Clapham Junction urban heart masterplan

Work is underway to produce a masterplan for Clapham Junction station and the surrounding urban area. This work is necessary to ensure the station remains fit for purpose, and any wider development delivers the best outcomes and values for the local area.

The Council is working with partners Network Rail, the Greater London Authority, Transport for London and landowners DTZi who own the ShopStop mall to develop a masterplan for the station and surrounding sites, as well as looking at future funding options. The project partnership was established following a Transport Committee meeting on 1 February 2023. 

Why we are doing this now

There is a pressing need to upgrade Clapham Junction station to ensure it continues to run efficiently and can support high passenger numbers safely.

The station is important locally as well as for London, but it also plays a huge role in transport connections across the whole of the South East. 

Get involved

Public and stakeholder engagement will be a key part of our programme for Stage 2. Key to this is the new Clapham Junction Community Panel, which was established in July 2025 and will continue until March 2026.

We held a community meeting on Wednesday 29 October at St Peter's Church, Plough Road, where attendees heard about what has happened so far, what is next for Stage 2 and fed back their priorities for the masterplan.

The next community meeting will be on 18 February 2026, 6 to 8pm at St Peter's Church, Plough Road, SW11 2DE. Join us to hear more from the project design team on the emerging masterplan and how it relates to the Winstanley Neighbourhood Regeneration Plan. There is no need to register.

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About the area

Clapham Junction is one of the busiest town centres in Wandsworth. Each day, thousands of people pass through the railway station and people from across the borough and beyond come to live, work, visit and shop here. 

It has been identified as an Opportunity Area in the Mayor of London’s London Plan, which means there are key locations with potential for new homes, jobs and infrastructure of all types. 

The Local Plan adopted in 2023 contains a recommendation for us to produce a masterplan for the area. 

This area of focus is identified in the Local Plan (2023-2038) as the Area Strategy for Clapham Junction and York Road/Winstanley Regeneration Area.

A further extension of the Northern Line to Clapham Junction is also being considered.

View the Clapham Junction masterplan map.

Development and improvements

There are several sites nearby that have been identified in the Local Plan as being suitable for development. We want to make sure any development that happens in the future is cohesive and delivers the best outcomes for the wider Clapham Junction area. 

This means we will look at ways to:

• Improve connections and walking routes
• Strengthen the identity of the area
• Improve wayfinding and the public realm
• Deliver genuinely affordable housing, particularly social rented housing

Masterplan

This masterplan will be a document and policy guide which shapes our collective vision of how the area will look in the future. The masterplan, using the knowledge and input of communities, will take the form of a Supplementary Planning Document. This means it will be used to provide further policy guidance about how Clapham Junction might be developed in the future. It will cover topics such as:

• Social infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Design, heritage and the historic environment
• Public spaces and landscapes
• Movement and accessibility

Together with our project partners (Network Rail, Greater London Authority, Transport for London and the owners of the ShopStop mall) we are engaging with local communities and organisations as we start developing this plan.

The masterplan will not be prepared in isolation. It will be supported by local analysis, including reports which will look at the social and economic opportunities that development within Clapham Junction can unlock.

A design team with specialist experience in similar projects has been appointed to help us understand the challenges and the appetite for change considering the views of the community, voluntary sector, local businesses, employers, landlords and service providers.

The specialist architecture and urban design team Weston Williamson and Partners (WW+P) were appointed in December 2023 and are now engaging with local partners and communities to inform the masterplan work.

Work completed to date (Stage 1)

The first phase of the masterplan has focused on the challenge of upgrading the station’s capacity, and examined options for how this could be achieved whilst also serving the wider Clapham Junction community more successfully. This work has identified three potential options for creating a new pedestrian crossing of the station.

A summary of the findings of Stage 1 was reported to Cabinet on 3 November 2025. The Stage 1 Summary Report is now available to read. 

Next stages and timeline

The second stage of the project will look beyond the station in more detail. As explained above, we want to work with the community and project partners to produce a masterplan which ensures that any improvements to the station also have a positive impact for the wider area.

Stage 2 of the masterplan is due to be completed by summer 2026. The final outcome of the masterplan is then anticipated to become a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which will help guide decisions on future planning proposals in the area, and help to build a business case to the Government and other sources for funding for works to the station. 

Listening to your feedback

We know that residents and organisations have already spoken to the council about issues in the Clapham Junction station area and that a community-led plan has been produced. A key aim for us is to build on this work wherever we can and make sure it becomes part of planning policy, rather than to start from scratch.

We are doing things differently across the borough. At the heart of this is ensuring we listen to the views of local people from an early stage, particularly if there are proposed changes to an area. One way we are doing this is through our new Clapham Junction Community Panel. However, we are also consulting local businesses, residents and community organisations as the project progresses.

We hosted a drop-in event at Battersea Library. You can now view the resources shared at that event. We also launched our Commonplace site which features an ideas map that residents can drop a pin on to share their views. The site will be updated as the project progresses, and you can join the mailing list to receive our newsletter

In October 2025, we held a community meeting at St Peters Church, Plough Road, where attendees about what has happened so far and be part of what is next for Stage 2. Further community meetings are planned, with the next one taking place on 18 February 2026 at St Peters Church, Plough Road. 

Contact

If you have any questions or would like more information, get in touch by emailing claphamjunction@wandsworth.gov.uk.