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Chapter 3 STRATEGIC POLICIES 15 POLICY SP1: Catalyst for Growth timely delivery of this station, ensuring it is properly POLICY LINKS embedded into its surroundings and that the station • Places Chapter and surrounding land provides a range and quantum of • Design Chapter uses that capitalise on the improved access to public • Environment and Utilities Chapter • Transport Chapter transport. This will ensure that the benefits to the UK, • Housing Chapter London and for local communities are maximised. • Employment Chapter • Town Centre and Community Uses Chapter 3.3. The development potential across Old Oak • Delivery and Implementation Chapter and Park Royal offers significant potential to deliver new homes, jobs and supporting ancillary uses. The Mayor’s London Plan identifies that the OPDC area EVIDENCE BASE LINKS • Cultural Principles can deliver a minimum 25,500 homes and 65,000 • Future Employment Growth Sectors Study jobs, making it one of London and the UK’s largest • Housing Evidence Statement regeneration projects. This development can make • Socio-Economic Baseline Study a significant contribution to London and the UK’s need for new homes across a range of types and affordabilities as well as new jobs across a range of SUPPORTING TEXT sectors and skills. The scale of development also provides opportunities to deliver town centre and large- 3.1. The planned Old Oak Common station will scale catalyst uses, that would add to and diversify set the regeneration plans at Old Oak apart from other London’s economic and cultural offer. These uses regeneration projects in the country. The High Speed would also offer facilities for existing and new residents Rail (London-West Midlands) Act illustrates that this and workers. Development across the OPDC area should: station is set to become the second biggest in London a) support the delivery of the new strategic transport and the largest sub-surface station to have ever been 3.4. The successful regeneration of Old Oak and hub and interchange at Old Oak Common; built in the UK. It will provide access to High Speed 2 Park Royal will offer significant benefits for the wider b) support the delivery of a new part of London, (HS2), the Elizabeth Line and the Great Western Main West London sub-region. To optimise these benefits, which is both a destination and a gateway to Line. The High Speed Rail Act gained Royal Assent new development will need to complement the wider London and the rest of the UK; in 2017 and sets the parameters for the construction network of town centres. The policies in this Local c) provide a range of land uses in accordance with of the station and track at Old Oak Common station. Plan set out the various ways in which development relevant land use policies, that: The station will support the wider Old Oak Opportunity can help support this. i supports London’s role as a global city and Area in becoming a new strategic destination, that will position as the world’s economic and cultural be 10 minutes from Heathrow and the West End. It will 3.5. OPDC’s more immediate context contains capital; also provide a transport interchange to other airports some of the most deprived areas in the country. ii complements, supports and shapes west and to the rest of the UK, including places such as Locations such as Harlesden and Stonebridge are London’s growth; and Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. ranked within the top 10% most deprived wards iii contributes to meeting local needs and nationally and have issues with income deprivation complements surrounding centres. 3.2. This new station will be a catalyst for growth. and health. It is important that development at Old It provides the opportunity to set new standards for Oak and Park Royal brings tangible benifits for local optimising sustainable transit orientated development communities and offers life improving opportunities. that can strengthen London’s position as a global city. To enable this, proposals should support the 16 Figure 3.1: Strategic Context TOWARDS LUTON & TOWARDS MILTON KEYNES CITY IN THE WEST WATFORD, WEST COAST MAIN LINE NORTHAMPTON COLINDALE BURNT OAK 210,000 HOMES 2016: M1 12,500 HOMES HARROW & 2,000 JOBS 300,000 JOBS WEALDSTONE WEST LONDON LINE NORTH CIRCULAR 2016: 2,800 HOMES 540,000 PEOPLE 3,000 JOBS TOTTENHAM A4005 COURT ROAD CRICKLEWOOD M40 THAMESLINK 2016: BRENT CROSS 500 HOMES 2016: 5,000 JOBS 10,000 HOMES KINGS CROSS A312 WEMBLEY 20,000 JOBS ST PANCRAS TOWARDS HIGH SPEED 2 2016: 2016: 11,500 HOMES EUSTON OXFORD, BANBURY 1,900 HOMES A40 1,000 JOBS 2016: 25,000 JOBS HS1 AND BIRMINGHAM 3,800 HOMES A404 KENSAL 14,100 JOBS CANALSIDE A41 2016: OLD OAK & 3,500 HOMES GREENFORD 2,000 JOBS PARK ROYAL 2016: 25,500 HOMES 65,000 JOBS A40 C E N T R A L L O N D O N A312 A501 SOUTHALL TOWARDS M25 HAYES 2016: ELIZABETH LINE READING, SWINDON 2016: 6,000 HOMES PADDINGTON AND BRISTOL WEST DRAYTON 2,500 HOMES 3,000 JOBS 2016: 1,000 HOMES WATERLOO SLOUGH THE WHITE CITY 5,000 JOBS VICTORIA 2016: GOLDEN A3220 A4 2,500 HOMES 2016: 2016: SKY LINE 15,000 JOBS GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MILE 6,000 HOMES 1,000 HOMES NEW OA 10,000 JOBS 4,000 JOBS M4 M4 A4 KENNINGTON EARLS COURT & HEATHROW WEST KENSINGTON 2016: NORTHERN 2016: 9,000 HOMES LINE 7,500 HOMES 12,000 JOBS EXTENSION LONDON OVERGROUND 9,500 JOBS VAUXHALL CLAPHAM NINE ELMS SOUTH CIRCULAR JUNCTION BATTERSEA RICHMOND 2016: 20,000 HOMES BALHAM 25,000 JOBS A316 A3 TWICKENHAM SOUTH WIMBLEDON CROSSRAIL 2 FULWELL COLLIERS WOOD STREATHAM 2016: 1,300 HOMES SUNBURY ON THAMES 500 JOBS THAMESLINK WIMBLEDON KINGSTON NEW OA MOTSPUR M3 PARK NEW MALDEN TOWARDS SHEPPERTON EPSOM 17 SP1 3.6. Within the more immediate area there are against the Index of Multiple Deprivation (2015). the delivery of affordable housing. The Alperton some significant development opportunities. The Improved connections between it and the OPDC housing zone is identified as having the capacity to OPDC area is in close proximity to other Opportunity area provide significant opportunities for residents deliver over 3,000 homes; Areas including White City, Wembley and Kensal and businesses in Harlesden to benefit from » Wembley Opportunity Area is less than 2 Canalside and other large development areas such as regeneration. OPDC and Brent Council have miles from the OPDC area and is west London’s Acton, Ealing and Alperton. established a Harlesden sub-group to coordinate second largest Opportunity Area after Old Oak. projects and strategies for the area; Wembley has the potential to deliver 11,500 homes 3.7. Rail and road infrastructure within and » Kensal Canalside Opportunity Area is and 11,000 jobs. In the future, Wembley could bordering the OPDC area currently separate many immediately to the east of the OPDC area and is potentially be better connected to Old Oak through of the communities bordering the OPDC area. New identified in the London Plan as having the capacity the provision of a spur to the West Coast Main development has the opportunity to overcome this to deliver 2,000 new jobs and a minimum of 3,500 Line, but there are also other opportunities for more severance and knit together this part of west London. new homes. The Royal Borough of Kensington and short-term solutions to better connect Wembley to The scale of transformation planned in the OPDC area Chelsea are lobbying the Mayor of London and TfL the OPDC area; and can further spur their regeneration and help to unlock for a new Elizabeth Line station at Kensal, which » Centres in the wider area such as Ealing, additional development and growth. could further increase the area’s development Southall, Acton, Wembley, Hammersmith and capacity. There will be opportunities to improve Kensington, will be influenced by the scale of 3.8. OPDC will work with local authorities, connections between Kensal Canalside and the development proposed at Old Oak and Park Royal. landowners and communities across the area to OPDC area and OPDC will work with the Royal There is a need for close collaboration with the achieve the successful integration of the OPDC area Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to explore surrounding and host local authorities to consider into the wider hinterland. Below is a list of the those ways that this can be achieved; what these influences might be and ensure that largescale areas for regeneration in the wider region » Alperton located to the west of the OPDC area in measures are taken to capture opportunities and where joint working will be required to ensure that the Brent has been identified as a ‘Housing Zone’ by mitigate any potential impacts. benefits of the regeneration can be fully captured. the Mayor of London with additional funding for » White City Opportunity Area is currently being Figure 3.2: Harlesden Town Centre transformed with the expansion of Westfield, development of Imperial College’s White City Campus and redevelopment of the BBC Television Centre. The White City OAPF was published in 2013 and development in this area is well underway. Coordinated public realm improvements could deliver better connectivity between the OPDC area and White City. Economic synergies will also be explored such as the potential for Imperial College to continue to grow its west London campus into the OPDC area; » Harlesden Town Centre is a designated District Town Centre, providing much needed town centre facilities for people living in the area. The centre and its surroundings currently suffer from economic deprivation, falling within the top 10% most deprived wards nationally when measured 18 Figure 3.3: