Policy information sourced from the Brent Local Plan

BP1 Central

Proposals should plan positively to deliver the place vision by contributing and where appropriate delivering the following:

Character, Heritage and Design

  • Tall buildings are appropriate within the tall building zone, taking care to preserve protected views of the stadium and create a high quality new neighbourhood, integrating well with the suburban character of the surrounding area
  • Conserving and enhancing heritage and cultural assets including Barn Hill conservation area, the SSE Arena and the national stadium
  • Enhancing the public realm and stadium approach from Wembley Park and Wembley Stadium Stations, which will be reinforced through the removal of the Pedway, whilst creating stronger links between Wembley Park and Wembley town centres

Homes

  • Minimum of 13,700 additional homes in the period to 2041, which will be predominantly achieved through residential-led mixed-use development within the Wembley Growth Area which in total will deliver over 15,000 new homes, principally within the Wembley Park development
  • Intensification and higher residential densities will be supported around Wembley Park where it can be demonstrated development would take advantage of the area’s good access to public transport

Town Centres

  • To ensure that the development around the national stadium is compatible and coordinated with regeneration proposals in the surrounding area, and that Wembley town centre, the main focus for new retail and town centre uses in the borough, is expanded
  • Planning for the development by 20281of 2,100 sqm comparison goods retail floorspace and 4,300 sqm of convenience goods retail floorspace, in addition to that already existing and consented, directed towards Wembley and Wembley Park town centres to support their future designation as a single metropolitan centre at the London Plan level
  • Diversifying the town centre offer to include more cultural and leisure facilities

Employment and Skills

  • Encouraging the intensification of existing Strategic Industrial Locations closer to the North Circular Road
  • Retaining a significant proportion of industrial floorspace in new mixed-use developments on Watkin Road and First Way to the east of the Stadium
  • Increasing the supply of modern affordable workplace developments for the arts and creative industries consistent with Policy BE1 

Community and Cultural Facilities

  • Meeting social infrastructure requirements by securing provision for needs arising from new housing development, especially the provision of new education, health, cultural and community facilities
  • Providing a new primary school on the York House car park site

Open Space and Biodiversity

  • Supporting the re-naturalisation of the River Brent and Wealdstone Brook and its setting with increased amenity access where possible
  • Creating a new 7-acre public park plus other pocket parks/ quality areas of public realm, as part of the Wembley Park redevelopment scheme to serve new and existing communities

Transport

  • Reducing event day congestion/local resident inconvenience by creating a road link between North End Road and Bridge Road by 2020
  • Removing the one-way system to the east of the national stadium by 2020
  • Ensuring that the transportation infrastructure of Wembley is upgraded so that it supports the needs of the local community
  • Promoting access by public transport, bicycle or on foot and encouraging car free/lower parking provision
  • Consolidating the pedestrian/cycle Wembley Park/Wembley Stadium station route along Wembley Park Boulevard/Olympic Way

For more information please see the Brent Local Plan