WE HAVE A BACK TO EARLS COURT BOLD AND AMBITIOUS VISION
Progress update ahead of asking for your feedback on our draft masterplan this winter
This draft masterplan will be based on four priorities:
TH E OPP ORT UN ITY ORTU N
We have an opportunity to create something extraordinary on this 40 acre site
West Kensington Station
West Brompton Station
The team at The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) is tasked with realising this huge opportunity for local communities, London and the UK.
The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) is an Earl’s Court based business, responsible for driving the regeneration of the 40 acre-site, former Earls Court Exhibition Centre site on behalf of the Earls Court Partnership Limited – a joint venture between Delancey (on behalf of its client funds and the Dutch pension fund manager, APG) and Transport for London (TfL) that was formed in December 2019. The first decision ECDC took after acquiring the site was to hand back the West Kensington and Gibbs Green housing estates to Hammersmith & Fulham Council.
Over the last two years, we have focused on bringing life back to the site and to the homes and properties which had been left empty, ensuring that the plans enhance the whole area –not just the boundary line of the site – both now and in the future. During this time, we have been talking with local people, listening and learning about this fascinating part of London and understanding local priorities.
The ECDC team leading the project, taken at our office on Empress Place
In the summer, we shared some early concepts with the community. Our design team are now using your feedback to shape a draft masterplan design which we will present to you this winter.
BUIL DIN G ON OU R FRAM EW OR K –
OU R RE CE NT EN GA GEMEN T
Our summer engagement in numbers
Over the summer, we spoke to hundreds of you about our concepts for the future of Earls Court. Thank you to everyone who has engaged with us and given valuable feedback –you are helping to shape the future of Earls Court.
563,364 people reached by social media posts to promote engagement activities
36,000 households receiving regular community newsletters
220+ attendees at 10 design workshops held to date
1050+ conversations with the public over summer 2022
500+ respondents to four Commonplace surveys
50+ people from underrepresented groups attending dedicated sessions to ensure public space is inclusive
Public Realm Inclusivity Panel
In June 2022, we recruited a Public Realm Inclusivity Panel (PRIP), consisting of representatives from a number of groups from the local area (RBKC and LBHF). This included youth groups, disability support groups and older people, to help us understand the diverse needs of the local residents.
The panel is working closely with the design and development team to help shape the public spaces in the Earls Court site. They will use their lived experiences, site tours and workshops to help us make sure the emerging masterplan is inclusive and welcoming to everyone.
We held our first meeting in July and expect to meet monthly for the next year.
What happens now?
We know everyone is extremely keen to see a draft masterplan and we will be ready to share this with the local community this winter. Taking into account the feedback we have received to date and using our detailed understanding of the site, our masterplanners are currently progressing the early plans.
We will host an extensive programme of consultation events, community days, webinars, workshops and more to give you every opportunity to understand the plans and genuinely influence the designs as they further develop.
Do sign up now for our newsletter if you haven’t already to be kept informed about our consultation and to have your say!
Mund Street Green Community Fun Day
Masterplanning workshop at the Project Rooms
Participants at our PRIP meeting earlier this summer
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YO UR F EED BAC K
What we have learnt
We have been carefully analysing your feedback and working out what is most important to the community as we work up the draft masterplan design. Over the summer, we shared our initial framework plan for the first time and this can still be found on our website.
Here we have summarised the key themes and asks which emerged during our most recent engagement – the ranking is based on how often the issue came up and the variety of sources who raised it.
These rankings will probably change as the masterplan develops further and we will keep this updated as more feedback comes through from the community.
