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Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area Joint Supplementary Planning Document March 2012 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Acknowledgements 1 Project Team LBHF RBKC GLA Chris Bainbridge Jonathan Bore Colin Wilson Thomas Cardis Geoff Burrage David Watkinson Steven Davies Allison Flight Paidamoyo Hlambelo Deborah Lee Sang TfL Stewart McKenzie Brendon Roberts Chris Porter Juliemma McLoughlin Penelope Tollitt Camiilla Ween Nigel Pallace Chris Turner Sarah Parsons Farrah Rossi Alex Russell 03 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Foreword The Earl’s Court and West Kensington Looking beyond the exhibition centres, in 1 Opportunity Area is one of the few remaining Hammersmith and Fulham the site of the large development sites, close to central London, Transport for London depot and the West which has the potential to bring economic Kensington and Gibbs Green housing estates opportunity, new homes and new jobs on a grand offer huge potential for a comprehensive scale. approach to redevelopment. This approach provides opportunities to re-house residents in better accommodation and build thousands of The area has gone through significant change new homes, many of which will be affordable to over the years. A collection of orchards and those on low and middle incomes. brickfields were replaced by a transport depot and coal yard. Then the area grew to become an internationally recognised exhibition venue, New infrastructure will be necessary to support as well as home to over 1,500 people and the new population, including new roads, buses an important element in London’s transport and improvements to the local stations, as well as infrastructure. a range of social and community facilities. Over recent years the London Borough of We have the chance to create a truly inspiring Hammersmith and Fulham, the Royal Borough of new urban quarter through the redevelopment Kensington and Chelsea and the Greater London of the Earl’s Court and West Kensington Authority have come together to investigate the Opportunity Area. Comprehensive redevelopment potential for the redevelopment of the Earl’s of the area presents a fantastic opportunity to Court Exhibition Centres. No one underestimates improve connections between communities that the contribution that the exhibition centres are currently severed by the railway infrastructure have made to the local economy; however, and exhibition centres. redevelopment could continue the Earl’s Court ‘brand’ by creating a new vibrant cultural destination, as part of a new mixed use quarter which will provide new benefits to the local community, such as new businesses, shopping and employment opportunities. 04 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Foreword The challenge to developers is to create buildings and spaces which will stand the test 1 of time. The area is surrounded by nineteen conservation areas, several important listed buildings and Brompton Cemetery, a Grade 1 listed historic park and Garden. We want to develop a quarter worthy of this setting. This planning framework is a major step towards creating a successful new place in Earl’s Court where people want to live, work and visit. We have therefore been careful to place people at the centre of its creation. The input and careful consideration of many local residents and businesses has been invaluable. We hope that you, like us, are excited about what this area will be like in the future. Stephen Greenhalgh Sir Merrick Cockell Leader, the London Borough of Hammersmith Leader, the Royal Borough of Kensington and and Fulham Chelsea 05 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction This document will be made available in large copy print, audio cassette, 0208 753 3317 Braille, or languages other than English upon request. If you require the document in one of these formats, please phone 0208 753 3317. 1 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 0208 753 3317 06 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Table of Contents 1: INTRODUCTION 07 1 2: SITE CONTEXT 17 3: VISION AND OBJECTIVES 43 4: URBAN FORM STRATEGY 53 5: HOUSING STRATEGY 81 6: EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY 93 7: RETAIL STRATEGY 101 8: CULTURE STRATEGY 109 9: SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES 117 10: TRANSPORT AND ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGY 125 11: ENERGY STRATEGY 147 12: ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY 153 13: PHASING & SECTION 106 STRATEGY 179 POLICY CONTEXT APPENDIX 191 07 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area Joint Supplementary Planning Document INTRODUCTION Figure 1.1: (Page 08) View of the OA from the ARK building, Hammersmith Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Status of this Document 1•1 This document is a Supplementary 1•3 This SPD has been prepared in 1 Planning Document (hereafter referred to accordance with the Town and Country as SPD), providing supplementary detail Planning (Local Development) (England) to policies contained within the London Regulations 2004 (as amended), the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (hereafter referred to as ‘LBHF’) Core 2004 (as amended), the Greater London Strategy (2011) and the Royal Borough Authority Acts 1999 and 2007 and Planning of Kensington and Chelsea’s (herafter Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial referred to as ‘RBKC’) Core Strategy Planning. This document is supported (2010). It also provides supplementary by a Sustainability Appraisal, an Equality detail to the Mayor of London’s London Impact Assessment, a Statement of Plan (2011) in the form of Supplementary Consultation, an Adoption Statement and Planning Guidance (hereafter referred to the Consultation Summary Report. as SPG)1 . The SPD should be read in conjunction with the Mayor’s London Plan, the borough Core Strategies and other relevant Development Plan Documents and SPDs. 1•2 This SPD is a material consideration for the determination of any planning applications submitted within the OA. 1. Please note that the Mayor of London is unable to endorse this planning framework as an SPG to the London Plan during the Mayoral pre-election period. Should the Mayor subsequently choose to adopt this document as an SPG to the London plan, this document will need to be revised to include the Mayor of London’s signature and logo and reference to the document being ‘subject to endorsement by the Mayor’ and this paragraph will be removed. 10 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction North Endnd Road Road EarlEarl’s Court Road 1 ’s Court Road Cromwell Road (A4) WWarwick Road arwick Road 4) oad (A4)(A Talgarth R Gibbs TFTFLL Green Estate Depot Old Brompton Road Earl’s’ Court Exhibition Centres WWestst Kensington Estate Empress Star Road State North End Road Seagrave RoaRoad Lillie Road d Figure 1.2: Aerial photograph of the OA 11 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area (the OA) Joint Supplementary Planning Document - March 2012 Chapter 1 | Introduction Purpose of this Document 1•4 This document has been produced in 1•5 Figure 1.3 illustrates the agreed boundary 1•7 It is recognised that, more than ever 1 partnership between LBHF, RBKC and of the OA. The OA is identified by in this current time of economic the Greater London Authority (hereafter description in Annex I of the London Plan uncertainty, flexibility will be needed to referred to as ‘GLA’) (the ‘authorities’). The (2011) which states that “the area presents achieve the authorities’ strategic vision overall objectives of this SPD are to: a significant opportunity for regeneration of comprehensive redevelopment, as • establish detailed guidance on the comprising estate renewal and housing and reflected in Key Principles HO1 and PS1. application of policies within the London employment growth”. This SPD is not intended to eliminate or Plan and the boroughs’ Development Plan constrain other acceptable development Documents (DPDs) that will be used to 1•6 Capital and Counties (Capco) own the and/or strategies for achieving sustainable assess any planning applications in the OA; freehold for Seagrave Road car park, are comprehensive regeneration in accordance with relevant London Plan and Core • establish and provide guidance for joint owner of the Empress State Building Strategy policies. The SPD has been masterplanning within the OA; and have a lease on the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centres. Transport for London drafted with this flexibility in mind, such that • bring forward partnership working in (TfL), who own the freehold to the Lillie it can be applied to any application coming redeveloping the OA and maximise public Bridge Depot and the land upon which the forward in the OA. and private resources in regeneration; and exhibition halls sit (subject to long leases • engage all interested stakeholders as early to Capco), are actively collaborating with as possible in the development process.