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Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK DRAFT for PUBLIC CONSULTATION DEC 2019 THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 3 Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK DRAFT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION DEC 2019 THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 3 Copyright Acknowledgements Greater London Authority Special thanks to officers at the Royal Dec 2019 Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Bexley, the Greater London Authority, Transport for London, strategic partners, Published by local residents and businesses for their Greater London Authority continuing contribution and commitment City Hall to the preparation of this draft The Queen’s Walk framework. More London London SE1 2AA www.london.gov.uk enquiries 020 7983 4100 Maps contain OS data © Crown Copyright and database right (2019) Photo credit Cover page and chapter divider photos by Paul Upward Photography All other photos by GLA and TfL unless stated otherwise THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 3 CONTENTS Foreword 5 Aims of this Consultation Draft OAPF 7 Executive summary 8 - 13 1 INTRODUCTION 15 1.1 How does this OAPF shape development? 16 1.2 Engagement and consultation 18 1.3 Strategic context 28 1.4 Baseline Analysis 33 2 VISION, PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES 51 2.1 A 20-year vision 52 2.2 Areas of change 56 2.3 OAPF objectives 58 3 UNLOCKING GOOD GROWTH WITH TRANSPORT 65 3.1 Transport and Good Growth 66 3.2 What is the scope for growth in this OA? 68 3.3 A good transport experience 74 3.4 Scenarios in detail 79 4 SPATIAL STRATEGIES 85 4.1 Town Centres, Local businesses and Employment 86 4.2 Social and Community Infrastructure 103 4.3 Environment, Energy and Utilities 117 5 PLACES 137 5.1 Spatial Framework 138 5.2 West Thamesmead and Plumstead 149 5.3 Thamesmead Town Centre and Waterfront 156 5.4 North Thamesmead and the Moorings 164 5.5 Abbey Wood 172 5.6 East Thamesmead and Veridion Park 180 6 DELIVERY AND COORDINATION 189 6.1 What happens next? 190 6.2 Establishing a delivery plan 192 Appendix and Glossary THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 5 THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 5 Mayor’s Foreword partner, Lendlease, have ambitious plans for more. The opening of the Elizabeth line with shorten journey times into central London – 11 minutes to Canary Wharf, 25 minutes to Bond Street. This will bring significant additional economic stimulus to the area. However, the north and west of the areas remains poorly connected with the absence of river crossing. I have made a commitment to investigate the potential of extending the DLR to Thamesmead, via Beckton. Work through this Opportunity Area Planning Framework shows that over 15,000 new homes and 8,000 new jobs could be delivered if the DLR was extended. Sadiq Khan Mayor of London The prospect of further rapid change I am proud to be Mayor of a city that means we must ensure local people is growing. London is a beacon of have a meaningful say in the future of progress, tolerance and diversity. Our the area. I want to encourage as many city is a melting pot of different faiths, of you as possible to respond to this ethnicities and nationalities. More than consultation, and get involved in the 200 languages are spoken here. Our associated events. This OAPF promotes city is also a magnet for talent. This Good Growth, growth that is inclusive extraordinary diversity, entrepreneurial so that it benefits all Londoners. spirit and cosmopolitan culture is what Managing this growth requires a plan, to sets our great city apart. Our rapidly manage the impact of growth, establish expanding city plays a leading role as a framework for future delivery, and a world capital in finance, research and promote the use of Green Infrastructure innovation, tourism, culture and the arts. and water management. I am pleased that this OAPF has been the result Thamesmead and Abbey Wood is now of close working with LB Bexley and home to over 45,000 people. This is RB Greenwich. I also look forward to a unique and fascinating area that is working with Peabody as they work up incredibly diverse. We are seeing the first their plans for Thamesmead and Abbey fruits of the investment that Peabody Wood. is putting in place - Peabody and their THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 7 London Borough of Newham London Borough Royal Borough of Bexley of Greenwich Belvedere station Abbey Wood station Plumstead station FIG 1.1 The Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Opportunity Area extends across two boroughs - the London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich. THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 7 Aims of this Consultation Draft OAPF The Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Early engagement Opportunity Area Planning Framework summer - autumn 2019 (OAPF) is being prepared as a long-term planning framework to support and guide emerging development in the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Opportunity Area (fig 1.1). Public consultation early 2020 This OAPF is being prepared jointly between the Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG), London Borough of Bexley (LBB), Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for OAPF adoption London (TfL) to guide development as a summer 2020 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) to the London Plan up until 2041. FIG 1.2 Indicative OAPF timeline Preparing this framework jointly with key stakeholders and communities helps to ensure that strategic and local issues in the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OA are addressed in a way that is coordinated and balanced with local aspirations. How to give your views During the summer of 2019, early engagement was undertaken with local Your input is important and we communities and key stakeholders to want to hear your comments on understand the key priorities and challenges the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood in the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OA. Consultation Draft OAPF. Learnings from this have been summarised in Part 1.2 Engagement and Consultation. This document is for public consultation from 17 December 2019 It is important to ensure development is to 10 March 2020. planned in a way that is sustainable and provides opportunities for all Londoners. Details on how to respond to this Feedback gathered during this public consultation are available on page 19 consultation stage will inform the of this document and at: preparation of the final OAPF set to be www.london.gov.uk/thamesmead adopted in summer 2020. THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 9 Executive summary Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OA Content of this OAPF The Thamesmead and Abbey Wood This OAPF has been prepared to ensure Opportunity Area (OA) is one of the largest that future investment and growth in the regeneration areas in London. It stretches Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OA is across the Royal Borough of Greenwich planned for on the basis of its potential to and the London Borough of Bexley, improve the health and quality of life for extending to Plumstead town centre to both existing and new residents in the area. the west, and towards Belvedere to the east. Thamesmead and Abbey Wood is The OAPF allows the GLA and TfL to home to almost 40,000 people, with a high explore a number of transport schemes proportion of families. with the potential to unlock development opportunities and provide high quality Over the years, the area has faced public transport connections, along with considerable challenges as a consequence walking and cycling improvements that of physical obstacles created by over- would encourage active and sustainable engineered highways, railway lines and the means of travel. elevated Ridgeway, geographical isolation, lack of local shops and services, flood risk, This document sets out two transport and aging housing stock, extended periods growth scenarios in Part 3 Unlocking Good of underinvestment and the absence of Growth with Transport. These scenarios a consistent strategic vision. These have consider different levels of change over negatively affected the quality of life of the next 20 years: intermediate growth local communities and the perception of with a bus transit, and the option for higher Thamesmead and Abbey Wood as a place growth with bus transit and an extension to live, work and invest in. to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Alongside this, the OAPF has reviewed Today, the area has the potential to provide the social, community and environmental 15,500 new homes. This level of growth infrastructure requirements that are needed offers lots of opportunities for improved to support this growth in Part 4 Spatial transport connections, infrastructure Strategies. initiatives, and new local business and housing initiatives that tackle inequalities Ideas for the future of individual places that arise from where people live and how within the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood land is used, as well as the environmental, OA are contained in Part 5 Places. These economic and social barriers that affect visions for the future are set within a high- the lives of people in the area. These level Spatial Framework, and build on our opportunities are considered in Part 2 baseline analysis, public engagement, and Vision, Principles and Objectives. growth scenarios to show how strategic THAMESMEAD & ABBEY WOOD OPPORTUNITY AREA PLANNING FRAMEWORK 9 opportunities for new homes, jobs and Delivering ‘Good Growth’ infrastructure could combine at a local The emerging London Plan sets out scale that embody Good Growth, and which a vision for ‘Good Growth’ across all people choose to live and work in. Opportunity Areas. This means planning for growth in a way that improves the Part 6 Delivery and Coordination sets health and quality of life for all Londoners, out how the strategic vision for the reduces inequalities and makes the city a Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OA better place to live, work and visit.
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