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Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 For more information: Major Developments Team, Environment, Planning and Regeneration London Borough of Barnet, North London Business Park Building 4, Oakleigh Road South, London N11 1NP or visit www.barnet.gov.uk/planning Looking south along Station Road outside the bus and underground interchange Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 3 Contents Preface 5 1. Introduction 7 2. Understanding the issues 13 3. The Spatial Strategy 24 4. Delivering the Plan 51 Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 5 Preface This Town Centre Framework aims to create the right movement opportunities including public environment to encourage private sector investment transport and pedestrian and cycle connections and growth in the town centre to secure a vibrant • promote a safer and more secure environment and viable future for Edgware. in which all sectors of the community can The framework will provide the basis for managing have a sense of ownership of and pride in the and promoting positive change in the town centre town centre and offers a significant opportunity to secure • create a clear role for the town centre in the infrastructure improvements to support existing context of the planned growth at Brent Cross businesses, address traffic issues and enhance the and other centres attractiveness of Edgware as a place to live, work • identify and take account of the opportunities and shop. and constraints for sustainable development The framework will: The framework has been prepared in consultation with • address the mixture of land uses in the town land owners, local businesses, residents and other centre, focusing on main town centre uses of stakeholders to help shape the future of Edgware retail, leisure, entertainment (cinemas), offices, town centre. and hotels but also including residential uses 1The framework can also be downloaded from the • create a strategy, which promotes Council’s website at www.barnet.gov.uk/planning. and maximises existing and future 6 Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 Br ook A venue Broadwalk Shopping Centre Bus Depot A5 / High S F air Edgware Infant field Cr tr eet and Junior Schools esc en t Primary Shopping Frontage Secondary Shopping Frontage Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Edgware Town Centre Framework boundary Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright.Unauthorised reproduction infringes copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence No.: 100017674 (2011) Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 7 1. Introduction 1.1. Background Edgware is classed as the only major centre in Barnet beneath which there are 14 district centres, 5 local Barnet’s suburban town centres are the economic, centres and 10 neighbourhood centres. The map civic, retail, leisure and transport hubs of Barnet below shows how these are distributed across and a good indicator of the economic, environmental the borough. and social health of the borough. The network of 20 town centres in Barnet plus Brent Cross shopping In order to promote Barnet as a place of economic centre contributes significantly to the economic growth and prosperity the Council aims to support the prosperity of Outer London as a whole. Nearly every continued vitality and viability of 20 town centres in the resident in Barnet lives within half a mile of a town borough, focusing commercial investment in the four centre. Each centre has a special character that priority town centres of Edgware, Chipping Barnet, contributes to Barnet’s distinctiveness. Finchley Church End and North Finchley. Barnet’s largest 20 town centres Edgware is the only Major town centre in the borough 8 Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 1.2. The purpose of the framework The Town Centre Framework is intended to be a high level strategy for Edgware that sits within Barnet’s As one of the objectives of Barnet’s adopted Core overall Local Plan. The Framework does not establish Strategy (September 2012) set out in Policy CS6 - new planning policies but it does provide specific ‘Promoting Barnet’s town centres’, this Framework guidance on the implementation of development sets out the Council’s planning strategy for Edgware plan policies within Edgware. It is therefore a material town centre. consideration for planning applications in Edgware The Framework responds to the development Town Centre. opportunities that are emerging in the town centre The Town Centre Framework will be used to inform by providing a spatial strategy to guide future planning discussions with developers including development proposals for key sites, manage negotiations over infrastructure and planning changes in land use and secure necessary contributions, and to make decisions on planning infrastructure improvements within the town centre. applications over the next 5 to 10 years. Aerial view of Edgware Town Centre Cities Revealed® aerial photography; copyright The GeoInformation® Group, 2012 Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 9 1.3. Structure of the Framework While the property market in Edgware has fared relatively well during the recession, there is a The Framework is composed of four sections. This first recognised need to strengthen the town centre section provides a vision for Edgware town centre and sets in order to maintain its function as a major centre out the opportunities and objectives that underpin it. in light of the prevailing economic climate, competition Section 2 of the document sets out some of the issues facing from nearby retail destinations and the projected Edgware town centre and provides the physical, socio- population growth for the borough (12% between economic and planning policy context for the strategy. 2010 and 2026). The largest and key anchor stores currently in the town centre are Sainsbury’s which Section 3 sets out an overarching spatial strategy for is currently approximately 4,645m2 gross (2,787m2 the town centre which identifies key development sites net) and Marks and Spencer which is approximately along with 7 elements of infrastructure which underpin the 1,858m2 gross (1,239m2 net). development opportunities. The Council updated its Town Centre Floorspace Section 4 contains information on how the changes Needs Assessment (TCFNA) for the borough in 2010 in Edgware town centre can be delivered and the next steps (GVA Grimley 2010). This informed the amount of retail in the process. development planned for in the adopted Barnet Core Strategy. The TCFNA identified key opportunities for 1.4. Town Centre boundary substantial enhancement in the comparison retail offer This town centre framework uses the same boundary in Edgware, Chipping Barnet and North Finchley. for Edgware town centre as the one identified in the In this context, there are a number of development adopted Local Plan Development Management sites within Edgware town centre which, if managed Policies document (September 2012) and is shown properly, offer opportunities to deliver improvements on the plan on page 6. This covers the primary to Edgware that will help retain existing retailers and secondary retail frontages that make up the main and attract new retailers to the town centre. retail and business core of Edgware Town Centre within Barnet’s control. This includes the Broadwalk The biggest development opportunity lies around Shopping Centre, the high street along Station Road the Broadwalk Shopping Centre which currently and the businesses along the east side of the A5. has approximately 18,500m2 of floorspace shared between 43 individual retailers and benefits The wider residential area around Station Road has from 1,100 car parking spaces. The car park and land also been reviewed to ensure that proposals have a to the rear of the shopping centre could potentially strategic approach and integrate successfully with the accommodate extensions to provide new retail units. surrounding area. Other opportunities exist to redevelop derelict land 1.5. Opportunities in Edgware around the Forumside area and land around Premier House. These sites could deliver retail and other town Edgware is one of the most sustainable locations centre uses to contribute to the vitality and viability of in Barnet with excellent public transport facilities at Edgware town centre. Edgware Tube station and Edgware Bus Station. The average weekly footfall through the centre is estimated In addition to retail development the town centre to be around 130,000 with a broad catchment is also an appropriate location for new residential population of approximately 400,000. Edgware’s development which would help provide a mixture of role as a commuter interchange with large numbers uses to make the town centre feel active, particularly of associated footfall present a key opportunity in the evenings. to capture this audience and encourage them to stop, linger and spend time and money in the town centre Edgware town centre is an important public transport rather than pass through. node in the borough with the benefit of both an Tube station and bus interchange. It is therefore Space for community facilties 10 Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 Creating more meeting spaces Space for mixed use higher density sensitive development Space for public green open space NewSpace and for retailenhanced extension range of shops Opportunity for parents to gather and wait for children from school Fig 2.2 Images that visualize potential new spaces for Edgware Town Centre 8 Edgware Town Centre Planning Strategy | Draft Stage 2 Report | March 2008 Space for markets and community events Improved public realm and spaces for people to sit and meet Vibrant local economy Improved bus interchange and transport infrastructure Edgware Town Centre Framework June 2013 11 vital that plans and proposals for the town centre 1.7. Objectives of the Town and interchange area are taken forward in partnership Centre Framework with Transport for London. The following objectives underpin the Town Centre Framework and set out how the vision for Edgware 1.6.