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Old Oak Common and Park Royal Development Corporation (incl. HS2 station)
- Published: 05 Feb 2019
Old Oak HS2 station (image updated post-exhibition launch)
A number of exhibitions are being held across the borough this month concerning the design of the HS2 station at Old Oak, which is at the heart of the OPDC area. This is the major interchange between HS2 and The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail), due to be the busiest interchange in the UK after London Waterloo.
The architects are WilkinsonEyre and let us hope they come up with a design which measures up to the importance of the project.
Details of times and locations are shown in the diary with links to maps – the first event is today, 5th February.
- Published: 19 Nov 2018
The 12-page Autumn Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members. Subjects include:
- Olympia Redevelopment
- Town Hall
- West London College on Gliddon Road
- West 12 Shopping Centre
- Kings Mall Shopping Centre
- Riverside Studios
- Cycle Superhighway CS9
- Heathrow Third Runway
- Brook House, Shepherds Bush Road
- Hammersmith Bridge
- On-Street cycle storage
- Phone boxes, old and new
- Linford Christie stadium
- OPDC – Old Oak
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- Published: 06 Sep 2018
London Open House offers a wonderful opportunity to explore buildings all over London – including in our Borough. The full listing of 27 buildings open to see in H&F over the weekend of 22-23 September is available here. Why not also stroll or cycle round the nominations and winners of our own Environment Awards ?
And as the northern boundaries of the Borough become more important, on both dates there is a walk round part of the Old Oak & Park Royal Development Area led by art historian Magdalen Evans, details here
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- Published: 08 May 2018
The 8-page Spring Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members. Subjects include:
- Environment Award nominations and AGM
- Town Hall
- Tom Ryland RIBA 1947- 2018
- Cycle Superhighway CS9
- Earls Court
- OPDC – Old Oak
- White City Blues?
- The Cecil French Bequest
- Heathrow Third Runway
- New Website
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- Published: 18 Jan 2018
There have been no new major site applications. The updated Local Plan originally planned for the Spring will not now be ready until the Summer – and this is thought to be due to the difficulties of reconciling the proposals with the realisation that the huge area of land required for the Crossrail Elizabeth line sidings cannot be built over economically and therefore will radically reduce the area of land available for development.- Published: 24 Nov 2017
The plans for the OPDC area continue to advance despite the many problems, not least the funding of the massive infrastructure which will be necessary. It is a concern that often the thinking is not co-ordinated between the various agencies. Transport for London (TfL) recently consulted on the design of two of the proposed Overground stations at Hythe Road and Old Oak Common Lane but these were isolated from the adjoining proposals for the Elizabeth Crossrail line and HS2 station at Old Oak Common Lane. At present there is no funding for the TfL stations and the designs seem unnecessarily heavy and clumsy.- Published: 31 Oct 2017
The 12-page October Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members. Subjects include:
- AGM & 2017 Environment Awards
- Town Hall
- Cycle Superhighway CS9
- Triangle site
- OPDC – Old Oak
- Landmark House
- Olympia
- White City
- Helicopter Noise
- Parks Commission
- Fast Track Planning
- Capability Brown Statie
- William Morris Statue
- Dimes Place
- LAMDA
- Town Centre Residents Group and Masterplan
- More…
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Tagged Capability Brown Conservation Council Cycling Environment & Streetscape HamSoc/Awards Local Plan Major Developments Neighbourhood planning Olympia OPDC Parks/Open Spaces/Sports Riverside Studios Shepherd's Bush Smaller Developments Town Centre/Masterplan Town Hall Transport/TfL Triangle Site White City
- Published: 21 Jul 2017
OPDC Local Plan
OPDC Planning Applications
Despite objections from us, the Council and most other consultees, the OPDC Committee have continued to approve schemes in Scrubs Lane, the latest being Mitre Bridge which is the site immediately on the left after the canal bridge going north. This involves a 19 storey tower and many of the units are being promoted on the basis of ‘build for rent’. Another scheme with another tall tower is being launched next week for the Nursery Site at the top end of Scrubs Lane. No-one knows at this stage what effect the Grenfell fire will have on the construction of these towers which all involve single escape staircases.
- Will the rules on Fire Precautions be drastically upgraded ?
- Will developers want to proceed with such towers ?
- Will people want to live in them?
We continue to challenge the very high densities proposed in the OPDC area which result in these tall towers. We hope that the latest lowered growth predictions by the GLA for London may enable some reductions.
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Nominations deadline for 2019 Awards - 30th year!
Wed 15th May
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Environment Awards ‘Walkabout’ - 30th year!
Sun 19th May | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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