King's Cross Railway Lands Group (KXRLG)
Land
use, jobs and residential mix
Note
by the King's Cross Railway Lands Group July 2004
|
|
total applied
for (square metres) |
percentage of
total (roughly) |
actual space (square metres) |
|
business |
486,280 |
57 |
409,000+ |
|
residential |
176,875 (2,300 homes) |
20 |
143,000+ (1818 homes) |
|
hotel |
47,225 |
4.5 |
35,000+ |
|
shops/food
& drink |
45,925 |
4 |
28,000+ |
|
community
facilities |
75,765 |
8.5 |
55,000+ |
|
leisure (inc.
cinema) |
40,020 |
4 |
28,000+ |
|
multi storey
car park |
23,850 |
3 |
21,000+ |
|
other (tube
entry etc) |
525 |
minimal |
|
|
total |
820,700 |
<124
100> |
718,275 |
Argent
St George have applied to develop 24% more than the total land that is
available. This does not mean that they will do so. They have applied for the
maximum they would like to be able to develop in each category of use knowing
that they will not do so because they have to be able to respond to changing market forces in different
ways so they need options: the figures are therefore "up to" figures. These are
the figures in the left hand column.
Although
they have applied to develop 820,700 square metres it will only be possible for
them to develop a maximum of 718,275 square metres above ground, i.e. that is
the upper limit they propose in their application for the total amount of
building.
The
middle column above gives a percentage for each use of the total figure they
have applied for.
The
right hand column applies those percentages to the actual space available to be
developed and gives (roughly) the figures that would result.
The
floorspace figure of 718,275 square metres include the re-erected gasholder triplet; the Great Northern
Hotel, the German Gymnasium, the southern Stanley Building, the Fish and Coal
Offices and Wharf Road arches, the Granary Building with its east and west
transit sheds, the Midland Goods Shed and Handyside canopies, Regeneration
House, the eastern and western coal drops.
Argent
St George has also applied to develop 83,500 sq metres of new basement space
which would be used for plant such as power supplies, for storage and for
parking. This is over and above the 718,275 square metres above ground.
BUSINESS
USES AND JOBS/EMPLOYMENT
The
first figures are those quoted by Argent St George; in those that follow KXRLG
take these as a baseline to work out comparative numbers of jobs relative to
the space that would be required to accommodate them. It works out at 16.2
square metres per job.
|
486,280
square metres (applied for) |
30,000
jobs |
|
400,000
square metres (called for in adopted planning brief) |
24,677
jobs |
|
320,944
square metres (illustrative) |
20,000
jobs |
|
184,786
square metres |
11,400
jobs (called for in the London Plan) |
RESIDENTIAL
MIX in Argent St George's Development Specification
First
1,600 units:
|
studio/one
bed |
40% |
640
units |
|
2
bed |
37% |
592 |
|
3
bed |
18% |
288 |
|
4
bed |
05% |
80 |
Additional
units:
|
studio/one
bed |
45% |
|
2
bed |
40% |
|
3/4
bed |
15%
|
Camden
and Islington's Joint Planning Brief for the site calls for 1,800 residential
units. An additional 200 units after Argent's initial 1,600 gives figures of:
|
studio/one
bedroom |
90 |
(total:
730 units) |
|
2
bed |
80 |
(total:
672 units) |
|
3/4
bed |
30 |
(total:
398 units). |
If
the maximum figure of homes Argent St George propose were built the total mix
would be:
|
studio/one
bed |
955
units |
|
2
bed |
872 |
|
3/4
bed |
473 |
posted 30 07 04
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