Policy information sourced from Barnet Colindale AAP 2010

4.1 Colindale Avenue Corridor of Change

To achieve the vision for Colindale Avenue Corridor of Change, development will be expected to:

  1. Develop a dynamic new public transport interchange and associated pedestrian piazzas on Colindale Hospital/Station House site, British Library site and Peel Centre West site;
  2. Provide a sustainable mix of uses to create a new, vibrant neighbourhood centre for Colindale, with a range of retail and commercial provision, education, health and other community uses;
  3. Provide a sustainable and walkable neighbourhood centre including convenience food store provision of up to 2,500sqm supported by a range of associated shops and services to meet local needs;
  4. Improve the quality of and access to Montrose Park;
  5. Provide a new focus of sustainable higher density living with a range of unit sizes, types and tenures, with a typical residential density of approximately 150 dw/ha;
  6. Support the provision of primary health care facilities to serve a growing local population;
  7. Provide safe, direct, legible and attractive pedestrian and cycle routes to and from the centre;
  8. Transform Colindale Avenue into an elegant, high quality urban route, attractively landscaped and lined by buildings of the highest architectural standards;
  9. Provide a package of transport improvements, in accordance with Policy 3.1, to create a more connected and legible Colindale and manage levels of congestion;
  10. Support the relocation of Barnet College to a new purpose built building close to Colindale Station;
  11. Support the relocation of Middlesex University student accommodation; and
  12. Improve the quality of the Silk Stream environment, to direct development away from flood risk areas, reduce the impact of flooding and minimise the potential for flooding.

For more information please see the Colindale AAP 2010