NEW CROSS AREA FRAMEWORK September 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 New Cross Gate Area Framework, Draft for Consultation, September 2018 5th Studio, We Made That, Alan Baxter INTRODUCTION New Cross is experiencing great change as part of significant developmental transformation in South London. This study - jointly commissioned by the LONDON’S CENTRAL CITY OF London Borough of Lewisham, the Greater London ACTIVITIES ZONE LONDON Blackfriars Bank Tower Hill Authority and Transport for London - aims to establish the key strategies to guide that change towards what the Mayor of London has termed ‘good growth’: Embankment CANARY transformation that acknowledges and works with the London WHARF character of a particular place and its inhabitants and Bridge that is physically and socially diverse. Waterloo ROTHERHITHE B A Canada The extension of the Bakerloo line has the potential KE Water RL OO to radically alter New Cross as a place to live, L INE Elephant & Castle work and study. It could have a dramatic impact on BERMONDSEY patterns of movement across the area, while also creating a catalyst for changes to the physical and social environment experienced at street level. Old Kent Road 1 CROS THE THAMES GREENWICH This study establishes an evidence base that allows Old Kent Road 2 W S insight into the life of New Cross, its economy and E 1 KM N built environment and how that can be reinforced and CAMBERWELL NEW CROSS improved. The study will be used by LB Lewisham, New Cross the GLA and TfL as they work with local communities Gate to plan for the future of New Cross through projects SOUTHWARK PECKHAM like the LB Lewisham Local Plan, the Mayor’s To Highbury & New Cross Road/ A2 Islington London Plan, and the design of new Bakerloo line infrastructure. We have taken cues from how the Overground area has evolved and developed in the past and NEW Lewisham To London Bridge LAMBETH considered how that understanding can inform future To Waterloo change. For example with over 350 artist studios CROSS Bakerloo LineSouthern Extension discovered within the study area, demonstrating the huge influence of Goldsmiths, University of GATE LEWISHAM Future Potential London, New Cross is one of London’s most creative To the City Extensions to the Bakerloo Line to zones, which must be acknowledged in forthcoming Bromley development plans. The fundamental purpose of the study is to develop DULWICH an aspirational and practical vision that maximises Bus routes To Greenwich the benefit of infrastructure investment in terms of To Victoria supporting Good Growth, through co-ordinating, negotiating and integrating the needs and desires of all those that have a stake in the future of New Cross. Above: New Cross is at the heart of major change in South London, focussed along the Old Kent Road - New Cross Road corridor.... To Lewisham ... investment in the Overground and Bakerloo line will create a much more connected place. This study To West Croydon & To East Croydon explores how this investment is optimised to reinforce Crystal Palace the character of New Cross. 6 New Cross Gate Area Framework, Draft for Consultation, September 2018 5th Studio, We Made That, Alan Baxter WHAT IS THE ‘AREA FRAMEWORK’? The ‘Area Framework is made up of three key sections; ‘Vision and Principles’, ‘Spatial Strategies’; and ‘Projects’. These are based on key findings from baseline research undertaken at the beginning of the study. VISION AND PRINCIPLES SPATIAL AND ECONOMIC PROJECTS STRATEGIES A vision statement and a set of Guiding ... these can steer change across the study area - explained ... a series of aggregate projects, which Principles for each of the following five themes in a series of spatial strategies... together create a picture of how New Cross relevant to New Cross... can be transformed. These collectively form the ‘Area Framework’ A Lively Place Economic and Land Use Strategy Places and change South Bermondsey In response to the new policy guidance within the This strategy focuses on how the creation of Oxetalls Road Convoys DEPTFORD Wharf London Plan, the local economy and land use new places can positively influence and relate to Pier strategy aims to retain and intensify industrial NEW CROSS existing places within the study area. Deptford Park Convoys DEPTFORD New NEW CROSS Wharf uses within the Surrey Canal Road SIL sites. Bermondsey Sayes Court Park Blackhorse Rd. Surrey Canal Road New 5 Bermondsey Juno Evely Way Folkstone n Street Landscape Strategy Ilderton Road Gardens A Creative Place Transport Strategy The Landscape Strategy looks at opportunities to The Transport Strategy seeks to create a high Bridgehouse enhance existing open spaces and other environmental Meadows Woodpecker Road Deptford High Street quality local network of routes through New assets, as well as how to create high quality new public Cross, prioritising buses and enhancing the realm, routes and spaces. 6 environment for pedestrians and cyclists. 4 Ol d K en t R o eet ad Deptford Edward Str 3 1 Giffin Street Building Heights Character areas Eckington Fordham Park Gardens Amersham Vale A strategy for locating tall buildings which aims This strategy seeks to augment and develop An Equitable Place Achilles St. to protect the character of New Cross Road and a stronger sense of place where this is lacking Hatcham Works New Deptford High Street whilst also allowing new or poor. Two focii for active uses are identified Cross Besson tall buildings where appropriate to achieve the relating to the strong ‘places’ of the High Street Street New optimum density in highly accessible locations. and the Viaduct. New Cross Road Cross Gate Goldsmiths Queens Road Public Realm Strategy Queens Road 2 Activation Strategy Peckham Somerville This strategy proposes ways to support existing Lewisham Way This strategy seeks to create a permeable activity and create new activity in New Cross in the New network of streets and routes that both connect Cross short term. This includes opportunities to enable Gate to wider routes, and provide local linkages. cutting A Connected Place Goldsmiths and local organisations to collaborate nature Telegraph reserve and activate vacant and public spaces within and Hill around the town centre Distinctive Local Places 7 New Cross Gate Area Framework, Draft for Consultation, September 2018 5th Studio, We Made That, Alan Baxter VISION AND PRINCIPLES These vision statements and guiding principles have been informed by the extensive baseline research and stakeholder consultation. They set out an aspirational and viable future vision for New Cross, and describe how the area can evolve to secure the benefits from the Bakerloo Line Extension, whilst maintaining its character and unique assets. A Lively Place A Creative Place Distinctive Local Places An Equitable Place A Connected Place New Cross Road will be a lively multi- New Cross and Deptford will be The particular qualities of two distinctive New Cross will be a place that A network of excellent local connections functional high street serving the local established as one of London’s areas will be strengthened through continues to support and nurture and wider routes will be created leading area and visitors alike, having secured principal creative quarters, building on positive reinvention – New Cross Road existing residents and businesses to and around New Cross. This network and expanded its diverse cultural the presence of Goldsmiths, other key where it operates as a High Street, and while also being open to new ideas, will be accessible to all, creating an activity, leisure and entertainment cultural institutions nearby, and the the areas around the rail ‘tangle’ to the residents and businesses – so that it environment that encourages walking, offer. existing cluster of creative industries north, including Folkestone Gardens, can continue to evolve and grow for the cycling and public transport - which and businesses that support them. and the route of the former Surrey benefit of all. means that they are the natural Canal. Both places will be transformed choice for moving around the city for through improvements focused on short-medium distance journeys most building on local character and identity. people, most of the time, while also accommodating and managing the impact of essential vehicular traffic. 8 New Cross Gate Area Framework, Draft for Consultation, September 2018 5th Studio, We Made That, Alan Baxter South Bermondsey Convoys Wharf Pier Deptford Park The detailed understanding of the area gained Sayes from both our analysis and engagement work Court has identified many of the current strengths and Park weaknesses in the area including: local identity; Surrey Canal Road landscape; development potential; connectivity and transport issues; and quality of the public realm. New Bermondsey Evely Folkstone n Street Local character should be celebrated and maintained, Gardens and we have endeavoured to achieve this in the Ilderton Road future described in the Area Framework. The findings from the baseline study generated an strong evidence base, which informs an aspirational Bridgehouse Woodpecker Road and viable future vision for New Cross Gate, including Meadows the creation of jobs and homes. Deptford High Street O ld K ad en t R Deptford oa c. 12,000 homes d Sanford Ro Eckington Fordham Park Gardens + New Cross c. 13,500 jobs New Cross Gate New Cross Road Notes: Homes ‘Allocated Sites’ methodology for large sites used to generate Queens Road Queens Road Peckham numbers of dwellings from the London Plan 2017 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. The number of homes is not the net increase of homes as existing homes are not deducted. Potential development sites are approximate and do not denote ownership boundaries. Jobs New Lewisham Way The numbers of jobs has been generated using the London Cross Employment Sites Database. Sites included are: LB Lewisham Gate mixed use employment sites, Surrey Canal Road and Hatcham cutting Works and Goodwood road.