sign in sign up
<<
Home , Brent Cross, Brent Cross Cricklewood, Cricklewood, Edgware, Edgware Road, Kentish Town

BRENT CROSS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION The £4.5 billion N Central development is Barnet Council’s most significant growth and regeneration programme. It will create a new sustainable mixed use town centre for Barnet and North London. Clitterhouse Playing Fields This regeneration is underpinned by

major transport improvements, including an (between King’s additional new Thameslink railway station Cross St Pancras and connecting to King’s Cross St Pancras in under Brent Terrace Bedford/the Midlands) Road 15 minutes.

The Brent Cross Thameslink project includes: • An additional Thameslink station between Cricklewood and stations; Brent South • Relocated sidings and stabling (train storage) facilities; Shopping Park • A new pedestrian bridge providing 24 hour access across the railway; • A Waste Transfer Station; • A Rail Freight Facility; • A new vehicle and pedestrian bridge across the Midland Main Line; • Junction improvement works on the A5 .

North Circular Retail Park

Aerial view of the site today, looking south

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD

Covering around 151 hectares, this project includes the transformation of Brent Cross Shopping Centre, a thriving new town centre and high street, 7,500 new homes and attractive green spaces, new schools and M1 BRENT CROSS health facilities, and the creation of 1000’s of new jobs. SHOPPING BRENT CROSS CENTRE Planning permission for the Brent Cross Cricklewood project was first M granted in 2010 and subsequently amended in 2014. 1

D R R LA IRCU TH C THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD PROJECTS NOR

BRENT CROSS LONDON

Modernising Brent Cross shopping centre, improving road, cycling AD R RO ULA and pedestrian access and building up to 800 new homes. Delivered IRC H C RT by Hammerson and Standard Life Investments. NO NEW STATION E IV R D Visit: www.brentcrosslondon.co.uk E IN N

EN A P 41

H

E D NDON A

RO BRENT CROSS SOUTH A5 CRICKLEWOO W

A ROAD Y ST HLEY Creating a new town centre, building 6,700 homes and improving CRE C IN public spaces. Delivered by the BXS Limited Partnership between F D Barnet Council and Argent Related. BROAD E LAN W LL HI A IS Y Visit: www.brentcrosssouth.co.uk LL DO

NE O D LA BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK (this project) CRICKLEWO Barnet Council, with , are building an additional Thameslink station, new Midland Main Line Bridge and station sidings, and replacing outdated waste and freight facilities.

Visit: www.barnet.gov.uk/brentcrossthameslink Overall Brent Cross Cricklewood Regeneration Area CRICKLEWOOD

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT A NEW STATION, SOONER

We have submitted an application to allow the new Thameslink station and associated infrastructure works to be constructed at the same time. Thameslink Station Midland Main Line Bridge Thameslink Sidings (Indicative Area) This allows them to be delivered earlier in the programme than previously planned with the station due to open in 2022 rather than 2031. N

• Building the station earlier supports the comprehensive regeneration of the Brent Cross Cricklewood area and helps to unlock the economic and employment benefits associated with the development sooner • Current and future residents will be able to use the new Thameslink station sooner and benefit from better public transport links and reduced

journey times to NORTH CIRCULAR • Opening the new bridge earlier will improve links between the Brent Cross Cricklewood EDGWARE ROAD development, the Edgware Road and Brent

Waste Transfer Station Rail Freight Facility THE THAMESLINK AREA

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT WASTE TRANSFER STATION UPDATE

Outline planning permission was granted for a Waste Handling Facility as part of the Brent Cross Cricklewood Masterplan. This would be to replace the Photovoltaic Cells (solar existing Hendon Waste Transfer Station. panels) - to generate sustainable energy and We now propose to deliver a facility which is significantly smaller than the provide a shelter for wildlife one previously approved, where recycling, food and household waste will be collected and transferred to other processing centres. At the last round of events in April 2017 we presented initial proposals covering the design and operation of this facility. Rooflights - to provide as much natural light as We have now undertaken further design work and can provide an update on how these draft plans possible for the facility have been developed further: Green Screen between the WTS and • A green screen will be provided the A5 Edgware Road between the site and the A5 Edgware Road, further encouraging biodiversity whilst Illustrative aerial view of the WTS also acting as a landscaped buffer between the site and road • It is intended that the BREEAM rating of the facility will be Very Good. BREEAM ratings are a measurement of the sustainability of a development against a range BRENT TERRACE of criteria including energy EDGWARE ROAD efficiency and the tackling of

waste and pollution. HUMBER ROAD

OXGATE GARDENS New WTS (in ), compared to former plan (in yellow) Illustrative view of the WTS looking north along Edgware Road

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT RAIL FREIGHT FACILITY UPDATE

A Rail Freight Facility is part of the approved Masterplan for Brent Cross Cricklewood, replacing an existing strategic freight facility which has to be relocated to make way for the wider redevelopment.

This facility will be used for the delivery, temporary storage and collection of aggregate materials used in construction (e.g. gravel, crushed stone and sand for making concrete). Some of these materials would be used in the Brent Cross Cricklewood redevelopment but the facility will also be able to support other construction or infrastructure projects in the area. In response to the feedback received at our last round of events in April 2017, a number of amendments have been made to our draft proposals. These are set out on the next board.

Illustrative view of the Rail Freight Facility (as amended) N

Front loader used to load construction spoil onto lorries

Excavator used to unload aggregate materials

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT RAIL FREIGHT FACILITY UPDATE

Further design work has been carried out since the last public events to investigate whether the new Rail Freight Facility could be fully enclosed. We now propose to enclose the stock piles closest to the PLAN SHOWING AMENDMENTS TO SCHEME residential properties beyond the Cricklewood Curve and the new residential development beyond the Brent Curve. Environmental assessments show that enclosure of the middle stockpiles is not required. N Outer bays to now Operational bay Our draft proposals have been amended in a number of ways: be covered removed from plans HENDON LINE



 

                  • Widening of the landscape bund between the facility and the Railway Terraces   

FP FP FP )L[HG%XIIHU6WRSV

 )L[HG%XIIHU6WRS  Conservation Area to the south east to allow additional planting;  • Addition of covered bays to the two outer storage areas (those closest to neighbouring properties); • Removal of bays closest to neighbouring residential properties, increasing VE B R the distance between residents and the aggregate storage areas; R U E C N D Wider landscape bund • Addition of advanced dust suppression systems; and T OO C W with acoustic hoarding U LE • Effective management of dust and noise will be carried out on site. Monitoring R K V IC E R machines will be placed on the boundaries near to the residential properties. A5 EDGWARE ROAD C A management plan is currently being developed and will be submitted as part of the planning application. Control measures will be incorporated into planning conditions. Operational bay KEY removed from plans Proposed location of dust suppression sprinklers Proposed dust/noise monitoring location (subject to agreement) Approximate area of water coverage

Covered stockpiles Uncovered stockpiles COVERED BAYS W Wheel wash Illustrative images of covered bays

Dust mitigation plan E (RegionalExample Enterprise) Limitedof a is suppressiona joint venture between Capita sprinkler plc and London Bor

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT

NEW STATION | CONTEXT

Creating a new Thameslink station and associated What has changed from the 2014 s73 planning consent? transport interchange is fundamental to the success of BEFORE: BEFORE: the Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration. It will form • Two footbridges across the railway (one for the station and • Five platforms for the new station. one standalone). an integral part of the project and will provide access NOW: to other modes of sustainable transport including NOW: • Four platforms for the new station, sat on two islands buses and cycling. • A single footbridge, with the station ticket offices and platforms between the up/down fast and up/down slow lines. access off of it. • Removing the fifth platform again minimises the impact Our recently submitted rephasing application will see • A more efficient and cost effective approach which minimises the of engineering and construction disruption. this new station open during 2022, rather than the impact of construction. original date of 2031.

What will the new station be named? Eastern entrance The name of the new station has not yet been decided. Stairs, escalators Eastern Disabled refuge and lifts entrance More information on this will be announced in the future. Seating Waiting area north Staff welfare Ticket hall Stairs & escalator Retail/Coffee to concourse 24 hour access bridge Gate line Passenger toilets Passenger lifts (public right of way / not just access to the station) Passenger lifts Stairs & escalator to concourse Stairs & escalator to platform Western entrance Waiting area south Stairs, escalators Western entrance and lifts Seating

Stairs Disabled refuge Stairs Proposedto platform site layout and vehicle to platform access routes

Platform level plan Concourse level plan Simple layout

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT

NEW STATION | OVERVIEW OF SERVICE / LAYOUT

Location of New Station SERVICES to the East Midlands and South Yorkshire Bedford to Bletchley • The new station will sit on the Thameslink line linking Bedford / Flitwick KEY St Albans and to and Brighton Harlington LIMITED REGULAR ROUTE SERVICE SERVICE IDENTITY • Services will be operated by the Thameslink Great Northern Dunstable TL1 Bedford and Brighton Luton franchisee (currently Thameslink Railway) Luton Airport Parkway Luton Airport TL2 Luton, Wimbledon and Sutton Hatfield TL3 St Albans, and Sutton • This franchise is due for renewal in 2021 and the future operator TL4 will be required to serve the new station St. Albans City Potters Bar • Currently expected that the station will have a peak service & of eight trains per hour and an off peak service of four trains Broadway Hendon per hour can be used in the yellow shaded area Cricklewood • These services would be equally split between St Albans Services West Thameslink and Luton Services, with King’s Cross St Pancras reachable within 15 minutes and Farringdon (for ) only a little further on London St. Pancras International • Neither Cricklewood or Hendon stations will be closed as a result Farringdon of this new station opening City Thameslink London Blackfriars London • Timetabling for routes serving these stations remains under Cannon Street discussion and review with Network Rail and Govia London Bridge Thameslink Railway Platform view

Station view - day Station view - night Platform view

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT

NEW STATION | ENTRANCE APPEARANCE

The new station will be accessible from both sides of the railway, with the ticket hall and gates located at the middle of the 24 hour pedestrian access bridge across the railway. The eastern entrance to the station is being designed by the team working on Brent Cross South because of its prominent location within this development and its importance to the new The western entrance (closest to the A5 Edgware Road) and structures making up the new station transport hub being created here. and bridge are being designed by the Brent Cross Thameslink project team. More information is available via www.brentcrosssouth.co.uk

Illustrative view of western access to the station Illustrative view of the eastern access to the station

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT

NEW STATION | BRIDGE INTERIOR AND TICKET HALL

The station will be entered from the new 24 hour access covered pedestrian There will be provision for a retail unit (e.g. a coffee shop) on the platform. footbridge. Access to the bridge will be possible from the east or west and both The safety and security of the public is an important consideration for the project entrances will provide stairs, escalators and lifts. and an suitable strategy is being developed in consultation with the , Department for Transport, Network Rail and . Access to the platforms will also be possible by stairs, escalators and lifts. The images on this board show two potential colour schemes being considered by Ensuring step free access across the new bridge and throughout the station has the project team. The final decision on colours will be subject to the operational and been an important design consideration for the team. safety requirements of Network Rail. The concourse and ticket hall (illustrative appearance shown on this board) will feature a gate line with eight ticket gates.

Illustrative concourse view Illustrative bridge view

Consultation Materials July 2017 BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK PART OF THE BRENT CROSS CRICKLEWOOD DEVELOPMENT NEXT STEPS

Thank you for taking the time to visit our exhibition today. If you have any INDICATIVE PROJECT TIMESCALES questions, or would like to discuss any specific elements of the proposals, please ask a member of the project team. • April 2017 – Public consultation events about the early designs All of the information presented here will also be available on www.barnet.gov.uk/ for the Waste Transfer Station and Rail Freight Facility BrentCrossThameslink after these events. • TODAY - Further public consultation events on the designs for the Brent Cross Thameslink project HAVE YOUR SAY We’re keen to hear your thoughts on the Brent Cross Thameslink project and the proposals on • Autumn 2017: Consultation on the relocated rail sidings display here today. In particular we would like to know what you think about the new Thameslink station, and what you think about how the Rail Freight Facility and Waste Transfer Station plans • Autumn 2017 - Submission of Brent Cross Thameslink planning have been developed further since our last round of consultation. applications, including new station, sidings, Rail Freight Facility You can provide your feedback via the Council’s consultation portal at https://engage.barnet.gov.uk and Waste Transfer Station by Monday 24th July 2017. • Late 2017 / Early 2018 – All planning applications to have been If you would prefer not to use the Council’s website to provide your feedback, please contact the considered and determined project team via one of the options shown on this board. • 2018 onwards – Start of construction work on site, with the new station planned to open in 2022 CONTACT US Call us: 0344 225 0003 NEXT STEPS Email us: [email protected] We will continue to develop more detailed designs for the new Write to us: Freepost RTHZ-AKZT-SABG, Thameslink station and associated sidings, as well as finalising GL Hearn, 280 High , London, WC1V 7EE the plans for the the Waste Transfer Station and Rail Freight Facility. If you would like to register your interest in the Thameslink project in order to receive Later this year we will provide a further update on our progress and project updates in the future, please contact the team via one of the options above. also present more information about the Bridge.

Consultation Materials July 2017