Policy information sourced from the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan

PBS1 Hampton & Hampton Hill (A)

Future development in this place is expected, where relevant, to:

  • Enhance existing local centres and parades, encouraging more independent shops and businesses, to generate a sense of activity and vibrancy, and reanimate as local hubs.There is an opportunity to improve the pedestrian experience; to provide space for “spill-out” from restaurants, cafés and pubs in the commercial stretches of streets and on Hampton Hill High Street; temporary pedestrianisation of roads.
  • Contribute to improving the public realm and implement more high-quality street furniture, including in Hampton Village and Hampton Hill.
  • Incorporate focal points and a movement strategy across the area, while addressing the poor urban design elements of the existing estates in Hampton Residential. There is an opportunity to establish distinctive landmarks, without recourse to tall buildings, to improve legibility, focused along main roads and at key junctions.
  • Contribute to opportunities to establish more green infrastructure, particularly street trees, by protecting, increasing and improving open spaces.
  • Contribute to improving connectivity within the area, through wayfinding, signage and legibility, and the links to the riverside, preserving and enhancing public access to the Thames. Embrace the wider landscape setting along Thames to enhance the identity of the area and generate a more suburban/semi-rural feel, including to better establish/open views along the River at Hampton Waterworks.
  • Consider opportunities to reduce the dominance of cars, including the severing effect of Staines Road East/Upper Sunbury Road.

There are some development sites that if they are brought forward, or permissions implemented, may provide for redevelopment or new development. At Carpark for Sainsburys, Uxbridge Road, Hampton (Site Allocation 4) there is potential for affordable housing and restoration and enhancement of the river corridor.

See details in the Site Allocations within this area:

  • Hampton Square, Hampton
  • Platts Eyot, Hampton Hampton
  • Traffic Unit, 60-68 Station Road, Hampton
  • Carpark for Sainsburys, Uxbridge Road, Hampton
  • Hampton Telephone Exchange (Molesey Telephone Exchange), 34 High Street, Hampton

For more information please see the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan