London Waterways Commission Freight Group

London Waterways Commission Freight Group RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON THE SAFEGUARDED WHARVES REVIEW 2011-2012 LOADING AND UNLOADING SITES ON LONDON'S CANAL NETWORK This report provides information for boroughs to consider when making planning decisions, and when identifying opportunities to promote freight by water in their LDFs. 1. Waterborne freight The London Plan (July 201 1), states that boroughs should: **Make planning decisions relating to waterside development proposals that protect existing facilities for waterborne freight; **Identify suitable locations and opportunities for increasing use of the Blue Ribbon Network in their LDFs; and **Promote sustainable freight transport by protecting existing sites and identifying new sites to enable the transfer of freight to rail and water in their LDFs. 2. Sites and facilities The London Plan states: The next [Safeguarded Wharves] review will look at opportunities to consolidate wharves, expand the use of water freight and consider whether it is appropriate to safeguard any wharf facilities on London's canal network (Para 7.76). The safeguarding criteria for assessing the viability of Thames wharves for cargo handling are not appropriate for the canal, where navigational conditions, land- based activities and site characteristics can be very different. Nonetheless, without some form of recognition, important canal loading and unloading sites that could facilitate modal shift may be lost thereby undermining the potential for London's canals to play a transport role by taking lorries off the road. This report identifies sites and facilities that are operational and/or could be used for major infrastructure construction, or in connection with large development sites, projected for completion during the London Plan period to 2031. The schedule and map of locations is not exhaustive and opportunities will arise for sites that are not listed. Further information about canalside sites and waterborne freight can be obtained from British Waterways, the Commercial Boat Operators Association, and the GLA. The information in this report is provided so that boroughs can consider whether to identify these or other canalside sites to increase the use of the Blue Ribbon Network for freight transport in their LDFs, and to assist them in making planning decisions and assessing development proposals that involve locations close to London's canal network. 3. Planning decisions and LDFs The following summary of London Plan Policies 6.14,7.26 and 7.30 sets out how boroughs should promote canal freight opportunities. Strategic The Mayor seeks to increase the use of the Blue Ribbon Network to transport freight (Policy 7.26,Para A). Planning Decisions Development proposals: ** Should protect existing facilities for waterborne freight traffic (Policy 7.26, Para Ba); ** Close to navigable waterways should maximise water transport for bulk materials, particularly during demolition and construction phases (Policy 7.26, ParaBb); ** Should respect their local character and contribute to their accessibility and active water related uses, in particular transport uses, where these are possible (Policy 7.30, Para A). LDF preparation Within LDFs boroughs should identify: ** Locations that are suitable for additional waterborne freight (Policy 7.26, Para C); ** Any local opportunities for increasing the local distinctiveness and use of their parts of the Blue Ribbon Network (Policy 7.30, Para C). DPDs should promote sustainable freight transport by safeguarding existing sites and identifying new sites to enable the transfer of freight to rail and water (Policy 6.14, Para Ca). 4. Loading and unloading sites on London's canal network Borough Location Road/ Rail Modes Canal Comment Brent Northfields Industrial Estate Beresford Ave to N Circ Paddington Arm Park Royal development opportunity Brent Twyford Tip, Park Royal A406 to A40 Paddington Arm Intermodal site Ealing Southall Gasworks A3005 Paddington Arm Southall development opportunity Enfield Ash Wharf, Edmonton North Circular A406 Lee Nau ration Power station development opportunity Hackney Millfields Road Depot Millfields Rd off A107 Lee Navigation Development opportunity Hammersmith & Fulham Powerday Old Oak Wharf Rail&Road,A2l9 Paddington Ann Operational Site Hammersmith & Fulham Old Oak Common Sidings Rail & Road. A4DOO Paddington Arm Crossrail / development opportune Haringey Tottenham HaJe Wharf A503 and AW55 Lee Navigation Upper Lea Valley development opp Hillingdon Uxbridge Boat Centre Waterloo Rd off A4007 Grand Union Working Coal yard Hillingdon Hanson, West Drayton Rail S Road, A408 Grand Union Operational site Hillingdon F M Conway Site, Southall A312 to M4 Grand Union Intermodal site Kensington & Chelsea Kensal Green Gasworks Harrow Rd to A40 Paddington Arm Development opportunity Newham Cody Dock, Cody Road A12 & A1011 Bow Creek Development opportunity Newham Sugar House Lane A11 3 Mills Wall River Development opportunity Newham Bow East Rail Depot Rail Lee Navigation Development opportunity Newham Olympic Park Wharf A115 Waterworks River Development opportunity Newham Pudding Mill Lane AH Bow Backs Crossrail / development opportunity Tower Hamlets Ocean Estate A11 Regents Canal Development opportunity Tower Hamlets Bow Free Wharf A11 Lee Navigation! Operational Site Waltham Forest Essex Wharf A104 Lea Bridge Lee Navigation Development opportunity Westminster Stone Wharf, Paddington Harrow Road Paddington Basin Crossrail / development opportunity October 2011 Hillingdon 1 Uxbridge Boat Centre 2 Hanson West Drayton 3 FM Conway Site Ealing 4 Southall Gas Works Brent 5 Northfields Industrial Estate 6 Twyford Tip Hammersmith & Fulham 7 Old Oak Wharf (Powerday) 8 Old Oak Common Sidings Kensington & Chelsea 9. Kensal Green Gasworks Westminster 10. Stone Wharf, Paddington Tower Hamlets 11 Ocean Estate 12 Bow Free Wharf Newham 13. Cody Dock 14. Sugar House Lane 15. Bow East Rail Depot 16. Olympic Park Wharf 17. Pudding Mill Lane Hackney 18. Millfields Road Depot Waltham Forest 19. Essex Wharf Haringey 38. Tottenham Hale Wharf Enfield 21. Ash Wharf Edmonton London Waterways Commission Freight Group October 2011

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