Cricklewood Brent Cross
The Vision
Brent Cross Cricklewood is one of the capital’s major regeneration schemes and amongst the most significant planned new developments in Europe.
The scheme gained planning permission in October 2010 and will deliver a new town centre for Barnet and North West London, creating up to 27,000 jobs and acting as a catalyst for future economic growth.
Brent Cross Cricklewood will be a great place to live for existing and new communities with 7,500 new homes delivered as well as brand new buildings for three local schools, new health facilities, and high quality parks and open spaces.
It will provide all the elements of a thriving town centre with a transformed Brent Cross Shopping Centre forming the heart of a new retail and leisure district.
More than £400m will be invested in transport infrastructure including new roads, increased capacity at key junctions and the creation of a new station on the Midland Mainline and Thameslink lines.
Rapid and efficient links will be created between the Cricklewood Station and the new rail station, along a new High Street to the enhanced Brent Cross shopping centre and through to Brent Cross Tube. This will represent a step change in the accessibility of the area by public transport.
Lined with trees, shops and cafés, the High Street will pass through a series of new public squares and over a new bridge across the A406.
The regeneration to be delivered by the Brent Cross Cricklewood development partners, Hammerson and Standard Life Investments, also includes measures to reduce carbon emissions.
The Regeneration area
The 151 hectare regeneration area is bordered by Brent Cross Shopping Centre in
the North, The A41 (Hendon Way) in the East, Cricklewood Lane in the South and the A5 (Edgware Road)
in the West. The A406 (North Circular Road) also passes through the site, as does the Midland Mainline
rail route. A map showing the boundary 
(PDF:130KB).
Bringing about change
The regeneration scheme is being driven by a partnership comprising the Brent Cross Cricklewood Development Partners (Hammerson and Standard Life Investments) and the London Borough of Barnet.
In April 2004, the Council adopted the Cricklewood, Brent Cross and West Hendon Development Framework as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). The Framework was drawn up in collaboration with the Council’s partners and in consultation with local residents, community groups, businesses and statutory organisations. It includes the key strategic principles for future development in the regeneration area and will serve as a working document to guide developers, prospective purchasers and investors.
In July 2005, Barnet council consulted on a draft addendum to the Development Framework to identify future development uses for the Eastern Lands, an area featuring the Whitefield Estate, Mapledown and Whitefield Schools and Hendon Leisure Centre. The proposals were adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance by Cabinet in December 2005 and the Eastern Lands now features as a character area in the Development Framework. If you would like to view a copy of the Cricklewood, Brent Cross and West Hendon Development Framework (December 2005), please contact Jane Campbell using the details on the left.
Please note that although guided by the Development Framework, the regeneration of West Hendon is progressing independently.
Latest news
The BXC outline planning application for the scheme was submitted to Barnet council in March 2008 following extensive public consultation. Details of the application can be viewed on our partner's Brent Cross Cricklwood website (external link).
In November 2009, Barnet council resolved to grant planning consent for the scheme subject to consideration of the Mayor of London (not to direct refusal) and the Secretary of State (not to call in the application) and the completion of the Section 106 Agreement. In March 2010 the Brent Cross Cricklewood planning application received support from the Mayor of London and in June 2010, the Government Office for London confirmed that the application would not be called in for further scrutiny.
The scheme was then granted consent by Barnet council in October 2010, and the Section 106 package which includes almost £1bn funding for community and transport infrastructure, environmental measures and land assembly was agreed.
Since then, the Brent Cross Cricklewood Partners have been working to address planning conditions that have to be satisfied before work can begin on site, and started the detailed planning work for the early stages of the scheme. This will feed into future Reserved Matters planning applications. The Partners are also making preparations for the land acquisitions including a number of residential relocations.
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