Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Transforming Catford January 2014 update Darren Green, Project Manager

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Catford Broadway  Streetworks due for completion in March/April.  New lighting, benches and trees.  New awnings, signs, shutters etc for several shopfronts.  Completed street will be pedestrianised, but with access for Catford Broadway residents and for businesses/traders to load/unload.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Catford Broadway  Next two Sunday markets set for 2 February and 2 March.  On offer: street food, cakes and pastries, craft and vintage stalls.  Many of the traders are graduates from the Council’s market trader training scheme, and still trading over a year since they finished the course.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Catford Centre  CRPL (Council’s Regeneration Company for Catford) is continuing to manage the Shopping Centre.  Currently the Centre has no vacant units.  A ‘pay & display’ machine has been re-installed in the Holbeach Road car park, after the cashless parking pilot ended.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Transforming Catford  The Council has been undertaking a ‘market exploration’ exercise to gather feedback from developers, architects and commercial agents about possible ‘ways forward’ for Catford in general/ the three Council-owned sites in particular.  The next few months will be spent reviewing, distilling and furthering ideas.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Catford Canteen  Events at the Catford Canteen – a pop-up restaurant in what was the one-and-only vacant unit – have continued to sell out.  Upcoming events/menus include Bajan, Vietnamese, Italian, and jazz and jambalaya.  For more details / to book, visit catfordcanteen.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014  Minor amendments to plans for the former Greyhound stadium site have been approved.  Barratts expected to start on site from February.  The Council has been taking the opportunity to explore the possibility of improvements to/linkages between stations with Network Rail and other partners. Greyhound Stadium site / Catford stations

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Road network and Local Plan  TfL and the GLA have developed a renewed interest in the realignment of the South Circular to the rear of Laurence House.  Work on the Catford Plan – the planning framework for Catford – has been temporarily halted while TfL carry out their study, which should take an estimated 6 months.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Smaller projects  With landscape architects, we have been looking at how to improve the spaces between the major development sites - temporarily, short-term and long- term.  This work will have two main outcomes: - an exemplar project or projects - a document that can be used for bidding for funding or to direct developer contributions.

Catford regeneration update Rushey Green Assembly, January 2014 Moving forward  The market exploration exercise has demonstrated that there is a high level of interest in Catford.  The steps the Council has taken to date (purchasing the shopping centre, refurbishing Catford Broadway) have helped to further stimulate that interest.  Officers will continue to progress different initiatives alongside the overall transformation/ redevelopment plans.