Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033

HC3 Hackney Central Overground Station and Car Park

Allocation: Commercial - retail and employment workspace

Development Principles

The Council has an aspiration to reuse the former Hackney Central ticket office building (which is Locally Listed along with 1-5 Amhurst Road) as a station entrance. There is the potential for redevelopment of the car park for the provision of commercial (retail/leisure/workspace) floorspace, improved public realm facilitating connectivity and wayfinding and the retention of some car parking (for further details see Hackney Central and Surrounds Masterplan SPD). New development should deliver an improved station with mixed use, commercial development on the car park, and a new station entrance from Amhurst Road, with the retention of some car parking spaces and an improved public realm.

There is an opportunity to work with TfL and Network Rail to deliver station improvements for the short, medium and long term, including consideration of optimum transport infrastructure delivery to meet long term need (including as part of the potential delivery of a Crossrail 2 station).

Development proposals should have regard to the followingdevelopment principles:

  • Create an active frontage at ground floor and ticket hall level, including through the introduction of commercial (retail/workspace) uses to animate the new route towards the station and increase surveillance and safety, within an indicative building height of between 2 – 3 storeys.
  • Create a new access to Hackney Central Overground Station from Amhurst Road with DDA compliant lift and stairs.
  • Create new public space as a forecourt to the station and bus interchange on Amhurst Road to draw people out of the station via a new route.
  • Create clear sight lines to the station entrance from Amhurst Road to aid legibility and wayfinding to the station, encouraging use of the new route.
  • Retain existing service access to adjoining development.
  • Set back development to align with the existing building line on Amhurst road.
  • Provide continuous, active frontages along Amhurst Road.

Indicative Capacity: 1,350 sqm of commercial floorspace

For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033