedback from the latest formal consultation we undertook earlier this year on the Old What is the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan? Kent Road Area Action Plan, as well as The Old Kent Road Area Action Plan is an innovative plan that sets out how the feedback from meetings, events and best of the Old Kent Road, including its thriving businesses and arts and cultural other informal consultation, and the communities, can be nurtured and developed over the next 20 years. resulting changes we have made to the The plan includes 20,000 new homes, 10,000 new jobs, new tube stations as part plan based on this feedback. of the Bakerloo Line extension as well as new schools, a health centre, parks, shops and a sports centre. This is the first of a series of updates We have just consulted on the further draft of the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan that will be produced as the plan is and received over 750 responses. The majority of people who responded to the consultation supported the plans, in particular the proposals for the Bakerloo line refined and amended in response to extension, mixing industrial and business space with new homes, and providing consultation. The aim is to provide an new parks and open spaces. accessible public record of the council’s Following this consultation, we will make further changes to the plan based on the consultation and engagement, before feedback we have received before submitting the final version of the plan to the the plan is submitted to the Secretary Secretary of State. of State for consideration. We are here Early informal Preferred option New and amended Further preferred option Proposed submission Examination in Adoption consultation 2015 2016 (first draft) policies 2016 2017/18 (second draft) version 2019 public late 2019 early 2020 2 3 Consultation to date We have been consulting on the future of the Old 2018 Questionnaire response analysis Kent Road and the Area Action Plan since early 2015. Over 2,000 people have responded and overall the plans for the area are supported, with particular Draft Ar ea Action Plan support for the Bakerloo Line extension. Over 8,000 / Opportunity Ar ea How did you hear about this consultation? people have supported our campaign to ‘Back the Planning Framework Bakerloo’ online. June 2016 Friends and family Public meeting In our first round of consultation on the draft plan in 2016, we received over 1,000 responses which helped Leaflet in the post Council website shape the second draft of the plan. In the press MySouthwark notification In this second round of consultation we gathered TRA feedback on the detailed plans for the Old Kent Road, including how it will change and develop over the next 20 years. We held 35 consultation events and @lb_southwark facebook.com/southwarkcouncil had over 750 responses, which will help us to develop the final draft Area Action Plan. We have continued to engage with the community Do you support the strategy in the AAP? 2016 events headline figures over the last 3 years. Information about the plans for the Old Kent Road and questionnaires have been made widely available, including at local libraries, 48 1,203 Q1 Housing strategy posters and adverts and on the council’s website. Formal events Respondents Q2 Bakerloo Line extension We have sent email updates to 7,000 residents Q3 Mixed use strategy through My Southwark accounts and letters to 15,000 Q4 Greener belt strategy homes in the Old Kent Road area. Q5 Infrastructure We have held two major consultations on the draft Q6 Walking and cycling Old Kent Road Area Action Plan, organising and attending over 70 events and community meetings. Q7 Heritage strategy A summary of the consultation events and locations Q8 Tall buildings strategy are shown on the map on page 6. In part Dont Not Ye s No know answered The Old Kent Road presents the opportunity for exciting new changes, which will deliver new homes, 25% 50% 75% jobs and tube stations, as well as improving the environment and creating new open spaces. We will continue engaging with residents and businesses as we develop the plans. How to keep up to date 1 Visit our new website: www.oldkentroad.org.uk 2018 events headline figures 2 Sign up for email updates at www.southwark.gov.uk/mysouthwark (opt in to receive planning policy notifications) 35 752 3 Come to one of our monthly Old Kent Forum events (for details see the website). Formal events Respondents 4 5 Old Kent Road consultation summary List of consultation events This map shows the many consultation events As we continue to develop the plans, we 1 Aylesbury Area Housing Forum 19 Drop in event: The Drawing Room 2018 that we organised or attended during our will keep meeting with local businesses and 2 Bermondsey East Area Housing Forum 20 Drop in event: Christ Church Peckham 2018 public consultations. The list of all the residents and provide opportunities for feedback 3 Bermondsey West Area Housing Forum 21 Dulwich Community Council consultation events that took place is listed through the Old Kent Road forum. 4 Big Local Event 2016 22 Dulwich Area Housing Forum below. For further details on our consultation 5 Borough, Bankside and Walworth Community Council 23 Eid Festival 2016 6 Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Community Council 24 Faith Workshop 2016 with businesses see page 8. 7 Borough and Bankside Area Housing Forum 25 Heritage Walk 2016 8 Breakfast NLA Event 2018 26 Ledbury Tenants Residents Association 9 Business Workshop 2015 27 Nunhead and Peckham Rye Area Housing Forum 10 Business Workshop 2018 28 OKR Forums 2018-19 11 Charter School Event 2018 29 OKR Community Forum 2016 (x11) Retail Event 12 Camberwell East Area Housing Forum 30 Peckham and Nunhead Community Council 19/3/18 13 Camberwell West Area Housing Forum 31 Peckham Area Housing Forum 25 attendees 14 Creative Old Kent Road 2018 32 Planning Committiee 15 Camberwell Community Council 33 Phoenix School Event 2018 16 Conservation Area Advisory Group 34 Pages Walk Residents Meeting 2018 17 Culture Workshop 2016 35 Retail Event 2018 18 Dialogue (an online ideas sharing platform 2016) 36 Rotherhithe Area Housing Forum Creative Old Youth Council 37 Southwark Future Steering Board Kent Road 22/1/18 38 Southwark Pensioners Action Group 25 attendees 8 attendees 39 Southwark Planning Network 40 Tenants Council OKR Drop-in 1 41 Tustin Estate Tenants Residents Association Opportunity area 8/2/18 80 attendees 42 Walworth Society 2016 43 Walworth West Area Housing Forum 44 Walworth East Area Housing Forum 45 Youth Council Business OKR North Guided W alks Workshop SOUTHWARK 12/3/18 45 attendees ROL D LS R A O O AD R W NE HE OL HIT D ER K H E T NT R O OA R D Location of consultation events BURGESS PARK D Events attended in 2016 and 2018 A O R Drop-in 2 K 2018 events R 7/3/18 A P 2016 events 100 attendees M OKR South Guided W alks A H K Guided walks C E P OKR Community Forum 2016 events Community Council boundaries OKR Forums 70 attendees 6 7 Old Kent Road business consultation There are over 800 businesses in the Old Kent Having engaged with a wide range of local businesses We are currently completing a resurvey of all the businesses in Road opportunity area in a vast range of sectors in the Old Kent Road area, we have developed Old Kent Road, updating our 2015 survey. The survey is being Timetable of business from retail, industrial, manufacturing and stronger protections for existing businesses through completed by a company called We Made That, who recently consultation: storage and distribution, to a diverse range of flexible industrial workspace. We will use Section 106 completed a similar survey in Lewisham. We will publish the 2015: The council undertook a survey creative enterprises and artists. These businesses agreements to secure new affordable space for existing results in February and this should give us a sense of how business of all businesses in the area. provide over 9,500 jobs and many employees also businesses and we will develop a business strategy to in Old Kent Road has changed over the last 3 years, as well as live locally. look at how existing businesses will be relocated. comprehensive contact list to help develop the business network. May 2015: Community Forum topic on jobs, businesses and the economy We want to double the number of jobs in the area We are also working with workspace providers who Businesses don’t just operate within borough boundaries and the October 2015: 2x business through our plans for Old Kent Road. Our strategy are supporting start-ups and small businesses to thrive survey will be entirely compatible with Lewisham’s, enabling us to workshops and telephone interviews encourages a range of new workspaces from laptops by offering flexible workspace and leases. work with our neighbours to ensure that we grow a range of June to November 2016: First to forklifts, with an innovative mix of business uses. employment opportunities in the wider area. consultation on draft AAP, community forums and meetings, businesses posted a consultation questionnaire July 2016: Cultural businesses workshop Studios August 2016: Workspace Provider List for Southwark established Room January 2017: Old Kent Road Business Network established – letter and FAQ’s document posted to all businesses.