Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan

WCRA1 WHITE CITY EAST

The council will seek regeneration in White City East for a mixed-use urban quarter within a high quality environment.

Proposals for development in White City East should:

  • be mixed use providing housing, employment, including creative and academic based industries, community uses, a major research and academic hub, leisure facilities as well as small-scale retail;
  • provide large amounts of housing for residents across all tenures, house sizes and affordability;
  • ensure that on sites primarily developed for research/academic purposes, that a mix of uses is provided, including non-student accommodation and other non-academic uses;
  • demonstrate how the proposal fits within the context of a detailed masterplan, and how it integrates and connects with the surrounding context including land adjacent to the boundary with RBKC. There should be improved permeability and access between Westfield and areas north in the WCRA, particularly through areas of public open space including opening up arches underneath the Hammersmith and City Line railway viaduct, where appropriate;
  • provide a network of green corridors and public open spaces including a local park located centrally of approximately 2ha;
  • ensure that development provides high quality places for living and working that are well integrated with, and respect the setting of, the surrounding area;
  • retain those remaining parts of the former BBC TV Centre which have historic and/or architectural interest. The Centre’s setting should be integrated with the surrounding public realm, providing connectivity to the east, west and south of the site; and
  • contribute proportionally to the achievement of the objectives and policies for the area; to the overall provision of social and physical infrastructure such as: a health centre, educational facilities, public open space, employment training and recruitment programmes, community facilities, a decentralised energy network and other necessary improvements to the transport infrastructure to enable the White City Regeneration Area to be developed to its potential.

For more information please see the Local Plan