Brent’s redevelopment land designated as ‘Site 11’ is a narrow linear site sandwiched between the West Coast Main Line out of Euston and a parallel residential road. The rail corridor accommodates not only high speed inter-city services but also urban rail services and parts of the overground LUL network through Queens Park station.
With London Borough of Brent seeking to construct eight new blocks of mixed tenure housing there were clearly high level risks associated with the presence of the railway. The railway had the potential to affect factors such as site layout, building height, methods of cranage and construction, excavations, and extent of basements and fenestration.
