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5.7 SOUTH WEST LOCAL PLAN | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT 235 NORTH LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW NORTH WEST EAST CENTRAL SOUTH WEST LONDON BOROUGH SOUTH OF CAMDEN BURNT OAK 5.7.1 The South West place includes the wards of Plan, the neighbourhood plan contains TRANSPORT SOUTH EAST Alperton, Sudbury and Wembley Central. policies against which planning applications 5.7.6 This area is well served by public transport, It is bordered to the south by the London will be considered. LONDON BOROUGH with the Piccadilly line passing through OF BARNET Borough of Ealing and to the west by the CHARACTER & CULTURE Alperton and Sudbury and the Bakerloo line London Borough of Harrow. East Lane and in Wembley. In addition to the underground, COLINDALE Sudbury Court Road forms its northern 5.7.3 The South West varies significantly in Wembley Central station is served by boundary, while the eastern boundary character. It is principally low-rise ‘Metroland’ KINGSBURY KEY London Overground, Southern and London takes in Wembley town centre right up to suburban streets within Wembley Central, Old Oak and Park Royal Northwestern train services. Sudbury and KENTON OPDC Wembley Stadium station. ROYAL BOROUGHAlperton and Sudbury.LONDON BOROUGH These contain for Development Corporation OF CHELSEA & OF WESTMINSTER Harrow Road station is served by the Chiltern LONDON BOROUGH Place Boundary LONDON BOROUGH 5.7.2 The South West place includes an area KENSINGTONthe most part detached, semi-detached and Line. Public transport accessibility is highest OF HARROW OF EALING terrace houses. There are however two Growth Open space which has been subject to neighbourhoodLONDON BOROUGH in Wembley town centre. planning, in the adopted Sudbury OF HAMMERSMITH Areas delivering ambitious regeneration in Waterways & FULHAM 5.7.7 There are bus services that focus on the Neighbourhood Plan. It seeks to create a Wembley, centred around the town centre, and Alperton around the underground principal movement corridors of the A404 PRESTON ROAD cleaner, greener, safer Sudbury and upgrade Harrow and Watford Roads and A4005/ Sudbury Town high street. It also highlights station and along the Grand Union Canal. A4089 Ealing Road. Although there are the importance of Vale Farm, designating The character of these is changing with strong public transport links to central it as a Local Green Space. It supports contemporary developments, often of taller WEMBLEY PARK London, orbital travel relies on the bus recreational, sporting and amenity uses that apartment blocks. network. This is less reliable, with some strengthen the potential for Vale Farm as 5.7.4 There are several significant open spaces, NEASDEN congestion issues around Wembley, a regional centre for sporting excellence. CRICKLEWOOD Barham Park, Vale Farm Local Green Space particularly on event days. Away from Along with the London Plan and Brent Local SUDBURY WEMBLEY and King Edward Park found towards the the principal movement corridors public north of this place around Sudbury and transport accessibility is in some places very Wembley. In addition to this there are weak, particularly in some areas of Alperton. CHURCH END several other parks and open spaces in the EALING ROAD WILLESDEN GREEN area including Butler’s Green, One Tree Hill 5.7.8 The cycle and walking network is principally LONDON BOROUGH Recreation Ground and Alperton Cemetery. street based. The Grand Union Canal towpath KILBURN OF CAMDEN does however provide a valuable long 5.7.5 This area contains several important cultural distance route connecting to inner and outer and heritage assets including the Shree London through Alperton. LONDON BOROUGH Sanatan Hindu Mandir on Ealing Road, Crabbs HARLESDEN OF EALING TOWN CENTRES QUEEN’S PARK House and the Grade II Listed Gardens in KENSAL RISE Barham Park. The Grade II* Listed Sudbury OPDC 5.7.9 There are three town centres; Wembley Town Station was used as the prototype of (part), Sudbury and Ealing Road. Wembley LONDON BOROUGH Modernist designs for the Piccadilly Line is the largest town centre in Brent. Wembley OF WESTMINSTER extensions of the early 1930s. Sudbury town Central station is located within it, as well ROYAL BOROUGH OF itself is home to a number of Grade II Listed KENSINGTON & as it being a convergence place for many LONDON BOROUGH buildings and is partly designated as an FIGURE 29 Map of South West Place CHELSEA bus services. The retail offer in the part OF HAMMERSMITH Archaeological Priority Area. & FULHAM in this place contains some high street 236 LOCAL PLAN | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT LOCAL PLAN | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT 237 names, primarily budget sector, but also CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES a lot of convenience shops that cater for the local population. As with all of Brent’s • Wembley and Sudbury town centres • Wembley has highest level of employment in Brent town centres, although appearing busy, have a relatively high vacancy rate in • Wembley has a relatively high level of night-time comparison to Brent as a whole it has struggled with competition from economy uses. This could be tied in with Wembley adjacent higher order centres outside the • Ealing Road and Sudbury have a high Park which has the highest level in the borough borough. The retail frontage vacancy rate proportion of betting shops on the high currently to support the London important night street. The proportion in Wembley is in Wembley remains high at 10%, well over time economy/ cultural role of Wembley. also quite high the Brent average of 5%. The town centre • Specialist Indian shops on Ealing Road act as a draw • Permitted development schemes have is also prominent in terms of employment from further afield – promoting this distinctive offer reduced the effectiveness of Alperton more widely could improve its prospects provision. It accounts for over half of all jobs regeneration and can be damaging to in town centres in the borough. It contains public realm • Continue planned comprehensive regeneration of a number of large hotels due to its good Alperton, creating a gateway to the area via new • Low PTAL levels in some areas in need transport links and proximity to the SSE of regeneration development proposed around Minavil House and Arena and national stadium. Alperton House • Fragmented land ownership complicates 5.7.10 Ealing Road Town Centre stretches from comprehensive regeneration strategies • Chiltern line services to central London and Oxford Wembley to Alperton. Its strong Indian culture for Wembley and Alperton could improve transport links from the southwest of this place is reflected in its traders and offer. As with • Permitted residential development is most of Brent’s town centres it performs a leading to the loss of key industrial sites • Opportunities for proposals that result in the valuable local function in terms of small scale now regarded as being desirable to improvement and enhancement of Vale Farm Sports ethnic convenience shopping. It does however retain to support employment Centre have a quality offer that is attractive for a • Transport links need to be improved in • Large areas of open space, popular and good quality wider catchment within Brent and further southeast of the area suburban housing around Sudbury providing a high afield. This is a result of its large number of • Transport and parking issues – knock quality of life quality Indian fashion and jewellery shops, on effect from Wembley to Sudbury • Canal improvements provide for recreation, tourism particularly important for weddings and particularly on event days and community’s well-being cultural events, and also its restaurants. 5.7.11 Sudbury is a smaller high street largely comprised of smaller units with the main anchor being a Tesco Express. It essentially EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION very large office offer, since the 1990s this role has diminished, but it is still an important meets local needs. Sudbury & Harrow rail 5.7.12 The South West has a number of large component of the jobs on offer in the place, station is located within the town centre industrial employment areas within the together with retailing, hospitality and public boundary, with Sudbury Town tube station Alperton area. This includes a Strategic sector. The area has a good representation of located to the south. Sudbury has one Industrial Location along the North Circular primary and secondary schools, whilst there of the highest proportions of night-time Road. In addition, there are some extensive are no further education sites. economy uses (behind only Wembley Park). areas of Locally Significant Industrial Sites off FIGURE 30 High Level Plan of the Place Its size however means that this offer only the Ealing Road. Wembley historically had a addresses local needs. 238 LOCAL PLAN | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT LOCAL PLAN | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT 239 intensification corridors. COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL FACILITIES e) Co-locating residential uses on areas of l) Meeting social infrastructure requirements POLICY BP7 industrial and employment land within the by securing provision for needs arising Alperton Growth Area, taking advantage from new housing development, especially VISION of areas well-served by public transport. 5.7.13 SOUTH WEST the provision of new education, health and The South West of the borough Where alternative uses are co-located on Proposals should plan positively to deliver community facilities. will be a place which combines industrial sites this will be as part of a the place vision by contributing and, where m) Providing significant new social