Staples Corner Brent – Urban Farm & Liveable Space

Proposed

This speculative regeneration proposal for a hydroponic urban farm alongside carbon neutral housing on Strategic Industrial Land (SIL) adjacent to Brent’s Welsh Harp Reservoir.

This speculative regeneration proposal delivers a hydroponic urban farm alongside carbon neutral housing on Strategic Industrial Land (SIL) adjacent to Brent’s Welsh Harp Reservoir.

The 7.5 ha urban farm would transform a neglected and ecologically sensitive site. It would replace the existing polluting industrial use while preserving employment and stimulating green innovation.

Those productive uses would sit happily within a waterside community of 2,000 new homes with exemplary leisure facilities that would become a national centre for agricultural training.

Zero Carbon London

→ Targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ for all development

→ ‘Living Community Challenge’ to govern a multi-purpose approach

→ UK’s first major centre for hydroponic farming

This speculative regeneration proposal delivers a hydroponic urban farm alongside carbon neutral housing on Strategic Industrial Land (SIL) adjacent to Brent’s Welsh Harp Reservoir. The 7.5 hectare urban farm would transform a neglected and ecologically sensitive site. It would replace the existing polluting industrial use while preserving employment and stimulating green innovation. Those productive uses would sit happily within a waterside community of 2,000 new homes with exemplary leisure facilities that would become a national centre for agricultural training. The project would be the UK’s first major centre for hydroponic farming, creating 3,000 new jobs and 80,000 sqm of agricultural space.

Project information

Status

Proposed

Borough

Brent

Size

25000 sq m

Completion

2030

Location

Staples Corner, London NW2, UK

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