Hammersmith & Fulham council has launched a 20-year development framework for the west London borough.
The council’s planning blueprint focuses on five major development areas where it plans to “boosting employment opportunities in deprived areas, creating a better mix of housing and improving the local environment”.
The areas are: Hammersmith town centre, South Fulham riverside, White City opportunity area, West Kensington/Earls Court/North Fulham and Old Oak Common in the north of the borough.
The proposals include:
– a future Crossrail station at Old Oak Common which could act as a high-speed rail hub linking Heathrow to the rest of the
– development of an international conference centre and hotels within the Earls Court and Olympia complexes as a major way of boosting the local economy and bringing new jobs to one of the most deprived areas in London;
– regeneration of Shepherds Bush Market and its expansion onto land adjacent to the area;
– 6,500 new homes across the borough in 10 years, with the focus on providing low-cost home ownership; and
– the transformation of other housing estates in
Council leader Stephen Greenhalgh said: “£232m is already being spent on improving council housing through the government’s Decent Homes programme, but now the council is focused on ensuring we have decent neighbourhoods as well.
“A decent neighbourhood is one where there are local job opportunities, where people can step on to the property ladder without feeling they have to move away and where they can bring up their children in a cleaner, safer, pleasant environment with access to good quality parks and open spaces.”
The details are published in a consultation paper called, The local development framework core strategy options, which sets out how the borough could develop, with the council indicating its preferred options.
The paper is out for consultation until 17 July. Once comments have been received a further version of the document will be published in October.
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