Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill Introduction Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill: Have your Say! The Lambeth Local Plan 2015 sets out planning policies for Lambeth to guide growth in Projects housing, jobs, infrastructure delivery, place-shaping and the quality of the built environment over the next 15 years to 2030. Together with the London Plan, it forms the development plan Delivered for the borough. The spatial strategy and strategic objectives for West Norwood and Tulse Hill are set out in Policies PN7 and ED1 of the Local Plan. PN7 promotes the role of West Norwood as a vibrant district centre through the development of key sites. The area includes West Norwood Commercial Area to the south, which is designated as ‘Key Industrial Business Areas’ (KIBAs) by ED1. The Council is preparing a Masterplan for the West Norwood and Tulse Hill area to expand on the guidance in the Local Plan and provide a framework for managing change and development in this area. A Masterplan is a framework. It sets out key principles of an area, and creates a vision for its future. It shows the overall development concept that includes urban design, landscaping, infrastructure, service provision, present and future land uses and built form. This work will provide the evidence for the Local Plan Review that is currently underway. Through this piece of work, we are developing four interlinked documents to Interlinked documents: guide growth and investment in future years. • An Economic Vision for West Norwood & Tulse Hill to guide economic growth and evolution N 0 800m We are working closely with: • ‘Health check’ & recommendations • Streetworks project for regeneration within the Norwood • Station-to-Station (business Commercial Area improvement district) project and • An update of the 2009 West Norwood Recent Achievements and Tulse Hill Masterplan • Local Neighbourhood Planning • £230,000 awarded from Round One of Groups (Norwood Planning Assembly • A Cooperative Local Investment Plan the Outer London Fund and a further and Tulse Hill Forum) to identify local priorities £1.3m from Round Two matched by £384,000 from the Council Circular Road • Improvements to shop front • New primary school and new school Circular Road classes Norwood Road Norwood • New fire station Lanercost Road Tulse Hill Station • Upgraded public spaces, e.g. Hoopla Gardens and housing estate Road Avenue Park Elmcourt Road • A new health and leisure centre Palace Road • Over £1m of Heritage Lottery Funding Leigham Vale improvements to South London Theatre • New 3-screen Picture House cinema Road and library underway Norwood Road Lancaster Avenue • Streetworks Programme to transform Harpenden Tulse Hill gyratory and Station Rise York Hill • Heritage Lottery Fund project for West Chatsworth Way Norwood Cemetery improvements • The Open Work: supported creation of 20 local projects, e.g. Bzz Garage Chestnut Road Lansdowne Hill Robson Road Canterbury Grove Grove Bloom Norwood High Street Why we need your help? • To gather your views on the West Devane Way Norwood and Tulse Hill economy West Norwood Station Cotswold Street • To understand how you think the area is Knight’s changing and how it could be improved Beadman Street Beadman Auckland Hill Wolfington Road • To get your feedback and comments via Farm Road Hill the forms provided or by talking to one St Julian’s Waring Street Avenue of our team members! Ernest Thornlaw Road Norwood High Street • Please check @mywestnorwood Twitter Windsor Grove feed for updates on future events! Rothschild Street Cheviot Road Chapel Road Gipsy Road N not to scale Aerial View and Masterplan Site Boundary Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill West Norwood and Tulse Hill: what we know so far Local economic characteristics A Town Centre A Place of Work • Over 300 shops, primarily in retail • West Norwood Commercial Area (designated and services as Key Industrial and Business Area in the • There is a number of vacant shops Lambeth Local Plan 2015) is Lambeth’s and people spend less than usual largest industrial area, with over 60 in similar centre companies and 500 jobs • But… there are signs of • It is home to well established businesses improvements with new shops such as Mylands and Denso opening and more people visiting • Parkhall Business Centre located to the east of the town centre includes 100 more small businesses What have you told us so far? We have been using an interactive mapping tool called ‘Commonplace’ to get your views on what you like about the area and what you think should be improved. A lot of positive comments How are your comments being used? clustered around: West Norwood Cemetery Your comments are directly influencing our thinking on the Norwood Park project. They will also help inform the development of specific projects in the future. Health and Leisure Centre Local projects such as the Bzz In addition, your comments will also help to inform the work Garage Garden of a number of partner groups and organisations including the Station-to-Station Business Improvement District (BID), the Streetworks Project and the Neighbourhood Planning Groups (Norwood Planning Assembly and Tulse Hill Forum). Common topics of concern • ‘Rundown’ nature of certain areas • Vacant space within town centre and commercial area • Litter and fly-tipping Approximately 850 individual • Some areas feeling unsafe comments and over 1,200 ‘agreements’ received so far • Congested areas/roads Comments have come from • Poor quality cycling environment across the local community … and we want more! Ideas for improvements (common themes) • Better range of shops and services • Street lighting, plants and other improvements to public spaces Some negative comments centred • Shop front improvements around: • Improved facilities such as public toilets • West Norwood Commercial Area • Improvements to the environment of the West • Quality and environment of Norwood High Street Norwood Commercial Area • The north end of Norwood Road and Tulse Hill Gyratory Do you agree or have something to add? Please visit Commonplace at the following link: https://westnorwoodandtulsehill.commonplace.is/ Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill Spatial Insights What are the main characteristics? Road Relevant Local Plan Railways Relevant Local Plan Hierarchy policies: policies: • T1 Sustainable Walking • T4 Public Transport • T2 Walking Infrastructure • T3 Cycling • EN1 Open Space and • T4 Public Transport Biodiversity Infrastructure • Q25 Views • T7 Parking • T8 Servicing (1) (2) (1) N N 0 625m 0 625m • Norwood Road is a busy street • East/west connections are • Majority of the immediate under the railway lines. with cars, buses and pedestrian important for local traffic and the surroundings are Sites • The railway is more dominant • The gyratory system at Knight’s vibrancy of the centre of Importance for Nature in the northern part of the site Hill and Norwood High Street is a Conservation. where it is elevated above ground major issue for the area • The road and rail bridges facilitate movement across and Character Relevant Local Plan Heritage and Relevant Local Plan Areas policies: Conservation policies: • Q1 Local Distinctive- • Q21 Registered Parks ness and Gardens • Q22 Conservation Areas • Q23 Local Heritage List • Q25 Views • Q26 Tall and Large Salvation Buildings Army Old Fire Station Old West Norwood Library Cemetery St Luke’s Church South London Theatre Portico Gallery Kingswood Primary School Chapel House N N 0 625m 0 625m • The area has a unique character • The residential areas are mostly • Landmark buildings and • The Cemetery with its mature defined by its use, topography Victorian houses, with some the historic urban structure landscape and the areas of and history from the 1930s and 20th Century contribute to the unique nature conservation importance • The main streets are apartments blocks. character of the area are important assets characterised by terraces with • The West Norwood Cemetery shops at ground floors and listed buildings like St Luke’s church are key assets Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill Strategic Vision What are the opportunities? While there have been lots of achievements since the 2009 masterplan, there are still a Strategic Approach Diagram number of exciting opportunities across the area that need to be realised. Understanding and helping to bring these Circular Road opportunities forward is the main focus for this masterplan refresh! Circular Road Norwood Road Lanercost Road Avenue Park Road Palace Road Elmcourt Road Leigham Vale Lancaster Avenue Road Norwood Road Location of Enhancement and Harpenden Opportunity Areas Chatsworth Way York Hill Tulse Hill Chestnut Road Station Lansdowne Hill Robson Road Canterbury Grove Grove Bloom Norwood High Street Knolly’s Yard Devane Way Central Cotswold Street Knight’s Retail Area Wolfington Road Street Beadman Auckland Hill Hill Farm Road St Julian’s Waring Street Avenue Central Ernest Thornlaw Road Norwood High Street Cultural Area Mixed use residential, retail and employment site Windsor Grove Rothschild Street West Norwood Cheviot Road Gipsy Road Commercial Chapel Road Area Enhancement Area Opportunity Area N N Site Boundary 0 400m not to scale What do we want to achieve? Distinctiveness, Growth, Community Town Centre Business and Employment Image and Perception Collective Action Distinctiveness Spaces and support to: Improve the image, Capacity building and collaboration to ensure Supporting uplift in the • Help existing businesses to perception and sense of West Norwood and Tulse quality and diversity of the stay arrival in the area for the Hill retains its reputation for core town centre areas benefit of residents and • Encourage new businesses to collective action and that including improvements visitors, and to strengthen invest the community plays an to retail, services and the the area’s reputation as active role in shaping the evening economy offer • Support residents to establish place to live, work and visit. and grow new enterprises area’s evolution Visioning West Norwood and Tulse Hill Enhancement Area Tulse Hill Station Area Identified for mixed use intensification in the 2009 masterplan and this is reflected in Lambeth Local Plan Policy PN7.