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Session 5: Your Euston – Tying it all together
14 November 2018
Euston Residents’ Assembly
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This evening
• Your Euston – what we’ve heard
• ‘Key issue’ discussions
• Thank you
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What we’ve heard: Getting around Euston
• Present: convenient, but crowded, inaccessible, dirty, unsafe
• Future: accessible, clearly signed, comfortable and easy to navigate
• Present: prefer to walk, but safety, pollution, traffic, station are barriers
• Future:
• street lighting, greening, prioritising pedestrians over cars, activate
streets with art and shops
• more routes and connections, at street level and above the station
• Present: traffic conflicts, bikes on pavements, pollution and risk
• Future: dedicated cycle lanes would be safer and encourage this mode
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What we’ve heard: Open space at Euston
Bloomsbury Square
• Present: MORE open space needed and anti-social
behaviour a concern
• Future:
• GREEN
• Accessible and open to everyone
• Place for quiet, seclusion
• Activities for children, young people, exercise
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What we’ve heard: Best use of space
Bloomsbury Square
• Would like large supermarket with wide selection
• More locally-oriented shops close to homes; not just commuter retail
• Present: homelessness, anti-social behaviour and social isolation issues
• Future:
• Flexible community spaces close to residents
• Programs for young people, and cross-generational interaction
• Homes would have to be affordable and jobs truly accessible in order to
benefit surrounding community.
• Knowledge institutions need to form meaningful connections with residents
• Links with all schools; training, work experience and social programmes
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Discussion: Buses at EustonWhat we’ve heard
Current station is convenient
and intuitive, easy to locate
Current station is unsafe,
overcrowded, polluted and
inaccessible
Stops should be sheltered Stops should be spacious
Signage, bus locations and
routes should be clear
Stops should be located
geographically, in the direction
of route
Stops should be accessible and
easy for people of all ages to
use
Stops should be easy to locate
for residents and commuters
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Discussion: Buses at EustonTell us more…
1. You’ve described what bus service could be in the
future. Is there anything you would add? Anything you
would remove?– Proximity to residential streets/your home
– Accessibility
– Navigability, i.e. you easily know how to find the bus route
– Stop is located in the location/direction of the route
– Buses are proximate to allow bus-bus interchange
– Bus stops are spacious
– Bus stops are covered/sheltered
– Bus stops/stands do not obstruct Euston Station frontage and entrance
– Bus stops/stands are not near parks/open space
– Clear signage; bus stop locations and routes easy to understand
– Bus stops feel safe
2. Prioritise what is most important to you to achieve the
bus service at Euston you would wish to see.
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Discussion: Open spaceWhat we’ve heard
You use Regent’s Park Want to see more open space
and greening in your
neighbourhoods
Open space should be green,
grassy, sheltered, quiet, for
residents
Granary Square is great
Safety is a priority; provide
maintenance, management and
natural surveillance
Different spaces for different
purposes: include play space,
youth and fitness facilities
Has to be inclusive Open space should be
connected to one another with
greened streets
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Discussion: Open spaceTell us more…
What attracts you to Granary Square:
• Whom it’s for?
• What it’s used for? What you can do there?
• How it looks?
• What surrounds it?
Anything you don’t like about Granary Square?
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Discussion: Open spaceTell us more…
You’ve told us about the types of spaces you would like to see in Euston:
• Green, quiet, community-oriented space
• Playground for children
• Facilities for young people
• Exercise facilities
• Civic spaces like Granary Square
• Anything else?
Where should they be located?
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Locations that could include open spaces
Area of future station
Potential areas of open space
Potential station entrances
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1. Euston Square Gardens
2. Gordon StreetLeading to HS2 entrance, likely next to
office development
3. Station roofWill include over-station development
4. Robert StreetNext to station entrance, likely new
development to north
5. Northern triangleOn decking, next to northern station
entrance and new development on
Hampstead Rd
6. LangdaleOn Regents’ Park Estate and west of
new development
7. The CuttingSite of largest share of new housing
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Discussion: Euston Square GardensWhat we’ve heard
Generally don’t use Euston
Square Gardens
Inaccessible, unsafe and
polluted (Euston Rd) location;
it’s in the wrong place
Should be greener, a ‘garden’
with more trees
Should have improved walking
routes to station, more
programming, art and markets
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Discussion: Euston Square GardensTell us more…
You’ve described what ESG could be in the future.
1. How would you prioritise these ‘features’?
2. Does ESG’s context detract from or hinder
your priorities?
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Development and planning obligations
Euston Planning Policy
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2,800 to 3,800 new homes
180,000 to 280,000 sqm between 7,700 to 14,100 jobs
30% knowledge-based, science-based, innovative
and creative
10,000 sqm shops
10,000 sqm food and drink,
and financial and professional services
Euston is a Growth Area:Euston Area Plan
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Euston Area
Plan:Indicative
Building Heights
Bloomsbury Square
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Camden planning policy supports certain planning obligations:
Financial and non-financial contributions that can be provided with
development based on needs generated by the development
Among other measures, these include:
• Schools and community facilities
• Health facilities
• Leisure facilities
• Public realm, highways work and public art
• Affordable housing
• Employment, training, affordable business space
• Public open space
Planning obligations
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Some ideas for community benefits discussed at Session 4: Best Use of Space:
• Safe, open spaces that serve residents and have various functions
• Affordable housing
• Local, resident-oriented shops
• Activities for young people, older residents and families
• Work experience and job training
• Improved links between community, particularly schools, and organisations in
the knowledge sector
• Flexible community space or community centre
• Street greening, improved lighting and safety measures
Planning obligationsWhat we’ve heard
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Case study: West Hendon, Barnet
• 2 to 29 storeys
• 2,000 residential units
• 3,500 sqm commercial space
• Affordable housing: min. 25%
• Primary school and nursery
• Community centre
• Health centre
• New park
• Housing design award winner 2017
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Case study: Camley Street, Camden
• 1980s residential and employment development
• circa 430 homes
• 2 to 4 storeys
• Affordable housing
• Very little green space (play areas)
• No community facilities
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Case study: Camden Goods Yard,
Camden
• Redevelopment of petrol station and
supermarket
• 7 buildings up to 14 storeys
• 573 residential units
• Affordable housing: 35%
• Affordable workspace
• Youth space and community space
• Rooftop urban farm
• Community garden
• Range of hard and soft open spaces
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Case study: London City Island,
Tower Hamlets
• 11 blocks of 3-27 storeys
• 1,706 residential units
• 7,848 sqm commercial, including
office and creative use
• Affordable housing: 20%
• Cultural use: English National Ballet
• Education: 4,800 sqm
• Public open space: 22,916 sqm
(ESG is 12,000 sqm)
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Discussion: Development and planning obligations
In each of these case studies, community benefits have been provided with
varying levels of height and density.
1. What do you think about tall buildings? What do you think about density?
2. In many cases, increased height and density generate more community
benefits – how do you view this?
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Thank you for this evening
• What we’ve heard tonight
• You have individually contributed
to the Euston Planning Brief
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Thank you for being a member of the
Euston Residents’ Assembly
• Your views will impact what we do
• Other opportunities to participate in Euston’s future
Camden: www.eustonareaplan.info
HS2: hs2.commonplace.is