Transforming an industrial estate near Kentish Town station into a film and housing quarter will be complicated by the patchwork of developers who own the land, the council has admitted.
Camden Council has revealed its latest vision for the area around Regis Road, which was first earmarked for development four years ago.
Alongside 1,000 new homes and a Camden Film Quarter, the council wants the development to create new parks and access routes into the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Since 2020, different private developers have bought up parts of the site.
The council has described this patchwork of landowners as adding “complexity to the desired comprehensive approach”.
The local authority has previously sold land around Regis Road recycling centre to real estate firm Yoo Capital, on the condition that a new recycling centre will be created and that half of all planned homes would be “affordable”.
The developer has since acquired more land, including the Asphaltic and Kentish Town Industrial Estate sites.
A £1 billion masterplan to transform part of this area into a Camden Film Quarter with state-of-the-art film and television studios was revealed earlier this year.
Joseph Homes, another developer, owns the former Fairfax Meadow and Royal Mail parts of the Regis Road site.
Camden Council says it expects development of the western part of the site to be “fully co-ordinated” by Joseph Homes and Yoo Capital during the planning process.
But to further complicate the council’s vision, UPS currently owns large sections of land at the northeastern edge of the site, including that closest to Kentish Town station, and has no plans for the area to be redeveloped.
Other parcels of land are owned by Big Yellow, the NHS, Create Yellow and the Metropolitan Police.
Despite this, Camden Council has now launched a public consultation on its vision for the entire site, called the ‘draft Regis Road Area guidance’.
Once adopted, this would become a material consideration in deciding future planning applications.
The council hopes this will ensure the land is developed in a “co-ordinated manner” that aligns with its goals for the new neighbourhood.
People will be able to comment on the council’s proposed masterplan for the Regis Road site until December 23.
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