Policy information sourced from the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan

AAP3: Wealdstone

Development within all three Wealdstone sub areas will be required to strengthen the district centre, including the High Street’s vibrancy and vitality, and improve the environment and identity of the Wealdstone area as a location for business and industrial activity and for family living.

New development within the three sub areas of Wealdstone is expected to contribute to a programme of urban realm enhancements based around Harrow & Wealdstone Station and the promotion of better east-west pedestrian and cycle links (See AAP7).

Proposals for the development of identified Opportunity Sites within the three Wealdstone sub areas should be in general conformity with the site objectives and development parameters for each site set out in Chapter 5.

Within the Wealdstone Central sub area proposals should also:

  • Be of a massing, bulk and scale appropriate to its district centre designation and to the site surroundings;
  • Contribute to the enhancement of the urban realm and visual amenity of the district centre as a key transport gateway into the Heart of Harrow;
  • Contribute to the broader east-west connectivity set out in the Vision;
  • Provide a design which respects, and relates positively to, the centre’s heritage and character in terms of architecture, streetscape and road layout;
  • Make a positive contribution to the perception of safety and security within the centre; and
  • Create an accessible, family friendly environment.

Within the Wealdstone West sub area proposals should also:

  • Support Wealdstone’s strategic employment function, and help nurture existing and new uses, seeking creative non-residential re-use of industrial buildings and sites where possible;
  • Improve pedestrian and cycle access and connections across and from the Wealdstone West sub area to Wealdstone district centre and beyond to the Harrow Leisure Centre and Station Road;
  • Provide a design which creates a sense of place but one that is clearly related to, and an extension of, Wealdstone;
  • Ensure the design and character of both the leading land use and any enabling development conforms to the relevant policies of the Area Action Plan;
  • Make provision for community uses that are not appropriate to locate within the district centre;
  • Contribute significantly to the enhancement and delivery of the Harrow Green Grid; and
  • Contribute to the quantity, quality and accessibility of existing open space and outdoor playing pitches serving the sub area.

Within the Wealdstone East sub area proposals should also:

  • Improve pedestrian and cycle access to the Harrow Leisure Centre from Station Road and Wealdstone district centre;
  • Be of a scale and intensity that supports a transition in building form from the Wealdstone Central and Station Road sub areas, through to the eastern edge of the Wealdstone East sub area and the suburban Metroland beyond; and
  • Contribute to the provision and feel of a leisure and family orientated neighbourhood within developments of a density higher than traditional Harrow suburban environments.

For more information please see the Area Action Plan