Policy information sourced from the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan

PBS2 Teddington & Hampton Wick (B)

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

  • Contribute to a sense of activity and vibrancy in the town and neighbourhood centres, retaining the mix of uses including restaurants, cafés, and pubs.
  • Secure the provision of office floorspace and new flexible workspaces within the town centre and intensification of existing employment sites to provide for jobs and support local businesses.
  • Enhance the public realm, to improve the sense of arrival at Teddington Station and create public areas for dwelling in Teddington town centre and implement more, high quality street furniture. Upgrade the public realm in Hampton Wick to reanimate it as a local hub.
  • Support greening through enhancing street trees, planting and verges, in the town and neighbourhood centres and the residential areas, such as the opportunity to improve biodiversity in the gardens in front of Elmfield House.
  • Protect, improve and increase open spaces, the connections between them and views to green spaces and the Thames Corridor.
  • In areas deficient in access to Public Open Space, consider opportunities to improve access to existing spaces, either through design and public realm improvements, or where opportunities arise, provide new publicly accessible open space. Open spaces that are currently not publicly accessible, such as Udney Park Playing Fields, will be encouraged to make them available for public access and use.
  • Ensure development along the riverside reflects the semi-rural character of the Thames Corridor and embraces the wider landscape setting to enhance the identity of the area. Contribute to valued leisure functions, including water uses, walking and cycling and enhancing continuity, connectivity and legibility of the Thames Path route, with public realm and active frontages along the riverside.
  • Consider opportunities to reduce the dominance of cars and promote active travel, improving the permeability and creating space for pedestrians.

Within the town centre boundary, there is potential for new development at key corner plots and around the station if sites come forward, including at Teddington Telephone Exchange (Site Allocation 6),Teddington Delivery Office (Site Allocation 7), and Fulwell Bus Garage (Site Allocation 19).There are opportunities to provide for social and community infrastructure, and enhance the local retail and employment offers which contribute to enabling the town centre grow and diversify, as well as provide new housing.There is an identified opportunity for mid-rise buildings in the area along the railway line north of Teddington Station, across the junction of Station Road/High Street in accordance with Policy 45 Tall and Mid-Rise Building Zones. Outside of the town centre, at the Strathmore Centre (Site Allocation 8) redevelopment for a replacement nursery and affordable housing is expected to be implemented.

See details in the Site Allocations within this area:

  • Telephone Exchange, Teddington
  • Teddington Delivery Office, Teddington
  • Strathmore Centre, Strathmore Road, Teddington
  • Teddington Police Station, Park Road, Teddington

For more information please see the Richmond Upon Thames Local Plan