Sadiq Khan鈥檚 OPDC adopts local plan for Old Oak Common
A mayoral development corporation has adopted a local plan to build 25,000 homes around a new major transport hub after getting the green light from a planning inspector.
Sadiq Khan鈥檚 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has published a planning policy framework for homes near High Speed 2鈥檚 Old Oak Common Station in west London, to 鈥渕aximise the benefits鈥� of the station鈥檚 connectivity.
The new station, the largest in the UK, will become a major hub as it connects HS2, Great Western services and the newly-opened Elizabeth Line.
The plan provides for 25,500 homes, of which half are affordable tenures and around 30% of the total area of the scheme is to be public green space.
An OPDC spokesperson said the plan 鈥渟upports the Mayor鈥檚 commitments to net zero, healthy living and inclusivity for Londoners, with a wide range of policies to guide new development, including exemplary standards of environmental and social sustainability鈥�.
The corporation will work to co-ordinate public-sector owned land -including land owned by Network Rail and the Department of Transport- around the station to build a major regeneration scheme called Old Oak West. Public engagement on the plans will begin in the autumn.
A previous plan for thousands of homes in the north of OPDC鈥檚 650ha designation was struck out by a planning inspector in 2019.
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