1. The Regeneration of Swanley
Presentation to West Kent Partnership
20 October 2017

2. Swanley and Hextable Master Vision
To prepare a Vision for the next 20 years to support the regeneration of Swanley and Hextable
In particular to focus on the regeneration needed in Swanley town Centre
To become a key piece of evidence for the new Sevenoaks District Local Plan
To not be constrained by current policy, to be bold and to stretch ambition
An aspirational set of ideas which will require subsequent detailed testing
Railway line
Swanley and Hextable Master Vision

3. Swanley Town Centre ASDA Rationalised Education hub Main retail centre
London Rd
Swanley Lane
ASDA
Rationalised Education hub
Main retail centre
Bevan Place
Swan Mill
A coordinated redevelopment plan for the whole of the town centre
The regeneration of the ASDA block
A new civic, leisure and healthy living facility located close to the town centre;
Relocation of Swanley Station to its original position
Development alongside the railway overlooking the recreation ground;
Increased regeneration benefits at Bevan Place
Rationalised and improved school and education provisions adjacent to the town centre.
Potential for around 1,500 new dwellings
Goldsel Rd
Swanley Town Centre

4. Transport – Swanley Town Centre
Access, walk and cycle links:
town centre access:
- convenient
- safe
- clear
shops and services – ‘presence’
space to meet and things to do
ASDA site and road network
Movement simplification
- minimise congestion
- optimisation parking
- integration with town centre heart
- high quality streets
Sensitive development planning
complementary development
parking supply planning controls
car-based travel ‘cap’
high quality alternatives to car use
full use of bus & rail connections
parking sully supporting walk, cycle, bus, rail
Transport – Swanley Town Centre

5. Transport - Swanley and Hextable
Tension between:
excellent road links for local people
‘through’ access for others
attractive to development
local roads - suitability
Forward-looking responses:
managing movement
‘Sustainable Communities’
Infrastructure
Bus Priority
Station ‘Halt’
Station relocation
Transport - Swanley and Hextable

6. Allocated and not yet allocated sites within the settlement boundaries
Extended Swanley Park as an outdoor sports ‘hub’
Green buffer between Swanley and Hextable and Swanley Village
Opportunity for an eastward expansion of Swanley
Limited expansion to Hextable
Potential for up to 3,000 new homes
Further work needed to establish the critical mass to support the Swanley Town Centre regeneration
Swanley and Hextable

7. Swanley Garden Village

8. Swanley Garden Village

9. Swanley Garden Village

10. Master Vision outcomes
the overall principle of regeneration and growth in Swanley and Hextable be supported;
some elements of the Master Vision be addressed further within a Local Plan ‘Issues and Options’ consultation to be undertaken during 2017 with the exception of unsupported aspects, namely: facilitating new or improved Public/Town Council facilities and building a new hotel on the edge of the recreation ground; building any development on the recreation ground; and the proposals to build 3000 houses, or any large development, on the pieces of strongly performing Green Belt and Grade 2 agricultural land at the back of Archer Way which separates the communities of Hextable, Swanley Village and Swanley;
the undertaking of further studies be supported, to assess in more detail the following specific aspects:
- a development brief focussed on Swanley;
- a full and comprehensive transport strategy plan to properly highlight how road infrastructure could be improved in the area to reduce congestion;
- more detailed feasibility work related to the main elements of infrastructure; and
- a financial assessment to refine the scale of development required to achieve a ‘critical mass’.
Master Vision outcomes