OPDC visualisation

As most of you know, the Mayor of London successfully persuaded the Government that he should manage the development and planning controls around Old Oak Common and Park Royal (also includes Wormwood Scrubs) in the same manner as the Mayor was responsible for the Olympics site. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) became official from 1 April 2015. The Acting Chief Executive is Victoria Hills and the Chief Planning Officer is William McKee (formerly of this parish – Remember him?). Things are due to move fairly quickly and are all linked in with Crossrail and HS2 which will meet if all goes well to provide a station as large as Waterloo on the site. The Hammersmith Society have asked to be a major consultee and we are due to have a meeting with OPDC in the next two weeks.

The most recent Board meeting of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation was being held on Thursday 25 June at City Hall, in Committee Room 2 at 15:00. Meetings are open to the public. Papers for the meeting are available in advance and can be found here

Please note that Amanda Souter, appointed board member, chair of Wells House Road Residents Association and member of the Grand Union Alliance would like to know if resident and community groups have any questions that she could raise at the OPDC meetings. She can be contacted on 

For more details about the Board meetings and links to the webcast archives please visit this site Or you can send e-mail enquiries to

We intend to liaise with other key groups on this which include the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group, the Grand Union Alliance and Friends of Wormwood Scrubs. Fuller reports will be issued regularly on this.

In the meantime you can also An drop-in information session about the latest development in the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project is being organised from 11am to 5pm this Saturday 27th June at the Old Oak Community and Children’s Centre, 76 Braybrook Street, London W12 0AP. Its focus is on proposed changes for an additional provision to the hybrid Bill in the Old Oak Common area.

You can read about the new Hs2 provisions here

Car Giant Proposals

Car Giant are one of the largest land owners within the OPDC area. They are currently consulting on their Initial Masterplan – which does not include a new stadium for QPR who are keen for this to happen – but do not own the necessary land!

Information and details of consultations on the Car Giant proposals may be seen at : www.oldoakpark.co.uk