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Housing Zones JUNE 2015

1 Foreword

Our wonderful city is changing at private sale; private rented and a rate not seen since Victorian affordable; and at all price levels. times. Already home to more people than at any time in its Under my Mayoralty, ’s history, London will have 11 getting huge amounts of new million citizens by 2050. It is affordable housing. I am on track growing at the equivalent of a to deliver 100,000 affordable new borough every three years, homes in my two terms, with or a Routemaster bus full of new 81,000 homes already built. residents every eight hours. This year will see the highest number of affordable new homes People are coming here in such in London since the early 1980s. numbers because London is an But more must be done. The economic powerhouse. London scale of the challenge requires is the engine that powers the UK new solutions, new financial economy, is one of only three models and new attitudes to truly global cities, and is a world getting development going. That centre for financial services, is why we are pioneering the insurance, law, culture, media, Housing Zones approach. Using technology and biotechnology. flexibility to do whatever it takes to turbo boost the building of new However, that economic vitality homes in London. does not mean we can rest on our laurels. For at least 30 years, under many different governments, London’s housing supply has not kept pace with its population growth. As a result, we must almost double the Boris Johnson

current rate of housebuilding to Mayor of London at least 42,000 homes a year to meet the capital’s historic and future housing needs. There must be a massive increase in the supply of homes of all types:

2 3 Housing Zones – an introduction

Housing Zones are a fresh new Housing Zones are adaptable approach to housing in London. in terms of both funding and Unlike traditional funding planning. That means it is up programmes, they are area- to London boroughs and their focused and bespoke to suit each partners, to agree with the Mayor location to significantly expand just what each Zone needs. In the number of homes being built. addition to investment, Housing Through the Zones, London Zones will offer focused planning, boroughs and the private sector place-making and intensive can work to build the new homes engagement with a wide range London so desperately needs. of delivery partners important to making things happen, from The programme was launched utility companies to by the Mayor of London and the and . Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in June 2014. So far, we have had an The aim is to create up to twenty enthusiastic response from Zones in London and build London boroughs around the 50,000 new homes by 2025. capital. By the initial deadline of 30 September 2014, we had The Mayor has made £400 received 25 bids. Taken together, million of funding available for these significantly exceed both Housing Zones. The funding can the available funding and our be used flexibly, from financing target to build 50,000 new homes infrastructure to supporting by 2025. individual schemes. This will maximise the number of new homes built and address the unique challenges at each site. The focus is on recovery and recycling investment, rather than conventional grant.

4 5 Housing Zones – Progress to date The Zones will create wonderful • 3 new libraries, new places to live, offering ‘total • 3 new health facilities, regeneration’, providing new • 2 new civic centres, The GLA is making a long- provided to those that have not. facilities as well as thousands • 1 major area of employment term commitment to areas This has led to a great variety of homes. For example, the first land re-designated for housing, designated as Housing Zones, of proposals. There are high wave of designations includes: with the funding expected to be numbers of housing purpose- • 1 new church, • 5 station upgrades, in place for ten years. Therefore, built for private rent as well as • 1 new park, assessing the bids has been a shared ownership homes. There • 5 estate regeneration schemes, • 1 ‘3G’ football pitch. very thorough and demanding has also been an intelligent • 5 new schools, process, and it is important that mix of different types of homes, • 4 new bridges built over the Zones demonstrate they can including family homes and water, rail and road to unlock genuinely build more houses in homes designed for older people. development, the best possible way. This has included carefully examining Several proposals have made ways that for there to be a return ambitious requests in terms of on investment and attracting infrastructure. This includes additional investment, alongside bridges, highways improvements an acceptance of sharing risk and station upgrades. Many of and reward between partners. these are already tapping into planned transport improvements We are delighted that all 25 of that need small amounts of the bids have shown tremendous further funding to maximise ambition and determination. In the opportunity. almost all cases, they are also backed locally by high-level and All 25 Housing Zone bids were strong political and business on previously developed land. commitment. This enthusiasm, So it is not surprising that there combined with areas rich in are issues with contamination opportunity, and with space to and how this can be removed. In accommodate thousands of particular, several sites currently homes, gives the programme house decommissioned gas- firm foundations. holders, which must be moved before homes can be built. The Many of the proposals have Mayor’s funding will help this considered in detail how to build happen – and more. large numbers of homes quickly: appropriate challenge has

6 7 London’s Housing Zones

Tottenham 29% 1,956 homes 38% 2,380 homes

Blackhorse Lane and 24% Enfield Northern Olympic Park 2,477 homes Barnet 29% Heart of Harrow 5,294 homes Waltham Harrow Forest

Redbridge Haringey Havering Barking Town Centre 35% Brent Barking and 2,295 homes Camden Hackney 41% Newham 4,345 homes Tower Hamlets City , K&C and Thamesmead 41% 1,512 homes H&F

Bexley Richmond 40% Hounslow Town Centre upon Thames 3,478 homes Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead 45% Kingston upon 1,314 homes Thames

Sutton Junction to 30% 10% Riverside 5,356 homes New 2,372 homes

Location Total no. of homes Central Activity Zone Proportion of Total Homes that will be affordable (%) Source: GLA, NLP analysis

8 9 First designations

The Mayor has designated We will be designating the next the first nine Housing Zones. Zones as part of an ongoing They are: process, and will shortly announce more, once proposals • Abbey Wood and South are finalised. We expect up to Thamesmead, 20 Zones to be in place by the • Abbey Wood, Plumstead and end of Summer 2015. Thamesmead, • Barking Town Centre, You can find out more about • Clapham Junction, Housing Zones, and how they • Blackhorse Lane and can help London get the new Northern Olympic Park homes it needs, by reading about the individual 11 Zones • Heart of Harrow, on the following pages. • Hounslow Town Centre, • New Bermondsey, • Southall, • , and • Wembley.

The GLA has allocated just over £310 million of funding to these Zones, of which £154 million would be repaid. This will help:

• Attract more than £12 billion of investment, • Create over 65,000 construction jobs and, • Accelerate the building of over 32,000 new homes, over 10,600 of which would be affordable.

10 11 Housing Zones by Numbers

£12.115 bn £310 m Total value of investment Level of GLA investment and development

£154.74m 32,779 Amount of funding repaid Total number of homes

10,653 3,352 Total number of affordable Total number of affordable homes 2015-2025 homes 2015-18

Over 2000ha Over 20,000 Total Housing Zone area Total number of jobs

65,658 68 Total number of construction jobs Total number of schemes

12 13 Abbey Wood, Plumstead and Thamesmead

The Royal Borough of Greenwich The new Housing Zone will: in partnership with Peabody • unlock the huge potential Trust has identified Abbey Wood for over 1,500 new homes Plumstead and Thamesmead as a and thousands of jobs by Housing Zone with the ambition to transforming and reshaping provide 1,512 new homes, (44% existing uses and unlocking of which would affordable) and new development sites 3,024 jobs. The new Zone is also a unique opportunity to improve • create modern high quality public space, roads and footpaths public space in the area. This will help deliver • boost the regeneration of a high quality local environment, Thamesmead and Plumstead capitalising on the arrival of over the next 30 years to Abbey Wood in 2018. • create a new urban boulevard to make a more viable centre With £340 million private sector investment, this large housing- led regeneration scheme will Transport links provide much needed affordable Abbey Wood Station (Crossrail and well-built homes. As well as in 2018). new homes in the next decade, the scheme will help capitalise Developer on Thamesmead’s potential, Peabody providing another 10- 14,000 new homes for London over the next Planning status 30 years. Most of the sites have outline or detailed planning.

14 15 Key statistics

£367.75m £27.775m 22.83ha 3,024 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

1,512 663 1 Total number of homes Total number of Thamesmead affordable homes Number of Estate KEY: PHASE 1

PHASE 2

Regeneration sites PHASE 3

CROSSRAIL

Housing Zone bid proposed phasing Thamesmead Not to scale Town Centre

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure:

Harrow Manor Way will be A new park and community uses TR changed to a tree lined boulevard as part of mixed use schemes. P4 with cycleways, new pedestrian routes and a significant enhancement of the street LE scene, along with improved P1 P2

East / West links. Abbey Wood

16 17 Plumstead Arsenal

RB GREENWICH LB Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead

Abbey Wood and South and community activities and Thamesmead form part of improved public transport the North Bexley Opportunity provision. Area. This 13.42 hectare area lies between Abbey Wood The new Housing Zone will: Station – the terminus of • help accelerate the Crossrail and Southmere – regeneration of Abbey Wood set within a 50 acre lake and and South Thamesmead parkland. It will benefit from considerable recent investments • create a new urban boulevard in a major new community and a more viable town centre centre, a parkland transformation • boost the regeneration of and the establishment of the Thamesmead and Plumstead Thamesmead Innovation Centre. over the next 30 years • offer huge opportunities to Around £320 million is being deliver over 1,300 new homes invested in this large housing- and thousands of jobs through led regeneration scheme in unlocking existing cleared partnership with Peabody. It is sites and creating new local hoped the Zone will be the first commercial space phase of wider growth which will host 10-14,000 new homes and 6-8,000 new jobs over the next Transport links 30 years. The first ten-years Abbey Wood station (Crossrail will provide over 1,300 mixed in 2018). tenure homes in Bexley, around 45 per cent of which would Developer be affordable. Peabody

There will be a new library and Planning status extra primary school places to Many of the sites have outline or support the area’s growth. The detailed planning permission. Zone will create a new high street, hosting a mix of shops, cafes, workspace, cultural

18 19 Key statistics

£346.8m £54.8m 13.42ha 2,628 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

1,314 591 1 Total number of homes Total number of Thamesmead affordable homes Number of Estate Regeneration sites

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Harrow Manor Way will be There will be a new library and changed to a tree lined additional primary school spaces boulevard with cycleways, to support the successful growth new pedestrian routes and a of Thamesmead. significant enhancement of the street scene, along with improved East / West links.

20 21 Barking Town Centre

This 97 hectare Housing Zone Transport links is a central part of the ambition Barking is well served by London to realise Barking’s full cultural Underground, Overground and and economic potential. It will services. Further host over 2,000 new homes improvements to Barking station and 4,000 new jobs, alongside are underway and new bus improved local public spaces routes are also being added. and new culture and leisure facilities. Barking town centre Developer is just 15 minutes from central The London Borough of Barking London by train. and Dagenham will work with several developers, including The new Housing Zone will: Swan Housing and Bouygues. It also plans to partner with other • create the first purpose-built developers to build new housing private rented sector housing in the zone. scheme in Barking Town Centre with 100 apartments Planning status • support major estate Full planning consent is in place regeneration for four of the sites in the zone, • boost Barking’s award-winning and the council is working to get reputation in housing and public consent for the others. space design • build new community and leisure facilities for local people

22 23 Key statistics

£375m £42.317m 97ha 4,590 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

2,295 795 1 Total number of homes Total number of Gascoine Estate affordable homes Number of Estate Regeneration sites

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Improvements to Barking Station, Delivery of a Care City, a public realm improvements. UK centre of excellence for integrated community health care. Two primary schools and a secondary school are also planned for the area.

24 25 Blackhorse Lane and Northern Olympic Park

The Waltham Forest Housing The new Housing Zone will: Zone will enable the housing- • Unlock and accelerate housing led regeneration of the schemes in area in line with the Blackhorse Lane and Northern Area Action Plans. Olympic Fringe areas. The aim • Improve Blackhorse Lane is to create two new villages station and its surroundings connected by the Lea Valley Regional Park, where housing • Improve public realm in the is unlocked and accelerated Sutherland Road area through targeted interventions • Investigate ways to create by the GLA. a mixed-use industrial and residential area in the Northern Phase 1 of the Housing Zone Olympic Fringe focuses upon the hub and Sutherland Transport links: Road areas. Phase 2 of the Improvements to Blackhorse Housing Zone is the Northern Road station will complement TfL Olympic Fringe area. funded works to be undertaken to the junction between Blackhorse The existing assets of the Lane and Forest Road. The Blackhorse Lane area include reopening of Lea Bridge Road excellent transport accessibility station will provide the catalyst to via the for the regeneration of the Victoria Line and options to the Northern Olympic Fringe area. east on the Barking to Overground, proximity to Developer: Lea Valley Park, and a strong East Thames Group has been industrial heritage. The Northern chosen by LB Waltham Forest Olympic Fringe area is set to for the redevelopment of benefit from the reopening of 71/81 Sutherland Road. Other Lea Bridge station. development partners will be procured during the course of the Housing Zone’s implementation

26 27 Key statistics

circa £1.8bn £41.985m 97ha 4,954 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

2,477 596 Total number of homes Total number of affordable homes

Planning status: Sites in the Blackhorse Road Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: The Area Action Plan for station hub area already with Works to improve Blackhorse Public realm enhancements Blackhorse Road and the planning permission will be Lane station including internal on Sutherland Road in line emerging Area Action Plan for the accelerated through the Housing layout and cycling facilities with masterplan. Northern Olympic Fringe, provide Zone interventions. the planning framework for the Housing Zone.

28 29 Clapham Junction to Battersea Riverside

This prime 57 acre Housing facilities, alongside investment Zone has huge development and in local schools transformational potential. With • offer a vastly improved network excellent transport links to the of pedestrian and cycle routes West End, and , it will attract £1.4 billion of investment to Transport links deliver 5,000 new homes, new Clapham Junction is a major commercial space and 1,300 new railway station and transport jobs. The Zone will also provide hub with fast connections to facilities for the local community central London and beyond. This and a better environment. will increase dramatically with and the potential Plans for the wider area also to improve connections to include delivery of the Jubilee London’s main airports and Bridge which will provide particularly Gatwick. pedestrian and cycle links across the Thames, regeneration Planning status of Clapham Junction Station Masterplan developed for including station access provision the ‘central zone’ area with for Crossrail 2. procurement of a joint venture partner due to begin in the next The new Housing Zone will: three months.

• regenerate and link up nearby areas from Clapham Junction town centre to the Thames riverside • involve estate regeneration which will act as a driver for further improvement and development in the area • host new amenities including a library, leisure and community centre, public park, health

30 31 Key statistics

£1.4bn £12.35m 23ha 10,712 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

5,356 1,596 2 Total number of homes Total number of Winstanley Estate affordable homes and Road Number of Estate Regeneration sites

Estate Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Creation of a new network of safe New sports and leisure centre, and attractive pedestrian and new library, new community cycle routes would be created centre, new public parks, new 3G including active streets and artificial grass pitch, new health green open spaces. facilities, new station piazza, and Regeneration of Clapham investment in local schools. Junction station, a new Crossrail 2 entrance and review of bus network to improve linkages and maximise development potential in the Zone.

32 33 Heart of Harrow

Both Harrow and • make the most of the council’s town centres sit within the land for development, and help Heart of Harrow Housing Zone. other public sector partners to The Zone also includes the do the same Station Road corridor linking • accelerate delivery of the the two centres, and most of the council’s 600 home private previously developed opportunity rented sector programme sites in the borough. • give local housing associations funds to help them build The Mayor and Harrow Council more homes have together produced a Heart • renegotiate existing planning of Harrow Area Action Plan. consents so that more homes With £31.3 million investment, are built on important sites home building will be increased across the area with targeted work at major sites. The council will also work with developers to revise Transport links planning consents that reflect There are direct links to central the plan’s ambitions. London. From Harrow & Wealdstone station, it takes 11 The Heart of Harrow area and minutes to London Euston via the wider borough will benefit Mainline. There from better public facilities. This are also regular Bakerloo and includes two primary schools, Overground services. London nursery provision, junction can be reached in 17 improvements, two new town minutes from Harrow-on-the-Hill centre squares, better green through . It also spaces, expanded retail and has the . Harrow evening economy provision and & Wealdstone would also be a new library and civic centre. served by the proposed Crossrail extension to Hertfordshire, The new Housing Zone will: linking Harrow directly to and the West Coast • increase the number of new Main Line homes, so that more than 5,000 are built over the next ten years 34 35 Key statistics

circa £1.75bn £31.4m 177ha 10,588 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

5,294 1,545 Total number of homes Total number of affordable homes

Developer Planning status Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Harrow Council, Origin Housing, The Heart of Harrow plan offers Junction and public realm Two new primary schools, two Group, Land Securities a current planning framework for improvements. new public squares in the town and others. the newly designated opportunity centre, new Civic Centre with area. Many of the sites already flexible democratic & community have planning consent, with space, new central public library. progress being made on the rest.

36 37 Hounslow Town Centre

This 466 hectare Housing • redevelop the Hounslow Town Zone is part of Hounslow’s School site for a new school ambitious regeneration and 200 new homes programme, designed to boost • speed up development of job and business growth, and to Nantley House for 68 new accelerate high quality house- homes building for residents. The • recycle up to 60 per cent of borough has excellent transport initial investment into future links with just phases ten minutes away and central • accelerate the build of 268 London 40 minutes by train homes delivered in 2015-18 or Tube. • provide 280 extra affordable These plans include three new homes residential sites with 1,018 new homes. Of these, 407 will be Transport links affordable. The Zone will also Circus. Heathrow Airport host the relocated council civic is ten minutes away. offices, a flexible community space and a new primary school. Planning status Planning briefs for the Bath By investing £18.5 million there Road and civic centre sites, both will be 3,478 new homes built designated for development in in the Zone by 2025. That is an the local plan, will be adopted increase of 1,125 on the local late February. The brief for the plan and includes 1,383 homes Hounslow Town School site is for affordable rent and First in scheduled for adoption in Steps low cost home ownership June 2015. and will create an estimated 6,956 construction jobs. Opportunity Hounslow Council has shortlisted The new Housing Zone will: four potential partners from the Mayor’s London Development • create at least 750 new homes Panel to redevelop the existing on the former civic centre site civic centre and build the new civic centre at Bath Road. 38 39 Key statistics

£1.25bn £18.5m 466ha 6,956 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

3,478 1,391 Total number of homes Total number of affordable homes

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Public realm improvements The Zone will assist the provision including footpath and cycle of a new Civic Centre through way improvements connected to unlocking the Lampton Road development sites. site for housing, the new Civic Centre will also provide a multi- purpose community space. The Zone will also enable the reprovision of a new, expanded and fit for purpose primary school on the School Road site with a community space.

40 41 New Bermondsey

New Bermondsey is in the • speed up building of the first Lewisham, and New 532 homes, in the first two Cross Opportunity Area, and sits phases by at least two years next to the planned Old Kent • accelerate the entire Road Opportunity Area. This development, completing 30 acre site is just 1.5 miles construction within 8 years south of London Bridge and can be reached by train in just four minutes. Transport links The Zone will provide a With a combined investment new station on the London of £1 billion, New Bermondsey Overground at New Bermondsey will become a thriving new and improve bus transport. It neighbourhood with 2,400 new only takes four minutes to reach homes and over 2,000 new jobs. London Bridge from South The development will includes Bermondsey station. London’s largest indoor sports centre, Energize, a church and Developer community centre, space for Renewal creative and media start-ups and an integrated health centre. Planning status The site, formerly known as This scheme will hugely benefit Surrey Canal, received outline the 40,000 people already living planning consent in March 2012. within a 15 minute walk of the site and the 6,000 new residents.

The new Housing Zone will:

• fund, on a recoverable basis, transport improvements to accelerate delivery, including a new station

42 43 Key statistics

circa £1bn £20m 12ha 4,744 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

2,372 237 Total number of homes Total number of affordable homes

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: A new station on the London The Zone includes London’s Overground at New Bermondsey largest indoor sports centre for and two new bus routes. community use, Energize, along with a Church and community centre, a creative and digital media incubation centre and an integrated health centre.

44 45 Southall

The 530 hectares of the Southall • provide an extra 4,345 homes, opportunity area and Housing 1,785 affordable, across the Zone will benefit from being on zone by 2025 the new Crossrail route. This will • allow for infrastructure slash journey times to central improvements to help connect London from 45 minutes to sites across Southall less than 20 minutes. This will • improve and speed up make Southall one of the best regeneration of Havelock Estate connected areas in west London.

With £20.125million of Transport links investment, Southall will become New Crossrail station will have a flourishing new neighbourhood. trains to central London in under It has potential for 6,000 new 20 minutes. homes and 3,000 new jobs over the next 20 years. Some 4,345 of Developer these homes will be provided on Ealing Council has chosen sites within the Housing Zone. Of Catalyst Housing Group these, 1,785 will be affordable. as development partner to regenerate Havelock Estate. These exciting plans include Future development partners for better public space around the the gateway site have yet to be station, road improvements, a procured. new civic square, a new green corridor, two new pedestrian and Planning status cycle bridges. There will also Supplementary planning be 3,000-5,000 m2 new retail guidance for Southall Gateway and 2,250 m2new/upgraded will be adopted in June 2015. community space. Havelock Estate has outline planning permission with detailed The new Housing Zone will: permission approved per phase.

• improve the station arrival point for Crossrail

46 47 Key statistics

circa £1.75bn £20.125m 530ha 8,690 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

4,345 1,785 1 Total number of homes Total number of Havelock Estate affordable homes Number of Estate Regeneration sites

Transport improvements: eventually a community centre 2 bridges, road widening. Improvements to the entrance of Southall Manor House Gardens Community infrastructure: will result in a new town square A new public space and new along The Green (all part funded gardens at the front of the by GLA MRF). Refurbishment of Gurdwara building. Western the Manor House, redevelopment Road corner improvements to of the Dominion Centre and the public space that will feature provision of a new community seating, new trees and grass a centre at Havelock Central temporary community garden and Canalside Hub.

48 49 Brent - Wembley

The Wembley housing zone will route from central Wembley to use £8 million of grant for five the stadium phases of development along • improve Wembley High Road the east of Wembley High Road with market sale housing along and towards Wembley Stadium. the route. This in turn will These will run consecutively with attract investment and improve grant funding recycled into the local retail, leisure, jobs and next phase. The initial investment training opportunities will go towards building an extra 651 new homes (including 215 affordable) by 2021. Transport links Transport links include Wembley The new Housing Zone will: Central (, London Overground, National Rail), • speed up and increase the (Jubilee and number of new homes - by Metropolitan lines), and freeing up commercial sites for (), and Wembley housing development Stadium rail station. The North • increase the amount of Circular Road (A406) crosses the affordable housing that can be far eastern part of the zone. built on these sites • create the right economic Developer conditions for the private A joint venture development sector to invest in housing partner will be sought through the development London Development Panel. • lead to a more balanced community with a range of Planning status housing options for people to Wembley Area Action Plan choose provides the planning framework • link up the regenerated area for this housing zone. around Wembley Park and Wembley Stadium to Wembley High Road and Wembley Hill Road with a better walking

50 51 Key statistics

circa £900m £8m 239ha 4,760 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

2,380 894 Total number of homes Total number of affordable homes

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: None directly funded by None directly funded by Housing Housing Zone investment but Zone investment but £1.3m from improvement works to four main a combination of high street junctions along Wembley High fund and new homes bonus Road will be made in conjunction top slice will be spent over the with TfL. next two years on shop front improvements and creating high street workspace in currently vacant premises in Wembley town centre.

52 53 Tottenham

Tottenham, in Haringey, north The new Housing Zone will: London, is one of the capital’s big • offer opportunities to build growth opportunities. almost 2,000 new homes around and on top of Tottenham Set next to the stunning Lee Hale station Valley Regional Park – London’s biggest open space – it boasts • redevelop fantastic transport links to central station London, Stratford, Cambridge • open up Lee Valley Regional and Stansted Airport. Park with two new bridges • make Tottenham easier to travel Ambitious regeneration plans around supported by a Housing Zone • give new opportunities for retail, mean Tottenham’s future is commercial and community bright, with up to 25,000 new space residents, 10,000 new homes and 5,000 new jobs by 2025, and a new town centre at Transport links Tottenham Hale with a mix of Stratford (11 minutes) Kings new commercial, retail and Cross (12 minutes), Oxford leisure space. Circus (16 minutes), and Stansted (35 minutes). An impressive ‘Green Link’ will open up Tottenham’s open Developer spaces, with new bridges and Mixed development opportunities public squares. are available across the zone.

With a revamped Tube, bus and Planning status rail station at Tottenham Hale, Area Action Plan under plans for three Crossrail consultation. 2 stations and overground rail upgrades, it will have the infrastructure it needs to support growth.

54 55 Key statistics

circa £2bn £44.115m 560ha 4,012 Total value of investment Indicative GLA funding allocation Total Housing Zone area Total number of construction jobs and development

Number of Estate 1,956 560 Regeneration sites: Total number of homes Total number of None yet but Northumberland affordable homes Park and Love Lane estates are potential future investment areas

Transport improvements: Community infrastructure: Two bridges, redevelopment A primary and secondary Harris of station, new station access Federation Academy, a health improvements. centre and associated community facilities.

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