March 2013
Supporting Kensal Crossrail
The Council is campaigning for a Crossrail station to be built
in North Kensington. The case for a new station is strong and the
Council has committed to underwrite the £33m construction
costs.
The station is backed by businesses and trade
associations, housing associations, residents' groups,
and community organisations.
Supporters include Kensington and Chelsea Chamber of
Commerce, National Grid, Portobello Antiques Dealers'
Association, Cath Kidston and Sainsbury's.
There is also cross-party support for the
plans with MPs Karen Buck, Sarah Teather, Matthew
Hancock and Sir Malcolm Rifkind, and London Assembly
member Jenny Jones, all behind a new station. London Deputy
Mayor Kit Malthouse described the case for the station as
“overwhelming” and asked the following question to the Mayor of
London:
"Given that the Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea is now willing to underwrite the entire
cost, what objection does the Mayor believe could there possibly be
to building a Crossrail station at Kensal Green?"
You can watch a video of the Mayor’s
response and the subsequent discussion during the
debate at City Hall from 2h05m38s.
You can also read two reports by economic analysts Regeneris.
The first shows that Kensal in North Kensington has a stronger case
for a Crossrail station than any other location outside east
London. The second estimates that a station could be worth £690
million to the local economy and could create 2,000 jobs.
Show your support for Kensal Crossrail by emailing crossrail@rbkc.gov.uk and liking
our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KensalCrossrail
How else can I support
Crossrail at Kensal?
Who is already
supporting the station?
Watch our film:
Local people state the case for a
Crossrail station in North Kensington
Why Kensal Crossrail?
The northernmost wards of North Kensington are officially
amongst the most deprived places in the whole of England. Residents
here live, on average, ten years fewer than those in the rest of
the borough.
The number of economically active people is significantly lower
than the borough and national averages; the number of unemployed is
significantly higher. Public transport is patchy. Parts of the area
score just one out of six for public transport accessibility, the
kind of score more usually associated with suburban fringes than
city centres.
At the centre of this disadvantaged area sits a major brownfield
site as big as the King’s Cross regeneration zone. The site
consists of the old Kensal Gasworks, a Sainsbury’s supermarket and
a former Eurostar depot. All together these make some 67 acres
capable of accommodating more than 2,500 new homes, plus a range of
new businesses and community facilities.
To find out more please read our brochure outlining our case for a
Crossrail station. [PDF] (file size 273Kb)
Please also see the Cabinet report on
underwriting the costs of a Crossrail
station. [PDF] (file size 119Kb)
Our policy has long been to narrow the opportunity gap between
the north of the borough and the rest of Kensington and Chelsea.
That’s why we are building a new academy and replacing our leisure
centre. It’s why we are rebuilding primary schools and improving
parks and it’s also why we have championed the wholesale
redevelopment of the Wornington Green estate close to the Crossrail
site.
In 2009 the Mayor of London accepted the Council’s invitation to
visit the Kensal site. Having heard our case he set us three tests.
The station must not
-delay construction
- compromise rail performance
- add costs
We now meet those tests. Our advice suggests a station could
indeed be built without affecting the overall construction
timetable providing the Crossrail authorities give us the green
light early enough in the construction process.
We have also commissioned experts to carry out modelling work
into the impact of a station on rail performance. We have handed
over our report to Network Rail, much encouraged that the study has
not found that a station would cause delays. In fact it showed that
a station could well give Crossrail valuable flexibility in
responding to incidents.
Finally the Council has taken the cost issue out of the equation
altogether by underwriting the cost of the station. That cost is
likely to be in the region of £33 million, a huge sum for a local
authority. But we believe that the development potential of Kensal
is strong enough for that money to be recovered via planning
agreements with the developers.
Speaking to the CBI in 2010, the Prime Minister addressed the
economic challenges facing Britain and asked the question: Where is
the growth going to come from – where are the jobs going to come
from? It was clear from that speech, and from the National
Infrastructure Plan and the Plan for Growth that have emerged since
then, that the Government believes the answer lies in investment,
infrastructure, development and enterprise. We think Kensal
Crossrail provides those benefits to the economy, in fact we think
it would be difficult to find a project that chimes more perfectly
with national policy.
How to lend your support
If you wish to give your support to Kensal Crossrail you can do
so by writing to:
Boris Johnson
Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA
mayor@london.gov.uk
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
Secretary of State for Transport
Department for Transport
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 4DR
To join our list of supporters, email crossrail@rbkc.gov.uk
Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KensalCrossrail
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Member of Parliament for
Kensington
Kit Malthouse, London Deputy Mayor
Sarah Teather, Member of Parliament for Brent Central
Karen Buck, Member of Parliament for Westminster North
Matthew Hancock, Member of Parliament for West Suffolk
Jenny Jones, Leader of the Green Party in the
London Assembly
Brent Council
Cllr Nick Botterill, Leader of London Borough of Hammersmith
& Fulham
Cllr Victoria Borwick AM
The Kensington and Chelsea Chamber of
Commerce
Sainsbury's
The Ballymore Group
National Grid
Portobello Antiques Dealers' Association
Cath Kidston Ltd
Westway Development Trust
Electronic Theatre Controls Ltd
Courier Systems
Octavia Housing
Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management
Organisation
Westfield Close Residents' Association
Catalyst Housing Group
Nu-Line Builders Merchants Ltd
The Sheppard Trust
Kensington Housing Trust
Notting Hill Housing
Talbot House Resident's Association
Affinity Sutton
Cornerstones
Naturalmat
White Knight Laundry Services Ltd
Talk Together London C.I.C.
Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd
Octavia West Residents’ Association
Avalon Entertainment Limited
True Associates Limited
Retrouvius
St Helen’s Residents’ Association
Viridian Housing
Tom Dixon
Green Row
Personal Presentation Ltd
Arneway Housing
Kell Skött Haircare
Quad Projects (Notting Hill) Ltd
f11 Collective
St Quintin Park Residents
Association
Vicki Laville-Davies, Director, Dalgarno
Neighbourhood Trust
Paul Redfern, Trustee of the Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust and
hon sec of the Peabody Estate Tenants' Association
Dominic Smith, Headteacher, Middle Row Primary School
Ivor Flint, W10
Michael O'Keeffe
Matt Gooderick
Stanley FitzGerald
Phil Carraro, SW7
Leonard Holdsworth
Oliver Mosley
Father A.B. Andrews, The Anglican Parish of St Michael and All
Angels
Fred Beasant
Yves J.M. Bonavero, Chairman, Woodsford Consulting Limited
Ezzat Jalili
Mark Barr, Chairman, Portobello
& Golborne Management Committee
Jordan Swinscoe
Sean Canning, Director, North Kensington Law Centre
Roger Lynn, Director, Cococucine
Karen Trelfa, Ruby Blue London
Marvin Woodyatt
Alexander Schechter
Angharad Vernon-Hunt
David Gubbay
Paul Sommerfeld
Nataliya
Percival
Fraser Clark
Inigo Patten
Jack Smith
Pablo De La Infiesta
Rev Steve Divall, St Helen’s Church
John M.A. Parsons
William Nickerson
Sonia Richardson
Cynthia Dize, Age Concern Kensington and
Chelsea
Rebecca McCaw
Timothy Allen-Mersh
Nicolas Holliman, resident and Chair of the Corner Nine Arts
Project
Marylyn Coosner
Luke Perricone
Tim Darvall
Louise Angel
Amanda Evans
Adrian de Segundo
Shaun Peare
Martin Burke, Age Concern Kensington and Chelsea
Malcolm Ogden
Matthew Marchant
Claire Vivyan
Liselot Ronz
Elizabeth Alpass
Freya Stewart
Heinrich Senfft
Gill Titterton
Thomas Moore
Helen Kalkhoven Dickson
Colum Hayward
Hugo Chance
Peter Mishcon
Paul Kalkhoven
Gillian O'Malley
Suezann Holmes-Davies
Katherine Tucker
Daniel England
Mark England
Antony Porter
Cameron Fraser
Dan Tregoning
Joanna Lancaster
Adam Janab
Jorge Garayo
Lori Beal
Isabella Kullmann
Rory McIntyre
Lara Pilkington
Joe Potter
William Hickman
Jonathan Stocken
Paul Leary and Karen Roux, Thermo Lignum UK Ltd
John Hodder
Anne Cowley
Stephen, Josie, Tamsin, Freya Waley-Cohen
Andre Hellstrom
Brandon Whitcher
Martin and Claudia Hutchings
Hannah Robinson
Sam Balch
Nicola Gammon
Mr M. Hawker
Jack Horner
Munir Akberali
Kevin Bacon
Peter Knight
Margaret Knight
Rowan Williams
Duncan and Barbro McAusland
David Gundry
Sarah Druce
William Beckett
Roger Ely
Tomassina Hessel
Barbara Austin
Lizzie Steel
Clive Wilkinson
Peter Vincent
Victor Boardman
Michael Tobin
Don Wong
Ros Williams
Nathan McGough
Jualanne Hickey
Margot Lunnon
Simon Walton
Rebecca Ridley
Tom Nutt
Emma Marshall
Coralie Etroy
Russell Blackmore
Magnus Andersson
Henry Morley
George Frost
Henry Costa
Maha Rahwangi
Edward Sandling
Walter Beckett
Harriet Grundy
James Shurey
Peter Day
Michael Whyte
Emily Lopes
Liliana Martins
Natasha Cubitt
Rachel Calvocoressi
Sarah Sheppard
Jan Norman
Edward Norman
Polly Barnes
Guy Stansfeld Architects Ltd
Shuki Sen
Ed Dale-Jones
Paul Cassingham
Mark Sayfritz
Hannah Proctor
Anne Kilcullen
Gwyn Gilmour
Simon and May Erskine
Richard Aikens
Nick Pucci
Kim Chua
June Stevenson
Michael Freyhan
Anthony Dickens
Adrianna Irvine
Neil Broadbent
Yolanda Calliss
Margaret and Jonathan Page
Gareth Jones
Serene Hamzawi
Lynn Allan
Harvey Roland
Dorothy Griffiths
Julian Knight
Justin Morgan
Rachel Walder
Chris Mooney
Jeremy Skeet
Michele Lonergan
Tanya West
Sofia Hailemariam
Rose Wangen-Jones
Elisabeth Scott
Damian Scott
Helene Vigue
Steve West
Andrew Westwell
Jessica Punter
Hugh Fraser
Jonathan Ker
Ben Thompson-McCausland
Isobel Ker
Lee Newman
Aoife McGrath
Barry Smyth
Steve Crabb
Jamie Gillingham
George Barber
Lucy and Tim Harvey
Daren Hicks
Paul Sprinz
Sally Middleton
Lucy Soutter
Yvonne Murphy
Maggie Morrow
Victor De Oliveira
Sam Fortescue
Lucy Owen
Jacqueline Benson
Chris & Niki Howes
Mike Jones
Richard Magrin
Glyn Jones
Dave McLaughlin
Joanna Steel
Rachel Donnison
Greg Edgar
Richard Varnden
Lynn Horsford
Kate Bonner
Chris Coley
Laura Hazlerigg
David M. Furlong
Georgia Hendey
Peter Coates
Greg Lovett
Richard Davies
Nicholas Whyatt
Jonan Boto
Evis Qendro
Aldo Paternostro
Nick Morant
Pierre Decote
Ashleigh Maloney
Wajeeha Aslam
Victoria Jack
Inna Poliakova
Dalmar Farah
Matthew Moyes
Krystyna Niedenthal
Tyler Psarras
Lisa Jelliffe
Ben Yeoh
Alexey Shokhin
Philippe Brown
Jean Dumas
Andrew Graham
Anne Wheeler
Hugo Gordon Lennox
Erskine Berry
Sam Webster
Nonna Sivets
Andre Michaud
Evgenia Kritikopoulou
Vernoica Barran
How to lend your support
If you wish to give your support to Kensal Crossrail you can do
so by writing to:
Boris Johnson
Mayor of London
Greater London Authority
City Hall
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2AA
mayor@london.gov.uk
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
Secretary of State for Transport
Department for Transport
Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 4DR
To join our list of supporters, email crossrail@rbkc.gov.uk
Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KensalCrossrail
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More information
To find out more please read our brochure outlining our case for a
Crossrail station. [PDF] (file size 273Kb)
Please also see the Cabinet report on
underwriting the costs of a Crossrail
station. [PDF] (file size 119Kb)