Our Vision for

Old Oak & Park Royal

Victoria Hills – CEO

31 January 2017

OPDC Community Forum

LOCATION

London’s largest opportunity area

OPDC boundary area

Introducing OPDC

Transport for

London

Developers

& Investors

Department for

Transport

Department for

Communities &

Local Government

Network Rail

High Speed 2

Boroughs Businesses

& Residents

Landowners

Key partners

Greater London

Authority

Community

organisations Homes for

Londoners

HS2 and Crossrail

• 2026 Old Oak station opens

• 250,000 passengers per day

• 90% the size of Waterloo station

• £1bn Government investment at Old Oak

• 5 new & improved stations

• 202 trains at peak across Old Oak

• 10 rail lines

• 8 min from central London

• 10 min from Heathrow

• 38 min from Birmingham

A super hub station

The core development site

New bridges and connections

High quality new homes

Protecting Wormwood Scrubs

Utilising the Grand Union Canal

Learning from others

London Legacy Development Corporation

West Kowloon, Hong Kong

The Oculus, New York

Proposed HS2 station

Commitment to growth

• Opportunity Area Planning

Framework adopted by

Mayor in November 2015

• First draft Local Plan

consultation completed

• First CIL public

consultation completed

• A huge amount of

supporting evidence

gathered

Local Plan update evening

Future steps

Mayoral Review, outcome and Chair

Getting developers more engaged with you

Planning Powers

and Functions

Tom Cardis – Head of Planning Policy

31 January 2017

OPDC Community Forum

Planning Powers

• Development of planning policy and evidence base

• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging and setting

• Determination of planning applications

Development of planning policy and evidence base

The London Plan

City in the west

235,000 JOBS

140,000 HOMES

OAPF publication

• Identifies how to deliver a

minimum 25,500 homes and

65,000 jobs

• Supplementary planning

guidance (SPG) to

the London Plan

• Contains principles relating to

land use, design, place specific

guidance

• Used in determination of planning

applications

LOCAL PLAN

PUBLIC REALM &

CONNECTIVITY

STRATEGY

FUTURE GROWTH

SECTORS

STRATEGY

CIRCULAR

ECONOMY

STRATEGY

HOUSING

STRATEGY

INFRASTRUCTUR

E DELIVERY PLAN

HERITAGE

STRATEGY

DEVELOPMENT

CAPACITY STUDY

ENVIRONMENTAL

STANDARDS

OPEN SPACE

STUDY UTILITIES STUDY

INDUSTRIAL

LAND REVIEW

TRANSPORT

STRATEGY

CHARACTER

AREAS STUDY

PRECEDENTS

STUDY

From OAPF to Local Plan

Planning Policy

Local Plan

• 1st draft published February 2016

• 1st consultation finished

on 31 March 2016

• 2nd draft due for publication

late Spring 2017

1. Housing

2. Density

3. Infrastructure

4. Social Infrastructure

Development/Land use type Proposed rate per Square

Metre (£)

Residential

(other than student housing and retirement housing) £175

Student housing £250

Retirement housing £160

Retail foodstore >280sqm £125

All other retail £50

Offices £70

Hotels £80

All other uses tested Nil

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

5. Amenity space

6. Environment & Utilities

PARK ROYAL OLD

OAK

WORMWOOD

SCRUBS

Three character areas

• Intensification to support 10,000 new jobs

• Managed and improved transport and movement

• Enhance the range of services in Park Royal centre

• Improved utilities and broadband

• A coordinated Work Programme

Park Royal

Places

Scrubs Lane and Victoria Road

2 S c r u b s L a n e

1 5 1 S c r u b s L a n e

M i t r e Y a r d M i t r e W h a r f

N o r t h K e n s i n g t o n G a t e C a r G i a n t

Shaping early delivery

• Scrubs Lane will be a characterful

and well connected street sitting

as a hinge between east and

west

• Development will continue its

employment heritage and will

integrate space for living, creating

and working

Scrubs Lane Vision

• A leisure and community focused

canalside location that celebrates

the striking relationship of

infrastructure and canal heritage

with active canal-side spaces.

Mitre Canal Side Vision

Victoria Road and Old Oak Lane

A unique transition area

Supporting thriving communities

Determination of planning applications

11,000 homes in the planning system

Indicative Phasing

Oaklands

Cargiant

North Kensington Gate

OPDC Development:

Maximising the Potential

Alun Hughes – Head of Development

Willesden Junction

Crossrail Depot

Car Giant site

North Acton

Old Oak Common today

Old Oak Common tomorrow?

Getting from A to B…

Your views are important…

Landownership

Infrastructure….

Over-site development

Crossrail Depot…

The Elizabeth Line depot

Masterplan

Questions and discussion

@oldoakparkroyal

www.london.gov.uk/opdc

info@opdc.london.gov.uk

020 7983 5732