Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework

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216 Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning FrameworkNine ElmsNine Elms Lane is a wide, heavily trafficengineered road that connects Battersea toVauxhall. Nine Elms itself is characterisedby a number of non descript business parkson the north and south side of Nine ElmsLane, with some isolated residential blocksalong the river frontage. Whilst some of thecommercial premises along Nine Elms Laneare good quality buildings, the key issuein terms of built form, is a lack of activefrontage to the road. This is emphasised byunattractive planting along the pavementand an overly engineered road, which doesnot encourage pedestrians and cycles to usethe route.In addition to the Flower Market site in theVauxhall area, New Covent Garden Market’s(NCGM’s) Main Market site is located inthe heart of Nine Elms to the south ofthe elevated railway line. The wholesalefruit and vegetable market and associatedspin-off businesses occupy a large, 1970’sH block building, and ancillary buildings onthe Main Market site and is surrounded byexpansive areas of tarmac which are in use bythe traders and suppliers. National Expresscoaches also use the site for overspill coachparking from Victoria coach station.The Main Market site is accessed from theEntrance site, large and underused piece ofland to the north of the railway line providingdirect vehicular access from Nine Elms Lane,opposite Kirtling Street which is the mainaccess to Battersea Power Station.To the east of the Main Market site is theexisting Sainsbury’s site, another large, singlebuilding occupier, which is accessed fromWandsworth Road.In terms of scale the existing built form isgenerally medium rise with a dominance oflarge big box building formats in commercialuses. The residential development along theriver frontage rises to 8 – 10 storeysin height.A lack of green space, tree planting andgood quality public realm contribute to theindustrial character of this area.Battersea Power StationThe area around Battersea Power Stationis very mixed, including the National Gridoperational site with landmark blue gasholder on Battersea Park Road, the derelictand iconic Battersea Power Station siteitself and operational waste and aggregateswharves to the east. Battersea Dogs andCats Home, a culturally iconic institutionwithin the London context contributes to thediverse range of occupiers in this location.The Tideway Industrial Estate occupies theonly other riverside site in the OA with theexception of Battersea Power Station to thewest of Vauxhall, and is located betweenthree protected wharves, two to the west andone to the east. In addition a well establishedresidential boating community occupies aneclectic mix of vessels at Nine Elms Pierdirectly in front of the industrial estate onthe river.Figure TA2.42 Nine Elms LaneFigure TA2.43 Battersea Power Station(Source: Treasury Holdings)
Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning FrameworkTA 02 Built and heritage contextMayor of London 217Chelsea Bridge WharfThe sliver of land between Victoria railwaybridge and Chelsea Bridge to the west ofBattersea Power Station is home to therecently completed high density housingscheme at Chelsea Bridge Wharf, Marco PoloHouse a modern office block and a furtherhigh density housing block, Bridge House.Queenstown RoadTo the south of Battersea Park Road a seriesof small industrial premises at PatchmoreTerrace, a parade of small retail and caféuses along the main road and two primaryschools form a finer grain neighbourhoodlinking Battersea Park and Queenstown Roadstations.Stewarts RoadStewarts Road is bisected by major elevatedrail infrastructure running north – south andlargely forming its northern boundary withthe exception of a business park at HavelockTerrace off Battersea Park Road. Immediatelysurrounding the rail infrastructure is anindustrial area located in a range of premisesfrom old warehouses, to small units beneaththe railway arches, to factories and businessparks along Stewarts Road itself. This areaincludes the Gatwick Express rail depot onNetwork Rail land at Silverthorne Road anda bus garage with consent for expansion alsoon Silverthorne Road.Stewarts Road forms a mixed use boundarywith industrial uses along its western sideand residential housing estates and a primaryschool along its eastern side.Patmore EstatesThere are four local authority housing estateslocated between Stewarts Road to the westand Thessaly Road to the east including,Savona, Patmore West, Patmore East andCarey Gardens. The form of these estates islargely four – six storey housing blocks withgenerous open space provision at grade.They are well maintained, in good conditionand are excellent examples of high densityflatted accommodation working well at theedge of the OA. The Sir James Barrie primaryschool located on Stewarts Road betweenthe Patmore Estates is also a well maintainedand well designed building.The Patmore Estates residential area isisolated from its neighbours to the northand east. It is well integrated with theStewarts Road industrial area to the westand Wandsworth Road to the south, but issegregated from New Covent Garden Marketby a large and unattractive wall runningalong the length of Thessaly Road, and isdivorced from Battersea Power Station andNine Elms Lane by a change in levels, poorquality linkages and a hostile environmentdominated by traffic.Figure TA2.44 Stewarts Road industrial area
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