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West Norwood and Tulse Hill A Manual for Delivery April 2017 West Norwood and Tulse Hill: Aspirations of the community Greater retail diversity Better quality jobs Cleaner and safer streets A stronger evening offer More places to work Community involvement Better open spaces Main cover image courtesy of Andy Barker. The photos on this and previous page were taken by the consultant team. Contents Foreword 1 5. A collaborative Approach 41 8. Opportunity Site: Central Retail Area (Site 18) 87 5.1. Introduction 42 Summary 88 How to Use This Document 2 5.2. The Role of Lambeth Council 42 8.1. Introduction 89 Executive Summary 3 5.3. Feast 43 8.2. The area today 89 5.4. Other Community Groups 44 8.3. The Rationale for Change 92 1. Introduction 11 1.1. Purpose of the Report 12 5.5. StreetWorks 44 8.4. The Opportunity: A New Hub for Retail and 1.2. Status of the Report 13 5.6. Neighbourhood Planning Groups 45 Business in the Heart of the Town Centre 92 5.7. Station to Station BID 45 1.3. Community Inputs into the Report 14 9. Enhancement Area: Tulse Hill Station 101 5.8. Developers and Investors 45 9.1. Introduction 103 2. What has been achieved in recent years? 15 5.9. Local Residents 45 9.2. The Area Today 103 2.1. Introduction 16 5.10. Local Businesses 46 9.3. The Opportunity 105 2.2. Recent Achievements 16 5.11. Landlords and Local Agents 46 2.3. A Strong Policy Framework 19 5.12. Wider Strategic Partners 46 10. Enhancement Area: West Norwood Heritage and Cultural Area 109 3. Where are we now? 21 6. Spatial Approach and Principles 47 Summary 110 3.1. Introduction 22 6.1. Introduction 48 10.1. Introduction 111 3.2. The Economy 23 6.2. Enhancement and Opportunity Areas 48 10.2. The Area Today 112 3.3. People and Community 29 6.3. Spatial Principles 48 3.4. Transport and Place 32 10.3. The Opportunity 114 7. Opportunity Site: The West Norwood 3.5. Summary of the Evidence: Areas for Action 36 11. Wider Projects to Support Economic Commercial Area 55 Improvement 119 4. Where do we want to go? A vision for West Norwood 7.1. Introduction 57 11.1. Inclusive Growth 120 and Tulse Hill 37 7.2. The Area Today 57 11.2. Strong and Sustainable Neighbourhoods 123 4.1. What do we want to achieve? 38 7.3. Supporting the area to 11.3. Reducing Inequality 127 4.2. Responding to Borough Priorities 38 evolve as a hub for creative enterprise, 4.3. Fundamental Principles Underpinning the Vision 39 innovation and industry 66 12. Delivery: Priority Actions and Resources 131 4.4. What does Success Look Like? 40 12.1. Introduction 132 4.5. Actions to Achieve the Vision 40 12.2. Priority Actions 132 12.3. Resources to Support Delivery 133 Foreword Foreword 1 Thank you for taking the time to read our We are also aware that our area is becoming • Developing our civil society, social vision and plan to inspire ongoing positive a more important place within London. infrastructure and sharing economy so change in West Norwood and Tulse Hill. Available land and space for industry; that we remain as London’s strongest opportunities for new businesses spaces, community. This report aims to reflect the conversation potential for new housing; and new cultural that has been taking place in West Norwood This report is a moment in time. We know assets, will all contribute to making not just and Tulse Hill over the past decade about that ideas and aspirations will constantly our locality, but also our city even better. how the area should evolve and change in evolve and we invite you to read this and to the future. We believe West Norwood and Tulse Hill not only engage with the recommendations is already a showcase of many of the here, but to also come up with new ideas to The report explores how we can continue aspirations and principles set out in the improve West Norwood and Tulse Hill. to invest in and improve West Norwood Mayors’ ‘City for all Londoners’ strategy. and Tulse Hill, and how we can work We want to build upon this further in the collaboratively to get there together. Well Jack Hopkins coming years by: over 500 local people and businesses have Lead Member for Regeneration and Growth contributed to this process, something that • Supporting business growth within LB Lambeth has confirmed to us that this area truly has our town centre and particularly in our one of London’s strongest communities. Commercial Area; Our community has achieved a lot in the • Developing our night-time economy to last 10 years. An innovative new health and provide a better offer for local people leisure centre – one of the first in the UK and to attract new visitors; to provide integrated services under one • Supporting the development of new roof – opened in 2014. In addition, new housing and retail and commercial festivals, events, markets and businesses, space in the town centre; and the forthcoming cinema and library are all testament to the hard work and time that • Building upon our existing and new people have put into making West Norwood cultural space as well as our unique and Tulse Hill a better place to live, work heritage assets to maintain our and visit. identity; and How to Use This Document This report is designed as a reference in taking the vision forward, and the document that the local community and overarching spatial principles underpinning partners can refer to and engage with; this report; delivering both the ideas outlined in here as Chapters 7 to 10 focus in turn on 4 key well as their own projects and aspirations. opportunity sites and enhancement areas: The report is structured as follows: the West Norwood Commercial Area and Norwood High Street, the Central Retail The Executive Summary summarises the Area, the Tulse Hill Station Area and the vision for West Norwood and Tulse Hill and West Norwood Heritage and Cultural the eight most prominent ideas which will Area; and help achieve this; Chapters 11 and 12 set out supporting Chapters 1 and 2 are introductory and set socio-economic actions, next steps and out the purpose of this report; resources to support delivery. Chapter 3 provides a short summary of The report should be read alongside the the evidence underpinning this report, Community Evidence Base document, which drawn from the accompanying Community provides further detail on the characteristics Evidence Base Report; and performance of the area, and findings Chapters 4, 5 and 6 set out the economic from the programme of consultation. vision for the area, roles and responsibilities Norwood Road frontages Executive Summary Executive Summary 3 Over the last 12 months we have been Where do we want to go? • Strong and Sustainable • Employment: an increase in the number working with the West Norwood and Tulse The vision for West Norwood Neighbourhoods: ensuring that the of jobs in the area, with a higher proportion Hill community to develop a document to places which make up West Norwood of these jobs being taken by residents; guide positive change in the area. and Tulse Hill and Tulse Hill remain distinctive and • Business and enterprise – a bigger and diverse by supporting a range of new uses The report aims to build on the broad range Built on the belief that the area can rightly more diverse and resilient business base, and enhanced public realm to support of recent successes and achievements in claim to be one of the strongest communities allied with an increase in local people increased footfall and spend during the the area to ensure that the next stage of the in London, our vision for West Norwood looking to start their own business in day and in the evening; and area’s evolution is as exciting, inclusive and and Tulse Hill is that it capitalises on the the area; collaborative as possible. momentum that exists locally to become a • Reducing Inequality: supporting the • Social inclusion: improved prosperity and more distinctive, diverse and resilient place; West Norwood and Tulse Hill community The report is intended to be used as a social inclusion within the local population, where its strong local community is intrinsic to benefit from change, with a focus on handbook that all partners, including with higher employment levels, stronger to its future economic growth. ‘narrowing the gap’ through the creation of Lambeth Council (the council), skills and better earnings; training, skills and employment outcomes neighbourhood planning groups, and In doing so, we want West Norwood and for local residents – particularly those • Place: the positive transformation of community groups such as Norwood Action Tulse Hill to continue to develop as a place facing barriers to employment. Capitalise the specific locations and sites which Group (NAG), Norwood Forum and Feast, which delivers inclusive growth, increased on the strong communities that exist have been identified as needing action, can refer to and engage with – delivering the housing supply, improved cultural and locally to give all residents an active role in and the delivery of cleaner, safer and ideas outlined in here as well as developing community facilities and better the future of the area. more accessible streets that prioritise their own projects and aspirations. social integration. pedestrians, cyclists and sustainable Measuring Change To achieve this, the report provides an up The objectives which underpin the vision link travel; and to date evidence base, a vision for how the directly to the councils’ vision and priorities Based on our detailed research into the • Participation: even greater levels of local economy could evolve in the future, for the borough over the next five years.