Mayor of London Boris Johnson has approved a planning framework to redevelop Old Oak Common, NW10, and Park Royal, W3.
The framework sets out a strategy for one of the largest regeneration projects in the country – delivering a new town on brownfield land, focusing around a transport hub generated by the arrival of Crossrail and HS2.
Over the next 20 years as many as 24,000 homes and 55,000 jobs are expected to be created in Old Oak, while Park Royal, the UK’s largest industrial estate, will be redeveloped to provide an additional 1,500 homes and 10,000 jobs.
The new residential population will benefit from a new town centre and high street with restaurants, shops and green spaces.
A railway station at Old Oak Common is expected to provide an interchange between HS2, Crossrail 1 and the Great Western mainline, as well as two new London Overground stations, Hythe Road and Old Oak Lane, and enhanced current infrastructure.
The scheme is anticipated in to make an annual economic contribution of £7bn.
In April, the mayor established the Old Oak and Park Royal Mayoral Development Corporation, with powers over local planning.
Old Oak and Park Royal MDC director of planning Mick Mulhern said: “We are using the framework to guide all future development in the area; so, getting this in now is a really positive thing, as we have a really strong and clear position of how we want to see Old Oak Common and Park Royal connect into its surrounding areas, so it feels like it is part of London.”
The HS2, Crossrail and Great West mainline station – Old Oak Common – is due to open in 2026 and will have 250,000 passengers interchanging every day, making it similar in size to Waterloo.
Mulhern added: “When all the stations are built they will deliver over 200 trains an hour on 10 different lines. The big transport bodies own roughly 70% of the land and that is quite exciting. There is a real opportunity for the public sector to become the lead body for regeneration in the area.”
