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Tottenham Court Road: Eastern Ticket Hall Planning Brief

Tottenham Court Road: Eastern Ticket Hall Draft Planning Brief May 2005This brief concerns the following buildings:

  • 1-23, Oxford Street, 1-6, Falconberg Court, and 157-165, Charing Cross Road, including the Astoria Theatre – the Astoria site, and
  • 135-155, Charing Cross Road and 12, Sutton Row - the Goslett Yard site.

The sites will be required for the construction of Crossrail 1 if it proceeds. Crossrail have indicated that all or part of the Astoria site will be required for the construction of part of the new station and emergency access. The rest of the ticket hall and station facilities would be constructed underneath Charing Cross Road and the Centrepoint Plaza. The Goslett Yard site is proposed as the main work site for the construction of deep level station tunnels and passages, and to accommodate ventilation and emergency escape/access.

The construction of Crossrail will result in considerable disruption to those living and working in the area, and to traffic and pedestrians. The Council will seek to minimise these impacts, and this brief sets out the main concerns that the Council considers that the promoters of Crossrail will need to address, both during the construction process and afterwards. The effect on and interaction of different transport modes, including pedestrians, cars, buses, taxis and cyclists will need to be fully considered by Crossrail, and adequate evidence provided to justify proposals and their impacts.

Proposals for replacement buildings on both sites must reflect the character of the Soho Conservation Area, and relate to the height and scale of adjacent evidence provided to justify proposals and their impacts.

The Council would expect mixed use developments on the sites, including a replacement theatre, retail and employment uses reflective of the location within the Creative Industries Special Policy Area. If the total commercial floorspace on the sites increases by more than 200m2, then the Council would require 50% of the increase as residential. Other Central London Activities may also be appropriate and further guidance on these is given in the brief.

On the 26th May 2005 the P&CD Committee approved the Revised Tottenham Court Road - Eastern Ticket Hall Draft Planning Brief.

Crossrail’s final proposals for the Tottenham Court Road Station (Eastern Ticket Hall), and associated oversite development, should take account of and address the City Council's concerns as set out in this brief.

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