Architects We Made That have been appointed as masterplanners for what will be London’s largest industrial estate at Park Royal Centre in west London.
Park Royal is located immediately to the west of the massive redevelopment at Old Oak Common and falls under the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation’s remit. It is home to 2,000 businesses and employs more than 40,000 people.
On the 1,606 acres of land at Old Oak, the OPDC is planning 24,000 new homes and 55,000 jobs, alongside 1,500 new homes and 10,000 jobs on the adjoining Park Royal industrial estate.
Liz Peace CBE, OPDC chairman said: “OPDC is working hard to plan for the whole of Old Oak and Park Royal.
“The centre of Park Royal is home to the incredibly important Central Middlesex Hospital and an Asda superstore along with lots of local businesses that are all hugely important in supporting the communities, not only within the OPDC area, but also the wider communities across Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham.”
The majority of Park Royal Centre is identified as a strategic industrial location in the London Plan and OPDC’s Local Plan, and the masterplan will guide the delivery of 32,291 sq ft of new town centre floorspace, the creation of 1,400 new jobs and 650 new homes.
The masterplan will be discussed at a public consultation event in July, with the final version expected to be completed in early autumn.
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