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.