From the platform of the recently opened Brent Cross West station, London’s first new mainline station in a decade, Brent Cross Town looks like a porcupine formed of cranes and half-finished buildings.
In 15 years’ time, according to plans, the same platform will overlook a gleaming new neighbourhood comprising homes for 45,000 people; new streets, cafés and shops; three rebuilt schools and several new office buildings as well as 50 acres of parkland and playing fields.
Tom Goodall, chief executive of developer Related Argent, describes the £8bn Brent Cross Town project as “one of the biggest urban regeneration opportunities that London has this decade”.