THE BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION southwark.gov.uk CONTENTS ACCOMODATING LONDON’S GROWTH................................................................................ 4 BLE ........................................................ 6 THE REGIONAL REGENERATION OPPORTUNITY The Bakerloo Line Extension (BLE) document has been created in partnership with the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham with input from Transport for London (TfL) and Greater London Authority (GLA). An extended Bakerloo line would directly connect and support more Opportunity Areas than any other existing tube line or proposed rail project in THE BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION.......................................................................................... 8 London. Old Kent Road Proposal New Cross, Lewisham and Catford Proposal In total these Opportunity Areas look to deliver a minimum of 86,000 homes and if the estate regeneration schemes, Housing Zone proposals and intensification around existing stations is taken into account they could deliver 110,000 new Partnership working homes. When will it happen? London wide oppportunities These Opportunity Areas could also deliver 133,100 new jobs. These jobs would be in a number of sectors, not just office Timeline but also the industrial and distribution sectors that are crucial to the wider London economy, and actively promoted in the draft New London Plan. ... AND BEYOND...................................................................................................................................... 11 If the business rate uplift over the entire Bakerloo line were factored in, this could make a significant contribution to Beyond Lewisham London’s local tax base. Lewisham Strategic Interchange Contacts: BLE TRANSPORT OPPORTUNITY............................................................................................ 13 LB Southwark BLE Transport Opportunity Colin Wilson, Head of Regeneration, Old Kent Road [email protected] Funding Opportunity Old Kent Road Chief Executive’s Department ............................................................................................... 15 London SE1P 5LX CULTURAL OFFER ON THE BLE Cultural Offer Tel: 020 7525 2217 www.southwark.gov.uk Places and Spaces @lb_southwark southwark.gov.uk facebook.com/southwarkcouncil BAKERLOO LINE: A Brief History................................................................................................ 17 OLD KENT ROAD AND NEW CROSS MASTERPLAN................................................. 19 LB Lewisham Julia Robins, BLE Policy and Project Manager, Strategic Planning .................................................................................................. 20 [email protected] DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BLE Strategic Planning Lewisham Council 1 Catford Road London SE6 4RU Tel: 0208 314 7116 www.lewisham.gov.uk @LewishamCouncil facebook.com/Lewisham-Council Stansted Airport H T R O Stansted and Cambridge Luton, Miton Keynes, N Chellmsford, Colchester, Nottingham and Ipswich, Great Yarmouth Birmingham 2 L I A R S ST S EA O IL 1 R RA C SS RO H C S KER 2 BA LO - O T H L A IN M E E SACCOMMODATING L IN LONDON’SK GROWTH From 8 to 10 million people LONDON GATEWAY AL THAMES TR EN C Ebbsfleet Garden CityCity Reading,ReadinR g, LakesideLakeside SwindonSwindon andand BristolBristol B A K ER LO O Ebbsfleet Garden City L High Speed 1 IN A E LT Canterbury E E and Dover D X L 2 HEATHROW AI T SR E OS N CR S I O N TRAM LINK TRIANGLE BRIGHTON MAINLINE KEY Gatwick, Crawley and Brighton Opportunity Area THE BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION Housing Zone Green Belt Transport super hubs BAKERLOO LINE OLD KENT ROAD NEW CROSS LEWISHAM CATFORD Fig 1: The Growth of London map 0 Approx Scale: 1:41,320 1km 5 THE REGIONAL REGENERATION 110,000 OPPORTUNITY NEW HOMES 133,100 JOBS CITY OF WESTMINSTER 0 6km Approx Scale: 1:41,320 6 THE BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION THE BAKERLOO LINE EXTENSION Fig 2: Bakerloo line upgrade and extension 7 NEW CROSS, LEWISHAM and CATFORD: TIMELINE THE BAKERLOO The proposal for Lewisham is for two station interchanges: at New Cross Gate and at Lewisham. The Baker Street & Lewisham station will be one of four strategic rail 1893 Waterloo Railway is established LINE EXTENSION interchanges in London, alongside Stratford, Clapham Junction and Old Oak Common. Secured authorisation for northbound extensions OLD KENT ROAD: to Paddington and 1900 Lewisham’s population is anticipated to grow by 20% southbound extension to The Old Kent Road Area Action Plan (AAP) proposes two to three stations along the Old Kent (Bricklayers between 2011 and 2036 and the number of households Elephant & Castle within the borough will rise to 142,000 by 2036. To Late 1906 extended Arms, Burgess Park and Asylum). The Bakerloo Line extension offers a direct link to central London for people to Elephant & Castle support this increase at least 18,165 new homes will 1906 who live and work on the Old Kent Road. The purpose of the Old Kent Road AAP is to set out how the best of 20,000 10,000 and name changed to NEW HOMES the Old Kent Road, including its thriving businesses and arts and cultural communities, can be nurtured and NEW JOBS need to be delivered across the borough. Lewisham Bakerloo Line developed over the next 20 years (the ‘plan period’). It is an innovative plan, with policies that will guide new is heavily dependent on the National Rail network and 7,000 the expected increased demand on the public transport development to provide urgently needed housing and jobs, while providing new opportunities and improving AFFORDABLE Extended from Baker the lives of people who live and work there now. To achieve this, the plan proposes mixing residential and HOMES network will mean busier trains. To overcome future 1913 Street to Marylebone, commercial uses, so that new and existing businesses like warehouses, shops, creative workspaces and crowding many enhancements are proposed on existing Paddington and Edgware TOWN CENTRE, lines although the BLE will provide, by far, the largest offices are designed to co-exist with new homes. LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT increase in capacity, with some 65,000 journeys in 1914 The Baker Street & By virtue of its location, connections, existing uses, evolving character and development potential, Old Kent the morning peak. Whilst the borough has one of the Waterloo Railway is established Road is one of the few places in central London that really can deliver innovative solutions to the challenge smallest economies in London it is one of the fastest COMMUNITY AND Publication of draft of accomodating London’s growth. SCHOOLS growing, particularly in the digital and creative sectors. 2016 of the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan BUS AND CYCLE Lewisham is a successful and cosmopolitan part of This has been recognised by the draft New London Plan, which identifies Old Kent Road in two major growth IMPROVEMENTS Consultation of draft of areas; central London and the Bakerloo Line Extension Growth Corridor (Figure 1). The Bakerloo Line London occupied by energetic, creative and diverse the Old Kent Road Area Extension (BLE) will be a game changer for the area. It will enable substantial growth, with the number of local communities that benefit from attractive residential 2017 Action Plan homes rising from 14,500 to 34,500 (35% of the new homes will be affordable) and the number of jobs rising NEW neighbourhoods, successful local schools and a huge Publication of further draft PRIMARY number of parks and green spaces. However, like most of the Old Kent Road Area from 9,500 to 20,000. This will, of course, have important positive impacts London’s economy, but it will also SCHOOLS Submission draft of New 2 benefit new and existing Old Kent Road residents and businesses. NEW PARKS AND London boroughs, it is facing an affordability challenge. Action Plan GREEN SPACES Cross Area Framework SECONDARY Lewisham Council is committed to delivering the social Consultation on the further SCHOOL 2018 Being at the centre of one of the worlds great cities, with its enviable economic and cultural capital should be 1 and genuinely affordable homes that people so badly draft Old Kent Road Area an opportunity for all and not just a privileged few. need. The ambition for the borough also means creating Action Plan a thriving and inclusive economy. TfL undertakes further Consultation on New LONDON-WIDE OPPORTUNITIES consultation on preferred Cross Area Framework THE LONDON WIDE SOCIAL AND station and shaft options ECONOMIC REGENERATION An extended Bakerloo line would directly connect and support more Submission draft of 2019 Consultation on Opportunity Areas than any other existing tube line or proposed rail the Old Kent Road Lewisham Local Plan NEW Regulation 18 Approach OPPORTUNITY project in London including; 27,500 HOMES 6,000 Area Action Plan NEW JOBS Public examination for Old The Bakerloo Line connects some of the most iconic social and cultural • Harrow and Wealdstone - LB Harrow Kent Road Area Action Plan assets in London, Wembley Stadium to the National Theatre, Little • Wembley - LB Brent Adoption of Old Kent Venice to the Thames and the extension would link Regents Park to • Old Oak Common - LBs Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham Road Area Action Plan Burgess Park and Goldsmiths College to the National Gallery. • Kensal Canalside - Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Submission of Lewisham Local Plan to Secretary • Paddington - City of Westminster NEW PRIMARY BUS AND CYCLE of State for independent Why the extension is needed? • Waterloo