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