Twickenham Area Action Plan

The pre-publication consultation on the draft Twickenham Area Action Plan is now closed.

The Twickenham Area Action Plan (AAP) will form part of the Local Development Framework (LDF) and sets out an overall strategy for the future of Twickenham town centre. The plan will cover the period up to 2027 and will be vital to the promotion of a prosperous local economy and investment.

Other plans in the LDF are the Core Strategy (2009), which promotes the revitalisation of the town centre to create a high quality district centre, serving local residents, workers and visitors, and the Development Management Plan (2011), which sets out more detailed policies for the control of new development including policies for housing, retail and employment, design and limitations on building heights.

For Twickenham the AAP will focus on creating a strong employment location, district retail centre, visitor and tourist destination and centre for sports, leisure arts and cultural activities as well as a more diverse evening economy. High quality, sustainable and accessible design and improvements to the environment, traffic management, public transport and pedestrian and cycle links will be required through redevelopment and refurbishment of under utilised land and buildings and creation of new public spaces.

Scope of the action plan

The Twickenham AAP will be a statutory land use plan and the scope will be:

  • Use of land and buildings, including key sites
  • Use of parks and civic spaces
  • Transport and parking proposals and principles
  • Environmental improvement schemes – large scale and principles
  • Design Guidance – policies and principles

The AAP covers the area within the designated town centre boundary (as defined in policy DM TC 1 of the Development Management Plan and the LDF Proposals Map).

Due to the nature of an AAP, non-planning matters including economic issues such as business rates, employment levels, rent levels as well as matters relating to rugby and other town centre management issues such as opening hours, promotions, local events cannot be dealt with in the AAP. The Council may decide to produce or initiate other plans and programmes such as an economic support programme or a village plan dealing with such other matters. This diagram(pdf, 66KB) shows how the Twickenham AAP fits in with the overall regeneration of Twickenham.

Stages in preparing the action plan

The preparation process for the Twickenham AAP document covers several stages, which are summarised below. Please see the Stages and Timescales for further details. The document is currently at the Pre-publication stage.

Contact the Local Development Framework Team

If you would like more information, contact the Local Development Framework Team.

Email: ldf@richmond.gov.uk