Harrow mixed-use development PPP project

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The project is part of Harrows Council regeneration programme "Building a Better Harrow".  The Council will establish the 50/50 Harrow Strategic Development Partnerships (HSDP) which shall be responsible for developing three core sites in Wealdstone and a new Harrow Civic Centre.  The three council-owned core sites are Poets Corner, Peel Road and Phase 1 of Byron Quarter.  The HSDP shall be tasked with delivering the following key objectives:— to deliver wider regeneration across the Borough via new and improved mixed tenure housing, civic and community facilities, new employment space and the enhanced use of property assets within the Borough,— to accelerate the pace of housing delivery across the portfolio of sites,— to secure wider economic and social benefits for local residents, including skills and training, health improvement and new employment opportunities,— use existing and new property assets to optimise value for the Council, and— to contribute to the delivery of well designed, high-quality places that make a difference for communities, businesses, residents and families both now and in the long term. Poets Corner is the Council’s flagship regeneration project. Situated immediately to the south of Harrow and Wealdstone Station, the site currently comprises the existing civic centre and extends to c. 11.4 acres. The Council has aspirations for a high quality, residential led development on this site. Peel Road site currently comprises Peel House Car Park and the existing ashram temple which is being re – provided on an adjacent site by the council. It is situated immediately to the north of the station and extends to approximately 1.4 acres. Alternative proposals for the site suggest the capacity for 100-150 residential units alongside commercial and community provision should the new civic building be delivered on an alternative Core Site. The Byron Quarter Masterplan covers the regeneration of this area comprising new residential and leisure facilitates and extends to 19.3 acres. The sites holds the potential for extensive residential and community led regeneration and all proposals for Phase 1 must be reflective of the need to integrate into the future development of the wider Byron Quarter. 

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