• The objective is to embrace growth in a way that preserves the attractiveness of the borough

• To create a clean fresh borough for existing and new residents to enjoy

• The alternative to growth is decline

• If we are not continuously moving forward and renewing both as a place and an organisation we are going backwards

What Growth in Kingston (Borough) Looks Like 2014-2016

Approved residential and Hotel Accommodation

• 2,798 homes

• 229 affordable housing units

(+£5,552,500.00 in lieu)

• 1,219 non-conventional rooms (student accommodation etc)

• 435 new C1 rooms (hotels and serviced apartments)

Approved Commercial and other non-residential Uses

• 4,177m2 Shops (A1 retail)

• 2217m2 Town centre office uses

• 4,300m2 Restaurants (A3)

• 5,086m2 Offices (B1) = 2,346 jobs

• 22,977m2 Schools, health centres

• 8,220m2 Assembly and leisure

Kingston University: The Town House

Development Pipeline: Key Sites

Berkeley West London: Kingston gas

holders site

Cambridge Road Housing Zone Bid

21 January 2016 - Housing Zone Bid submitted

10 March 2016 - London Mayor announces 11 new Housing Zones

Comprising 11 sites delivering 1,700 homes (existing 820 homes)

Kingston allocated £45m by GLA

Catalyst for transformational change

Driver for regeneration

First new homes 217/18

Commencing 2018/19

The story so far

• Stage 1 Development Brief for North Kingston approved

• Eden Quarter Development Brief Adopted

• Inward investment & marketing initiative underway – new website & Conference

• Tolworth Area Plan underway

• Mini Holland implementation underway (top three cycle projects in London 2016)

• Ancient Market completed

• The Old Post Office Site granted planning permission

• Eden Walk resolution to Grant

• Riverside Walk - £30m development. Five restaurants phase 1

• New Hotel in Tolworth

• Tolworth Tower scheme resolved to grant

• X4 new student schemes now under construction across the Borough

• Kingston University Town House expansion approved

• New secondary school North Kingston underway

• New 2FE primary school in Norbiton

• Expansion of Tolworth Girls School

• Redevelopment of Tolworth Hospital

• New 4* Hotel in Kingston

Kingston Direction of Travel

Kingston Direction of Travel

Immediate Future Priorities

• Cattle Market and Ashdown Road Feasibility Studies

• Station Quarter Development Brief

• North Kingston Development Brief – Canbury Car park

• Kingston Futures Stakeholder Group – re-launch

• ‘The Exchange’ business Hub

• Eden Walk Shopping Centre

• Crossrail 2

• Estate Regeneration at CRE

• Go Cycle Programme

• Investors Conference in 2017

• Riverside Strategy & other public realm

• Local Plan

• Refresh the Kingston Futures Vision and Strategy