THE MAKING OF OLD OAK AND PARK ROYAL
OLD OAK COMMON AGENDA
1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
2. WHY OLD OAK & PARK ROYAL?
3. SCALE OF OPPORTUNITY
4. PROPOSED APPROACH WHAT ARE WE SEEKING TO ACHIEVE?
Old Oak Re-focus & Park Royal Re-energise successful into the future WHAT DO WE WANT TO GENERATE?
Ambition Inspiration Momentum Political Support Investment Catalytic Change Public Engagement RESONATING AT ALL LEVELS
Brent
Ealing
K&C H&F
National London Local WHY HERE?
PROXIMITY PROSPERITY
OLD OAK & PARK ROYAL
PLACE PRODUCTIVITY PROXIMITY
GATEWAY TO GREAT BRITAIN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
GLASGOW EDINBURGH 3HR 33MIN
NEWCASTLE
MANCHESTER 1HR LEEDS
LIVERPOOL SOUTH YORKSHIRE EAST MIDLANDS
BIRMINGHAM 31MIN BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT CARDIFF SHANGHAI 12HR 27MIN BRISTOL
NEW YORK HEATHROW AIRPORT EUSTON 8HR 17MIN
PARIS AMSTERDAM 2HR 29MIN 4HR LONDON
Hendon Neasden Brent Cross
Kings Cross Stratford Paddington Euston OOC Farringdon
Bond Liverpool Street Street Ealing Broadway
South Acton
Canary Brentford London Bridge Wharf
Waterloo Heathrow
Hounslow
Elizabeth Line West London Orbital London Tube Lines WEMBLEY
UNBRIDLED CONNECTIVITY
ROUNDWOOD PARK
HARLESDEN
WILLESDEN JUNCTION
PARK ROYAL CENTRE PITSHANGER PARK KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
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NORTH WORMWOOD ACTON SCRUBS
NORTH ACTON PARK
EAST ACTON WHITE CITY PRODUCTIVITY
UK’S FUTURE ECONOMY
LONDON’S COMPETITIVENESS
STRATEGIC ROLE OF INDUSTRY STRENGTHENING OLD OAK & PARK ROYAL
TRADITION INNOVATION
RESEARCH
“Old Oak and Park Royal is on the threshold CARBON NEUTRAL of regeneration and change. Change that will APPRENTICESHIPS celebrate its heritage as well as tell a new story.” ENHANCING THE OFFER
EDUCATION
RESEARCH JOBS
EXHIBITION HOMES
CONFERENCE CENTRE
LOGISTICS
ARTS MANUFACTURING PUBLIC INNOVATION AND REALM TECHNOLOGY FUTURE ECONOMY WEMBLEY
WEMBLEY ALL HAPPENING HERE
ROUNDWOOD PARK
HARLESDEN BRENT
WILLESDEN JUNCTION
PARK ROYAL CENTRE
PITSHANGER PARK KENSAL GREEN EALING CEMETERY
KENSINGTON & CHELSEA ooc HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM
NORTH WORMWOOD ACTON SCRUBS
NORTH ACTON PARK
EAST ACTON WHITE CITY PROSPERITY
GOOD GROWTH
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
ADDRESSING DEPRIVATION TOKYNGTON WEMBLEY NEIGHBOURING AREAS
Kensington STONEBRIDGE ROUNDWOOD PARK & Chelsea CHURCH END & ROUNDWOOD
ALPERTON BRENT HARLESDEN KENSAL GREEN ALPERTON SPORTS GROUND
KENSAL TOWN PITSHANGER PARK KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY EALING BRENTHAM HAMMERSMITH GARDEN & FULHAM NORTH KENSINGTON KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
NORTH ACTON WORMWOOD SCRUBS LADBROKE GROVE WEST ACTON
EAST ACTON
WHITE CITY ACTON SHEPHERD’S BUSH
ACTON PARK WEMBLEY
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
ROUNDWOOD PARK
HARLESDEN
WILLESDEN JUNCTION
PARK ROYAL CENTRE
PITSHANGER PARK KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
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NORTH WORMWOOD ACTON SCRUBS
NORTH ACTON PARK
EAST ACTON WHITE CITY PLACE L39. Stoke Place L19. Grand Junction Arms PublicPROTECT House AND ENHANCE EXISTING CHARACTER Old Oak Lane, NW10 Address Address Acton Lane, NW10 7AD 6EH P7: North Acton and P8: Old Oak Lane and Place Place Acton Wells Old Oak Common Lane Architectural, Historic, Architectural, Historic, Significance Townscape, Social/Cul- tural Significance Townscape OPDC Heritage Industrial and Grand theme Union Canal 1 OPDC Heritage Residential, Rail OPDC Heritage 3.25 Premier Park theme Character area OPDC Heritage 3.17 Railway Cottages Other heritage Setting of Canalside Character area designations Conservation Area Other heritage Old Oak Lane Conser- Photo Status Proposed for Local List designations vation Area Description Status Proposed for Local List Built in 1861, The Grand Junction Arms (formerly known as Grand Junction and Description Railway Inn) was built on the site of a beer- Built in the later 19th Century, these are a house. The building was altered during the inter-war years with a new façade and is a pair of short terraces likely built for railway local landmark. workers, within the Old Oak Lane Conser- vation Area. Doors and windowsL21. have Former been metal refinery B7. Terraced houses on WesleyGrand Avenue, Junction Harold Arms Public Road, House 1 2 replaced but the original designs could be Railway Cottages reinstated. Newark Crescent and North Acton Road Bashley Road, NW10 Address Wesley Avenue, Harold Acton Lane 6SN Old Oak Lane Address Road, Newark Crescent Place P5: Old Park Royal and North Acton Road Architectural, Historic, Significance Place P4:L19. Park Grand RoyalJunction WestArms Public House Townscape Building of Local Heritage Interest Significance Historic 4 2 Existing Conservation Area L39. Stoke OPDCPlace Heritage Industrial OPDC Heritage Residential 3 Locally listedtheme building theme 35 1 Building of LocalOPDC Heritage Heritage Interest 3.12 St Leonard’s Road OPDC Heritage 3.20 Wesley Avenue 8-12 Stoke Place, 1976 Reproduced with permission of the Existing ConservationCharacter Area area Hammersmith and Fulham archives Character area 4 Other heritage None Other heritage None 70 designations 3 designations Proposed Building of Status Proposed for Local List Status 3 7 Local Heritage Interest Description 8 Description Built in the 1930s, these rows of terraced Built in 1925, this is an impressive two- storey symmetrical red brick. It is loosely housing were constructed for employees OOC of Harold Wesley stationary manufacturers 2 Classical in style, with the red brick con- and have group value. 5 trasting with artificial stone lintels, pediment B11.1951 Acton advert for Harold Business Wes- School and architraves. It was likely this was used ley Ltd., that built the Wesley Terraced Houses 6 for offices for the metal refinery. Former metal refinery Estate. Reproduced with permis- L22. The Torpedo Factory sion of Grace’sActon Guide toBusiness British School, AddressIndustrial HistorySchool Road, NW10 North Acton Road
6TD 9 St. Leonard’s Road, Bashley Road Address Place P5: Old Park Royal Avenue NW10 6ST Architectural, Historic, Wesley PHOTO Place P5: Old Park Royal Significance Townscape Architectural, Historic, Significance OPDC Heritage Industrial Townscape Chandos Road theme B7. Terraced houses OPDC Heritage Industrial OPDC HeritageBuilding of Local3.12 HeritageSt Leondard’s Interest theme Character area Road OPDC Heritage 3.12 St Leonard’sL21 Former Road metal refinery Other heritage None 40 Character area Locally listed building St Leonard’s Road designations 1937 aerial view of the Metal Refinery. Reproduced with per- Other heritage None Building of Local Heritage Interest Proposed Building of mission of Historic England Status Local Heritage Interest designations Status Proposed for Local List 45 Description Built in the 1930s, this building is a repre- Description sentative example of 1930s manufactory. Brent Viaduct Regency Heights Twford Abbey Road Central Middlesex Hospital Built betweenHythe 1921 Road and 1931 on the site 1 1 1 4 of a7 soap works, this is a striking sym- metrical three storeys red brick building 2 Grand Union Canal 2 Old Oak Common Station 2 Wesley Estate 5 Acton Cementery with8 restrainedScrubs Classical Lane façade Overbridge detailing and prominent bold signage. Viewed as a 3 Old Oak Lane 3 Oaklands Housing 3 Coronation Road 6 Wells House Road Terraces local9 landmarkWormwood it provides a Scrubs strong positive Acton Business School relationship to the street reflecting the early Torpedo Factory St Leonard’s Road industrial heritage of Old Park Royal. 4 Cumberland Park Factory Bashley Road
School Road B11. Acton Business School Locally listed building Building of Local Heritage Interest Chandos Road
51 L22. The Torpedo Factory Locally listed building 1937 aerial view of The Torpedo Factory. Reproduced with Building of Local Heritage Interest St Leonard’s Road permission of Historic England
46 GRAND UNION CANAL
IMPROVING ACCESS WORMWOOD SCRUBS
ENHANCING ASSETS SCALE OF OPPORTUNITY
OLD OAK COMMON OLD OAK & PARK ROYAL
ROUNDWOOD PARK
HARLESDEN
WILLESDEN JUNCTION
PARKPARK ROYALROYAL CENTRECENTRE
KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
OOC
NORTH WORMWOOD ACTON SCRUBS
NORTH ACTON PARK
EAST ACTON WHITE CITY KINGS CROSS
KINGS CROSS CANARY WHARF
CANARY WHARF OLYMPIC PARK
EAST VILLAGE
HERE EAST
IQL
FISH ISLAND NEW FOCUS
SIL HOMES + JOBS STATION
SIL HOMES + JOBS STATION
SIL INDUSTRIAL + MIX USE STATION
SIL INDUSTRIAL + MIX USE STATION
ROLE OF MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
FISH ISLAND OLYMPIC PARK STRATFORD HACKNEY WICK
FISH ISLAND OLYMPIC PARK STRATFORD HACKNEY WICK
LONDON LEGACY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
FISH ISLAND OLYMPIC PARK STRATFORD HACKNEY WICK
FISH ISLAND OLYMPIC PARK STRATFORD HACKNEY WICK PUBLIC LAND OWNERSHIP
Public land Potential area of change (boundaries are indicative)
PARK ROYAL OLD OAK NORTH
WORMWOOD SCRUBS WHAT NEXT?
Ambition Inspiration Momentum OLD OAK & Political Support PARK ROYAL Investment Catalytic Change Public Engagement