Policy information sourced from Wandsworth Core Strategy

PL 13 Clapham Junction and the adjoining area

The role of Clapham Junction as a major transport interchange will be enhanced creating a new station fit for the twenty-first century through improvements to the station including a new entrance in St John’s Hill, lifts to all platforms and improved bus/rail interchange facilities.

A comprehensive retail and residential-led mixed use redevelopment of the station approach shopping centre and the adjoining land bounded by St John’s Hill and Falcon Road could enable substantial improvements to take place to the station and access to it. Public realm improvements will also need to be provided. The provision of new retail floorspace will help integrate the area better into the town centre and strengthen its retail function. New residential accommodation will help meet housing targets in a highly accessible location. Development at Clapham Junction and other sites in and around the town centre should aim to provide at least 926 homes by 2029/30, with up to 30,000 sq ms of employment space. Other appropriate uses in this highly accessible location include offices, hotel, cultural, leisure, entertainment and community uses including healthcare. A high quality street frontage can be created around the existing station entrance in St John’s Hill, that conserves and enhances the Clapham Junction Conservation Area building upon the established urban grain of the town centre. Taller buildings could not only help deliver significant regeneration benefits but also give a visual focus to the town centre, subject to qualifications set out in Policy IS3 and DMPD Policy DMS4, specifically the need to retain the significance of the listed Arding and Hobbs building as a visual focus in the Conservation Area.

Enhanced linkages to the north of the Station and town centre, notably to Falcon Road and Winstanley Road, and restructuring of the area to the north of the station can be achieved through new mixed use development with quality street frontages, particularly to Grant Road, and enhanced public realm. The improvement and regeneration of the York Road and Winstanley Estate area will provide opportunities to create new linkages, improve public and communal spaces and the quality of housing, provide new mixed tenure housing and integrate buildings with street frontages.

The pedestrian environment on Lavender Hill/ St Johns Hill/ St Johns Road/Falcon Road will be enhanced with improved facilities for buses, taxis and cyclists.

The area around Falcon Lane should be restructured to secure an extension to the town centre in a compact and sustainable form consistent with the distinctiveness of Clapham Junction. This should take the form of a mixed use development with good quality streets. Additional new housing can be provided in higher density mixed use redevelopment of low density retail facilities on the north side of the town centre on or close to Lavender Hill, to include enhanced retail provision where appropriate. New public space should be provided within any redevelopment.

The redevelopment of the Peabody Estate on the south side of Lavender Hill provides the opportunity to restructure the area and integrate it with the residential areas on the edge of the town centre.

St John’s Road will continue to be the main focus for shopping provision.

Measures which help maintain the distinctive character of Northcote Road as a specialist retail and restaurant area will be supported, including improvements to the pedestrian environment and enhancements of the street market.

Developer contributions will be sought where works on-site or in the vicinity are necessary to mitigate the impact of development, or to enable the delivery of the site, as detailed in the Council’s Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (see Policy IS7).

For more information please see the Wandsworth Core Strategy