Harrow Road Community Steering Group & Westminster City Council
10 March 2018 Purpose of workshop
• Inform local residents and other stakeholders of the purpose of the Harrow Road Area Manual for Delivery • Hear from key stakeholders on their aspirations / issues and options for the area • Engage stakeholders in discussion on potential projects and initiatives for improvements in the area • Develop a vision and actions for the Harrow Road area
Queen’s Park Community Council
Maida Hill Forum
Westbourne Forum Agenda for the day 1
Time Agenda item 10:00 Welcome and purpose of the event
10:10 Manual for Delivery: • What it is and isn’t • Ideas and proposals gathered to date, neighbourhood planning context • Draft vision and structure • Further thoughts on project delivery; examples from London and beyond 10:40 From ideas to realisation – key stakeholders’ views and aspirations 11:40 Coffee and tea
11:45 Q&A / Discussion
12:30 Lunch Agenda for the day 2
Time Agenda item 13:00 Group session 1 – Brainstorming, prioritising 13:50 Feedback
14:20 Group session 2 – Developing priority projects and drafting action plan 1. Empty properties / sites, meanwhile use, workspace, creative enterprise hub 2. High Street (market, shops) 3. Public spaces, greening, public art, canalside 15:10 Feedback
15:45 Summary and next steps
16:00 Close Rules of engagement today
We ask all participants to be: . Respectful - of the views and opinions of others . Fair - all will be given an opportunity to express views and opinions but no one voice will dominate . Focused - on the aims of the event . Constructive - provide positive, forward-looking and constructive contributions . Clear - express your views and suggestions concisely and clearly . Mindful - of the context within which the Manual for Delivery will be developed incl the planning context and delivery mechanisms.
Harrow Rd Area Manual for Delivery: How does it relate to Neighbourhood Plans?
• Developed in parallel with neighbourhood planning work by Maida Hill and Westbourne Neighbourhood Forums and Queen’s Park Community Council • To complement the three Neighbourhood Plans • To include projects / initiatives / recommendations and actions for their delivery, developed by the three community organisations in collaboration with the Council and other key stakeholders in the area • Through the process of developing a joint Manual for Delivery also achieve a better coordination of planning policies contained in the three Neighbourhood Plans. QPNP - relevant draft policies and projects • Use of Queen’s Park Hall (The Boxing Club in Harrow Rd) as Community Hall • Improving cycle routes (including along the canal), cycle parking and cycle storage • Reducing clutter in Harrow Rd, addressing the issues of overspill from shop forecourts • Improving the ground floor commercial space in Harrow Rd, diversifying mix of retail, office and community uses • Improving the ground floor units of Canal Terrace encouraging restaurants, cafes, office and workshop use • Support for additional permanent moorings for narrowboats in residential use on Grand Union Canal • Tree planting plan for Harrow Rd with WCC and Westminster Tree Trust • Use of public art “via functional items” (street furniture, fences, entrance arches and gates, bridges over the canal etc); murals • Produce Design Guide for Shops in Harrow Rd with WCC and Harrow Rd Retailers Association • Improving parking arrangements in Harrow Rd for retailers, businesses and workshop areas
Westbourne NP - relevant draft policies and projects • Protection of A1, A2 and A3 uses in Harrow Rd, demand for high quality shop fronts incl shutters • Enhance accessibility and safety of green space along the canal between Harrow Rd and St Mary Mags incl lighting, signage, addressing any potential conflict between cyclists and pedestrians • Provision of affordable work space for small businesses / startups in accessible locations incl extension to Great Western Studios and along the canal in Westbourne Park and Royal Oak • Protection of community assets incl Stowe Centre, Warwick Community Hall, St Mary Mags
MHNP - relevant policy and project ideas • Westminster College site in Saltram Crescent - support for creative enterprise / education and community uses; introducing community garden and café, open access to culture and arts events; engage artists in local public art projects • Maida Hill Square – more outdoor seating, same landscape treatment and wide pedestrian crossing between the two sides of Elgin Av, keep public toilet, secure market storage, tables and chairs for games; create new social hub / community café at or very near Maida Hill Square • Open pedestrian access through currently gated estates eg WECH in Harrow Rd and encourage active uses around the perimeter of estates facing surrounding streets • With HR Retailers Association develop programme of shopfront / forecourt improvements in Harrow Rd, secure business advice and promote the area, develop parking and deliveries management plan incl shared parking spaces, develop a parking app • Encourage development of not-for-profit enterprise hubs / low cost, flexible work space incl affordable work space on canal boats
MHNP - relevant policy and project ideas • Encourage meanwhile use of empty properties, primarily for community uses and affordable workspace; maintain an up to date register of empty properties, if properties empty for more than 3 months work with owners to introduce meanwhile use • Protect and maintain existing community hubs incl Yaa Centre, WECH, Lydford Estate • Create small public spaces and pocket parks to address deficiency of public / green space in the neighbourhood • Plant trees and increase green coverage in streets and public spaces • Explore opportunities for new footbridges and generally to improve access to the canal • Work to improve cycle routes, introduce cycle parking and enclosures, and cycle hire • Introduce measures to reduce air pollution • Introduce more electric vehicle charging points
Woodfield Rd PF relevant policy and project ideas Maida Hill Square • Improve the Square to better connect the two sides of Elgin Av and uses around it, consider shared surface treatment across the whole junction / square • Physically close Fernhead Road / Walterton Road junction to road traffic • Encourage more cafes and restaurants around the Square, building on the growing café culture; encourage al fresco dining e.g. RBS building ideal as a restaurant with outdoor space overlooking the market • Introduce a trial for an evening market and evening uses around the market and in Harrow Rd • Use market space for events • Keep the public toilets
Woodfield Rd PF relevant draft policy and project ideas Harrow Rd • Convert parking spaces to shared bays which can be used for servicing/ loading • Seek increased space for leisure and cultural pursuits in the area e.g. theatre, cinema, dance space, rehearsal space, music studios • Explore how empty properties in Harrow Rd could be used as affordable workspace on a temporary or permanent basis • Build on the “Maida Hill” brand to promote the market • Encourage provision of bigger units (restaurants and shops) in Harrow Road through land assembly • Provide more specialist / niche retail offer • Provide more green space in and around Harrow Rd to encourage people to dwell e.g. tree planting would make it more attractive • Encourage more retail units that involve production / making as well as selling • Encourage creative workspace especially at Canal Terrace and the Boxing Club
Woodfield Rd PF relevant draft policy and project ideas The Canal • Explore opportunities for improved pedestrian access to and across the canal • Create green space at Tower Transit site – with links to Meanwhile Gardens • Introduce residential moorings • Introduce leisure uses on the canal especially for young people e.g. skate park, boat club, climbing wall • Add green wall to bus depot to help mitigate pollution and make walkway more attractive • Encourage community garden / vegetable growing along the canal • Provide affordable workspaces by the canal • Pocket Park on Hormead Road by existing canal moorings. • Introduce permanent residential moorings on the canal
HARROW ROAD AREA
WESTBOURNE PARK
0m 300m ECONOMIC AND LIVE/WORK SYNERGIES
HARROW ROAD AREA
WESTBOURNE PARK
PADDINGTON OPPORTUNITY AREA
0m 300m ECONOMIC AND LIVE/WORK SYNERGIES
HARROW ROAD AREA 15 mins
WESTBOURNE PARK
5 mins
PADDINGTON OPPORTUNITY AREA
0m 300m QUEEN’S PARK/ WEST KILBURN
MAIDA VALE
ECONOMIC AND LIVE/WORK SYNERGIES
LITTLE VENICE HARROW ROAD AREA 15 mins
WESTBOURNE PARK
5 mins
PADDINGTON OPPORTUNITY AREA
0m 300m MAIDA HILL PLACE
WESTBOURNE PARK
100m LONG ROAD WITH DECLINING RETAIL OFFER
MAIDA HILL PLACE
WESTBOURNE PARK
100m LONG ROAD WITH DECLINING RETAIL OFFER
MAIDA HILL PLACE
WESTBOURNE PARK
SITES WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
100m - SENSE OF TRANSITION RATHER THAN A SENSE OF PLACE LONG ROAD WITH DECLINING RETAIL OFFER - LACK OF IDENTITY
LACK OF INTERACTION OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE CANAL MAIDA HILL PLACE
WESTBOURNE PARK
SITES WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
COWORKING WORKSPACES 100m GATEWAY MARKET SQUARE AND REVITALISED RETAIL HUB
WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER
100m GATEWAY MARKET SQUARE AND REVITALISED RETAIL HUB
WOODFIELD ROAD AREA – OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT
WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER POTENTIAL MIXED USE CLUSTER WITH SME FOCUS AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CANAL
100m TRUNCATED HIGH STREET TO CREATE A CONCENTRATED RETAIL OFFER TO EMPHASISE THE LOCAL HIGH STREET
GATEWAY MARKET SQUARE AND REVITALISED RETAIL HUB
WOODFIELD ROAD AREA – OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT
WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER POTENTIAL MIXED USE CLUSTER WITH SME FOCUS AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CANAL
100m TRUNCATED HIGH STREET TO CREATE A CONCENTRATED RETAIL OFFER TO EMPHASISE THE LOCAL HIGH STREET TO QUEEN’S PARK
GATEWAY MARKET SQUARE AND REVITALISED RETAIL HUB
WOODFIELD ROAD AREA – POTENTIAL FOR EXPLORING OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW REUSE OF GROUND FLOOR DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES FOR SMEs
TO PADDINGTON WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER POTENTIAL MIXED USE CLUSTER WITH SME FOCUS AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CANAL
100m DIGITAL HIGH STREET (with Economy) & PLACE BRANDING
- ACTIVATION OF THE SQUARE AROUND MARKET AND UPGRADE TO QUEEN’S PARK TO LANDMARK RETAIL UNITS
- DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR WOODFIELD ROAD SITES AND EXPLORATION OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER - ENTERPRISE SPACE LED BY ECONOMY - SYNERGY WITH LFA OPEN SPACE PROPOSAL DIGITAL HIGH STREET (with Economy) & PLACE BRANDING - CONSOLIDATION OF RETAIL OFFER AND HIGH STREET BRANDING - ACTIVATION OF THE SQUARE AROUND MARKET AND UPGRADE TO QUEEN’S PARK TO LANDMARK RETAIL UNITS
- DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR WOODFIELD ROAD SITES AND EXPLORATION OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER - EXPLORATION OF TOWER TRANSIT - ENTERPRISE SPACE LED BY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMY - SYNERGY WITH LFA OPEN SPACE PROPOSAL DIGITAL HIGH STREET (with Economy) & PLACE BRANDING - CONSOLIDATION OF RETAIL OFFER AND HIGH STREET BRANDING - ACTIVATION OF THE SQUARE AROUND MARKET AND UPGRADE TO QUEEN’S PARK TO LANDMARK RETAIL UNITS
- DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR - REUSE OF EMPTY PROPERTIES FOR WOODFIELD ROAD SITES AND ENTERPRISE SPACES EXPLORATION OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
- INCREMENTAL UPGRADE OF CANAL PATH & PUBLIC REALM
TO PADDINGTON WESTBOURNE PARK
TO BAYSWATER - EXPLORATION OF TOWER TRANSIT - ENTERPRISE SPACE LED BY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMY - SYNERGY WITH LFA OPEN SPACE PROPOSAL PROPOSED SCHEDULE Jun ‘18 Jun May ‘18 Apr ‘18 Apr Mar ‘18 Mar Feb ‘18 Feb
KICK OFF: INTRODUCTIONS, OBJECTIVES, SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS
CONSULTATION: KEY ISSUES AND THEMES, NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANS, PROJECTS LIST AND DRAFT TIMELINES
PREPARATION OF MANUAL FOR DELIVERY DRAFTING DOCUMENT, CHECKS AND LIAISON WITHIN COUNCIL UPDATE DRAFT MANUAL FOR DELIVERY INCORPORATING COUNCIL FEEDBACK INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP CONSULTATION: PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MANUAL FOR DELIVERY
CONSULTATION: STEERING GROUP FEEDBACK AND FINAL CHECKS, REPURPOSE GROUP TO INCORPORATE GOVERNANCE ROLE UPDATE ON MANUAL FOR DELIVERY FINAL UPDATE ON MANUAL FOR DELIVERY AND ISSUE
. Skills of advisory team . Specificity of policies . Strength of implementation plan . Client team . Project design brief / vision . Design & development team . Viability / profitability . Quality of application . Capacity and skills within LPA . Community engagement process . Planning committee . State of market / supply & demand . Construction quality . Monitoring by LPA . Long / short term stake . Maintenance . Change of use
produce a statutory plan for their neighbourhood, approved through local referendum
small scale, site-specific developments without planning permission designate assets of community value, delay the sale and bid to buy those assets
challenge and take over a council service they think can be better run 1. Get early notification of forthcoming applications 2. Influence policy formation and community engagement by council 3. Make sure NP policies interpreted / implemented correctly 4. Make sure councillors understand NP policies / strength of community feeling 5. Shape proposals early on when changes possible 6. Make sure design and development team understand parameters established by NP 7. Be opportunistic, councils like to have ready- made wish lists 8. Combine regular investment programmes with other funding to achieve greater results 9. Take ultimate control over shaping your place and delivering aspirations of your plan 10. Deliver environmental, social and economic benefits for your community . Governance / delivery model . Trust / Community Interest Company / Charitable Incorporated Organisation . Partnership with private, public or third sector organisations . Ownership . Public ownership - asset transfer . Private ownership - sale or gift . Lease . Funding . CIL / S106 . Grants . Contributions in kind (CSR schemes) . Crowdfunding . Community shares . Philanthropy . Income generation (eg through meanwhile use) . Bank loans / social investment
Source: Kate Stewart
Kowhai Butterfly Mural, Eden Terrace, Auckland
Kindred Studios
Kindred Studios
Paddington Arts
Paddington Arts
• Loss of public sector funding – requirement to secure sufficient income to sustain and grow core activities (performance arts and youth media) • Own freehold of site in Woodfield Rd, developing expansion plans to include more rehearsal and work space for hire • High potential to link up with other arts / creative organisations in the area • Open to the idea of incorporating community activities, café and performance space for public events as part of expansion plans • Looking at a variety of redevelopment options now
St Mary Mags
• Progress with construction: due to complete Autumn 18 • Creating a focal point for the history of communities in Paddington and along the Harrow Road • Volunteering and community activities underway to develop community ownership of the building • Starting to prepare a cultural programme for when we open • Providing a new cultural destination, enlivening the canal- side (café), connected both to Paddington, and to Harrow Road
WECH
Plans for Community Centre, offices and residential units in Elgin Avenue
Canalside Grand Union Canal Urban Park
By Sophie Nguyen Architects Grand Union Canal Urban Park
By Sophie Nguyen Architects By Sophie Nguyen Architects Canal and River Trust
• Part of Quietways network of shared pedestrian and cycling routes along canal funded by TfL • Permission in place for 8 new residential moorings along north side, by Carlton Gate development • Visitor moorings (for up to 14 days) allowed everywhere, unless special restrictions in place • New boater facilities needed ideally on the stretch by Tower Transit / Great Western Studios • Larger barges including workspace in Paddington Basin, would consider elsewhere • Community Adoptions scheme – possible for a community group to volunteer to look after a stretch of canal / land along it; “Super Adoptions” include several organisations acting together • Usual issues: fumes, refuse, engine noise (restrictions included in license but enforcement difficult)
GLA Regeneration aims to deliver high-quality, targeted programmes to maximise social, cultural, and economic benefits, leverage and impact. 955 shop fronts 1 , 2 6 8 66 vacant units Over 150,000m2 i m p r o v e d jobs created b r o u g h t of public back into use space improved
882 2,820m2 of new 970 public events 16 Legible jobs secured commercial space o r g a n i s e d London s c h e m e s implemented
21 associations 1,022 young 2,531 businesses 20 w e b s i t e s or c r e a t e d , people received r e c e i v e d high street 22 supported t r a i n i n g s u p p o r t marketing projects
www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/regeneration/high-streets
www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/regeneration/places-work
C A L L F O R I D E A S
O N L I N E P I T C H E S
M AY O R A L P L E D G E S
CROWDFUND T H E R E S T
B E G I N D E L I V E R Y 269 £12m 82 SUBMISSIONS P R O J E C T C A M P A I G N S P I P E L I N E B A C K E D
£1.2m £1.7m 9184 PLEDGED BY RAISED BY INDIVIDUAL C I T Y H A L L T H E C R O W D B A C K E R S
£1.40 PLEDGED BY £10 95% C A M P A I G N CROWD PER £ MODE PLEDGE P L E G E D B Y S U C C E S S M A Y O R RATE
CROWDFUND LONDON
www.london.gov.uk/crowdfunding https://www.spacehive.com/movement/ mayoroflondon
C O N TA C T
What is the Good Growth Fund?
The Mayor of London’s regeneration programme from 2017-18 to 2020-21, delivered through the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP).
Open to a broad range of public, private and third-sector partners
Offers a tiered range of funding and support, to suit different applicants and scales and types of projects which together can build a broad and balanced programme of exemplary regeneration activities.
• Around £70m over 4 years • Primarily capital • 50% match Actions: What we Develop Civic Infrastructure will fund Back Small Business Secure and Create Workspace We want to fund a range of projects as part Drive Innovation of the Good Growth Fund and hope applicants respond creatively to our Build Skills and Employability suggestions with proposals that address the interrelated strategic themes outlined in the Deliver Community-led Regeneration previous chapter. Enhance Public Space Share Culture How to apply
Expression of Interest
Rolling application process, with two deadlines per year and you can submit your Expression of Interest at any time. Need assistance? The appraisal process will categorise projects as either Not suitable for funding – Rejected, Please contact us at Requires further development or Suitable to 1 [email protected] move to a Stage 2 - Full Application
What do we expect from you in the EOI?
• Contact Information • Project Description and Details • Funding • Demand and Support • Outputs and Outcomes • Legacy • Declaration
GOOD GROWTH FUND www.london.gov.uk/good-growth-fund
C O N TA C T
Support and advice
Group session 1
Each group with a facilitator and note taker
Task: • Introduce yourself • Familiarise yourself with and comment on the project ideas contributed to date • Discuss further ideas and proposals for improvements in the area • Mark your top priority projects
Group session 2
Themed groups, each with a facilitator and note taker 1. Empty properties / sites, meanwhile use, workspace, creative enterprise hub 2. High Street (market, shops) 3. Public spaces, greening, public art, canalside
• Develop priority projects, fill in forms • Mark locations / sketch out proposals on maps
Priority projects Empty properties / sites, meanwhile use, workspace, creative enterprise hub • All Stars Boxing Club building - transformation into Queen’s Park Community Hall on ground floor, retention of Boxing Club on first floor (short to medium term) • Use of other empty buildings - former RBS bank ground floor and basement, conversion into affordable work and retail space, as meanwhile or permanent use (medium term) • Creative Enterprise Zone - including Paddington Arts, Kindred Studios, The Yaa Centre, Flamboyan, London Print Studios, St Mary Mags, growth of creative sector, provision of affordable workspace and community spaces and events, individual organisations’ sustainability / growth (short to long term)
Priority projects High Street (market, shops) • Harrow Road shops o insurance and business advice (short term) o enforcement - shutters and forecourts (short term) o diversification of offer, retail and leisure (medium to long term) o design guide for shop fronts (short term) • The Market o type, frequency, layout, market furniture, storage, public toilets, building frontages (short to long term) • Harrow Road environment o declutter, improve urban furniture, greening (medium to long term)
Priority projects Public spaces, greening, public art, canalside • Canalside, east + west - wayfinding, cycling and pedestrian movement, affordable workspace, permanent moorings, bridge connections (short, medium and long term) • Greening the area - including public space opposite Library; planters, hanging baskets, parklets, play streets (short to medium term) • Market Square - junction redesign, streetscape, niche, place identity, market function (short to medium term)
Thank you! Biljana Savic Email [email protected] Twitter @BiljanaSavic