Redrow Shape Your Place Second Exhibition Plans[1]

8/12/2019 Redrow Shape Your Place Second Exhibition Plans[1]

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Grant Associates is a leading landscape architecture practicespecialising in large-scale urban master planning and design, landscapeinterventions, waterfront projects, parks, squares and gardens.

Welcome to oursecond exhibition on

the future of the formerPeel Centre site

Our first exhibition took place in February thisyear when we shared our initial ideas for thesite and asked you what characteristics of anew neighbourhood you would like to see herein Colindale. Thank you to everyone who camealong and got involved.

At this second exhibition, we will show you how wehave incorporated your ideas into our more detailedproposals. This is also another chance to ask questionsof the project team and give us any further feedback.

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The design teamRedrow is one of the UKs leading developers and has a track recordof creating outstanding and innovative places to live. Operating forover 40 years, Redrow has a reputation for imaginative design, highbuild quality and excellent customer service.

Redrow has appointed a professional and experienced team toensure that high quality design is at the very core of the project.

Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) Studios is a Stirling Prize winningarchitectural practice with an international reputation for designquality, for pioneering environmental expertise and an innovativearchitectural approach.

FCB Studios have extensive experience in designing high-quality plac esfor people to live as well as expertise in education, urban design,places for art and the creative reuse of historic buildings.

A new neighbourhood

for a growing partof London

Colindale has been identified by Barnet Council and by the Mayor

of London as an area that has great potential. Barnets AreaAction Plan and the Mayors London Plan both adopted asofficial planning policy set out proposals to create new homes

and jobs in this area and for Colindale to play a major role inLondons future growth.

The Redrow proposals that you will learn about here today are part

of this story as the former police training ground is central to unlocking

this potential. By opening up the site, transforming it into a new

neighbourhood and connecting it to the rest of Colindale, we can bring

the whole area together as a thriving and growing part of London.

Studio Egret West is an award winning architecture, urban design andlandscape practice based in London.

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About the former

Peel Centre SiteThe Peel Centre site, next to Colindale tubestation, has been used by the MetropolitanPolice as an operational training centre sincethe 1930s. It has also been home to a Royal AirForce Station and the London Aerodrome.In 1912 the first Aerial Derby started andfinished at Hendon and was watched by anestimated 500,000 spectators. Through the20s and 30s many RAF pageants were heldhere. RAF Hendon officially closed in 1987.

The Metropolitan Police are retaining around 19 acres of the site

to develop a new, more efficient modern facility. Construction

work started on this site earlier this year.

The remaining 49-acres were sold to Redrow last year. The sale

will enable the Mayors Office for Policing and Crime to invest

further in policing including the development of a new world-class

training and operational facility for the Metropolitan Police Service

located on the smaller retained part of the site.

The significant deal, the first through the Mayors London

Development Panel, forms part of a wider strategy to dispose

of underused Metropolitan Police property in order to save

60m in running costs per year. This money is being reinvested

back into policing and will provide a more modern, efficient, secure

and cost-effective estate for the Metropolitan Police.

As a result, the land now owned by Redrow will soon become

part of the Colindale community for the very first time, providing

much-needed new homes, green spaces, community facilities and

pedestrian and cycle links for the area, as well as a new primary

school. This is a truly exciting time for Colindale and Redrow

is proud to be part of it.

At the first exhibition we asked you what you would likethe new neighbourhood to be called. We have already hadsome fantastic suggestions but wont be making a decision

just yet so theres still plenty of time to submit your ideas.

Here are some of your favourite suggestions so far:

Aerodrome Village

Peel Village

Colindale Green

Colindale Gardens

Peel Park

Peel Gardens

Lancaster Park

Colindale Reach

Aerodrome Park Gardens

A new name for anew neighbourhood

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SCHOOL

Part of Colindalefor the first time

Used by the Metropolitan Police for around

80 years, the site is currently inaccessibleand has always been closed off to the public.Soon it will become part of the Colindalecommunity for the very first time, with spacesand amenities for everyone to share.

With your help, we have developed plans for athriving new neighbourhood with space for all thebenefits, services and amenities that this area needs.We are proposing:

A high quality, landscaped development that includesa number of landmark buildings

Much needed new homes for Colindale a mix offamily houses and flats to create a truly mixedcommunity from single professionals and youngcouples to growing families all designed by someof the best architects in the country

4 hectares of public spaces including a largeneighbourhood park, sports and play facilities andpedestrian and cycle trails for the entire community

to use and enjoy

A three-form entry primary school with spacefor more than 600 pupils, a nursery and onsitecommunity facilities

Space for a new health centre

A real high street environment along Colindale Avenuewith the creation of a new plaza with new shops,cafs and restaurants

A supermarket big enough for a weekly shop

Accessible, safe and attractive walking and cyclingroutes through the site, connecting new and existingcommunities and linking through to the tube station,bus stops and high street

Improvements to Colindale tube station, local roadsand junctions and new bus stops in better locations

Draftmasterplan

KEY

1. Plaza with shops andrestaurants and spacefor a new health centre

2. Potential new tubestation entrance

3. New supermarket4. Neighbourhood Centre5. Vehicular access to site6. London Square7. 1km running route8. Green network of

pedestrian and cycle links9. Garden Square

10. Houses

11. Community growing

12. Ecology garden

13. Childrens play facilities

14. New pedestrian andcycle link

15. New Police training facility

16. Green streets

17. Neighbourhood Park

18. Peel Square

19. School and nursery


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Our vision is for a walkable community where there is no needto get into your car to do your shopping, go to the park or get tothe tube or bus station.

Our proposals will greatly improve pedestrian and cycle routesthrough this part of Colindale, opening up seven new access andexit points onto the site including a new l ink so that communitieson all sides can walk through this new neighbourhood, bringingit to life and connecting parts of the area that have previouslybeen cut off from each other.

We will be openingup this large site, creating a network of publicopen spaces and plazas and pedestrian and cycle links thatwill

connectnewand existingcommunities forthe firsttime.Our aimis tomake this newneighbourhood welcomingand accessible

toall. Ourproposals will provide atleast4 hectares of publicspaces - this is roughlythe equivalentsize of twoTrafalgarSquares ornearly five football pitches.

Unsurprisingly, the introduction of new green, public spaces wasa very popular idea during our first public exhibition.

In response, we have asked our specialist landscape architect Grant Associates to create:

A large neighbourhood park at 2 hectares it will be biggerthan Leicester Square

Sports pitches

A network of green pedestrian and cycle links

Community growing spaces

Play spaces to suit children of all different ages including aMulti-Use Games Area, play space and playground facilities

A 1km long trim trail and jogging circuit within the site

An ecology garden

Communal gardens and private courtyards for use ofresidents of all flats

Space to liveand play for all to enjoy

In our first exhibition nearly 70% of you asked us to improveColindale Tube Station as part of our plans. We completelyagree that this is needed and are working closely with TfL on arefurbishment programme. It is also our aspiration to relocatethe entrance to the tube station onto our site, however, we arestill in the early stages of discussions about this.

Colindale tube station

We have been working with Barnet Council to identify how bestwe can improve Colindale Avenue and its junction with GrahamePark Way and ease any potential congestion along Colindale

Avenue and Aerodrome Road. Vehicular access to the site will bevia Aerodrome Road though we expect the site to remain fairlyquiet in terms of car movements.

Road improvements

Pedestrian andcycle links

We are proposing to identify two potential new bus stops alongAerodrome Road to improve access to local bus routes for thenew neighbourhood and nearby communities.

New bus stops

The new park, next to the school, will be a real asset andfocal point for the neighbourhood and the whole of Colindale.The plan above shows how this space could be used for sportspitches, play space, community growing and ecology as wellas walking and leisure.

Newneighbourhood park

The site is already well connected by public transport includingtube and buses and by road links. Transport for London willfinish work to increase capacity on the Northern Line by 20%and reduce journey times by 18% later this year.

Better connections forColindale communities

Sketch view across the new neighbourhoodpark.

Sketch of the new pedestrian andcycle link underneath the railway line.


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Everythinga newneighbourhoodneedsRedrow is committed to improving C olindale,

and is making some substantial investmentsinto this already well-established communityto ensure it can reach its full potential. Thismeans that it will have all the services andamenities you need to shop locally, relaxlocally and enjoy living in a thriving part ofLondon - and all the right connections to puteverything within reach.

In response to your feedback, we have also included i n the plans:

Retail and restaurant space on a new plaza on ColindaleAvenue to help bring the area to life, create a night-timeeconomy and make Colindale a place where people can relaxand enjoy themselves

Space for a potential Health Centre facility to be locatedon site

Space for other community facilities in the new plazadepending on need and demand

The development of the site will also create up to 3,600full timeconstruction related jobs, about 500permanent jobs associatedwith the commercial uses proposed on site and support localapprenticeships. Redrow is working with Barnet Council toensure that local people benefit from training opportunities onsite. There may also be scope for Redrow to work in partnershipwith Barnet Colleges new construction training facility.

Work, rest and play in the heart of Colindale

A brand new primary schoolwith a nursery will be a majorpart of the scheme over50% of you asked for th is aspart of our first exhibition,and we will deliver it. TheLocal Education Authorityhas also highlighted the needfor a new primary school inthe area and is supportiveof our plans.

The three-form entry school will have space for more than 600pupils and will also have a nursery for children ages 2-4 yearsold. The schools facilities, like its gym and some of its classroomspace, will be available for the rest of the community to use outof school hours.

The school will be in the middle of the site so that it is accessibleand it will be delivered early on as part of Phase 1 to help tobring the neighbourhood to life.

A brand new school

In summary, this new neighbourhood will provide:

Much needed, high quality new homes for Colindale

4 hectares of public space including parks, sportsand play facilities

A new primary school and nursery

Space for a new health centre

A new plaza with shops, cafs and restaurant s

A supermarket

New walking and cycle routes

Improvements to Colindale tube station and local roads

New bus stops in better locations

Sketch view across the new Colindale Plaza.


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Tell us what

you think

Thank you for attending this exhibition.We hope you found it interesting and areexcited about the future of Colindale an d

the Peel Centre site.

Please let us know what you think or raiseany questions or comments by:

Talking to a member of the projectteam here today

Filling out a comment card andleaving it with us today or posting toFREEPOST REDROW SHAPE YOURPLACE CONSULTATION

Emailing us [email protected]

Writing to us at: FREEPOSTREDROW SHAPE YOUR PLACECONSULTATION

Leaving us a voice message on0808 146 7836

We will seek to respond to all of your questionsand consider all of your feedback before wesubmit our final planning application to BarnetCouncil. We have already started discussions withBarnet Council, the Greater London Authority andTransport for London.

This application will cover the entire site in outlineas well as the detailed design for the first phasewhich will include the new family homes, primaryschool and community park.

We are looking to submit the application in earlyautumn this year and hope to start work in spring2015. We estimate that the entire scheme willtake around 10 years to deliver.

Next steps

www.redrowcolindale.com

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