Diwali Festival on Ealing Stonebridge Park Station Road, the biggest Diwali Festival Alperton today A canal runs through it outside of India ^N Stonebridge There are some great things happening in Alperton today. Ealing Road is Our ambition is to establish three distinctive new neighbourhoods one of London’s best Asian shopping areas and the stunning new Shri linked by a high quality and lively stretch of canal. Sanatan Hindu Temple is nearing completion, once open it will be an important visitor destination. Hidden behind the housing and industrial estates is Alperton’s great surprise – one of the most under-appreciated stretches of the Grand Union Canal. Running along the canal is a network of small industrial estates, Alperton supporting a wide variety of businesses. New public space As you approach the canal from Alperton Station you will The Chequers pub Retained encounter a series of green spaces, each with a different character, around Alperton industrial some active centres for play and gathering and others tranquil spots Station and Alperton for quiet relaxation. heritage sites Community School Improved public Conveniently located bridges will allow you to easily cross the canal, transport But these great attractions do not add up to an identifiable community. connecting communities either side with local facilities, such as a doctor’s Existing Ealing Road looses its unique character as it nears Alperton Station; the surgery, library, learning centre, café, local jobs, and transport hubs. streets are visibly run down and disadvantaged by conflicts between the footbridge industry and residential neighbourhoods; the canal itself is under-used. New water features will be introduced within developments – such as marinas, pools and moorings – and provide more opportunities Our vision for Alperton is to transform this disjointed and rundown part Alperton Station for people to access the water along both sides of the canal. of London into a coherent and attractive place to live and work. and school Commercial • open up the canal for local people – as a place to travel to and from The canal will form part of a wider pedestrian and cycle network, uses for the canal home, work and school, as an open space for them to enjoy and as a through a new green corridor along the North Circular Road and place for recreation, respite and peace Brent River Park, providing a pleasant and safe route through the area. • find ways of drawing the attractions of Ealing Road closer to the tube station in order to better link the new communities with local facilities Ace Café • provide new homes for families, couples and individuals, together with new facilities and open spaces • plan to exploit Alperton’s proximity to Park Royal Industrial Estate to generate more local jobs You will observe Middlesex residents relaxing, Park Royal House socialising and playing alongside, and on, the canal. Stopping for a coffee in a canal side cafe, you will join workers and residents A choice of routes lead enjoying their lunch break. you into Wembley, Ealing Shri Sanatan Hindu Temple or Central London. Foreword I am delighted to introduce Our vision describes a this document which aims journey through Alperton to describe our ideas for in ten years time. A how Alperton could be journey designed to evoke transformed over the next the senses, and which will 10 years. be travelled by many local Alperton’s core: Waterside residential Industrial transition zone: A The Council has identified residents going about their a cultural centre neighbourhood a new working suburbia Moving forward the land adjoining the daily lives. canal in Alperton as a We want to work closely The canal will act as a spine Alperton’s local centre will be a Moving east along the canal a A series of pubic and Development on the Northfield New home-work units will The next step is to take this vision and the research growth area suitable for with residents, businesses, connecting a network of open lively, cosmopolitan destination different neighbourhood emerges, private open spaces Estate will provide new employment provide a buffer zone between already carried out and develop a masterplan for vision the construction of new land owners and all our spaces that extend from the catering for its culturally diverse quieter and more residential, emerge with the new developments. space where local industry can be the light-industrial and residential Alperton. This masterplan will be adopted as a homes to meet the UK partners to ensure that the cultural core of Alperton at population. The Shri Sanathan a new type of community which Open spaces along the canal will be relocated and consolidated. area. Open spaces and cafes will Supplementary Planning Document and so will be Ealing Road through a waterside Hindu Temple will re-enforce the provides family homes in a the location for new provide places where residents and used by the Council to ensure that new development wide demands of transformation of Alperton residential neighbourhood and cultural significance of the centre. compact modern environment. community facilities. businesses can feel connected. The supports the ambitions set out in this document. population growth and is a success. into an industrial transition zone Existing open Ace Café will continue to be Alperton is a popular shopping New housing will activate the the shortage of housing. next to the North Circular Road. spaces will be a significant landmark and social Our overarching ambitions are to: This is a starting point. destination specialising in Asian canal, taking advantage of the for improved to provide hub for the area. food, fashion and music. The views and atmosphere. The • create a new template for 21st century As well as providing new Delivering our vision will new recreation and entrepreneurial spirit industrial heritage of the canal A new access road to the North suburban living in Alperton sports facilities. homes, we believe that take many years. We are which exists will be is celebrated by retaining Circular will reduce existing conflicts there is an opportunity keen to share our initial nurtured and encouraged; important buildings. The new residential between residential and employment • develop new homes, whilst improving local to substantially renew ideas with you, and I existing businesses will neighbourhood will land and improve established business premises. have room be made accessible New development in this area will business links to Park Royal. Alperton and improve existing would invite you to get in • improve accessibility across the site to expand in by improvements to provide a mix of modern light A new type of There is a long-term ambition for business and employment touch with my team with appropriate public transport. industrial units, studios, managed Stonebridge Park Station to become • refurbish and improve existing open spaces opportunities. Brent your own ideas and Emerging out of Alperton Station accommodation. community which Initiatives could workspaces and new homes. a transport interchange. Council wants to see comments. a new public space will be the start New and improved provides family include a more • create a range of local jobs and support local of a busy and energetic high street, business premises will frequent local people to gain the necessary skills to access We want Alperton transformed Cllr John Detre – homes in a compact linking in a selection of shops, help to further raise bus route joining these jobs to establish into a place where people Lead Member for Regeneration restaurants and public transport the aspirations of modern environment. Alperton and The Ace Café will continue to be a significant choose to live, work and Economic Development facilities. Alperton School, the existing business Stonebridge Tube • support local residents, businesses and Alperton as landmark and social hub for the area. landowners through this period of change and invest. transformed as part of the Building community and attract Stations and a a place that Schools for the Future programme new investment. ‘fast bus’ link to The scale of the new development For more information please contact: Cllr Paul Lorber – will be a local hub, providing Wembley. Car clubs makes the The new development at this will relate to the adjacent existing Melissa Clark Leader of the Council extended services to the wider could be introduced to provide centre will be high density and neighbourhoods to the north and Policy and Regeneration Unit most of its community. residents with an alternative to mixed use. Well designed tall south, with taller buildings as you London Borough of Brent private car use. fantastic assets This new flexible space will be buildings at the crossing of Ealing move east into the Northfield T 020 8937 1618 capable of being closed to traffic Road and the canal will mark the Estate. The homes will set high E [email protected] for festivals such as Diwali; it will entrance to this destination. standards of environmentally also provide a navigable and safe sensitive design. connection between the Grand Union Canal and One Tree Hill. Dancer image this page courtesy of brentbrain.gov.uk.