Brent Council is now consulting on the draft Staples Corner Growth Area Masterplan and Design Code SPD, which we’re delighted to have worked on with 5th Studio, with funding from DLUHC (the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities).

Staples Corner Design Code featured in Government’s Design Code Library
Staples Corner is the last large regeneration area in Brent Council, and plays an important role as a major commercial hub in the north east corner of the borough. It is exceptionally well located to provide logistics, employment and manufacturing uses for the entire city. Adjoining the borough boundary with Barnet, and the Brent Cross Town regeneration area to the east, the new masterplan proposes significant industrial intensification alongside the colocation of 2,000 new homes and significant improvements to the public realm. RCKa was first commissioned by Brent Council to design and run an comprehensive engagement strategy with business owners, workers and the wider community. From this we established guiding principles that informed the production of the Staples Corner Design Code, which we worked on with council officers. RCKa then worked alongside 5th Studio to develop the spatial masterplan – our focus being new residential areas to complement 5th Studio’s industrial expertise – that over the coming decade will transform Staples Corner into a vibrant, mixed-use neighbourhood.

We are also pleased to share that the Design Code has now been featured in the Government’s Design Code Library by the Office for Place. This library highlights area-based and site-specific guidelines and standards from across the UK. We are proud to be selected to be featured alongside a diverse range of Design Codes, each promoting inclusive and thoughtful approaches to urban planning.
Project list
- Project
- New Homes in New Ways
- Scylla Road
- The Wyldewoods
- Padnall Hall
- Broadfields, Common Home
- Deptford Broadway
- High Road Leyton
- Coppetts Road
- Camden Road Hostel
- Begbroke Science Park
- Chigwell Retirement Village
- Chandos Way and Britten Close
- Ealing Small Sites Strategy
- Highgate Newtown Community Centre
- West Malling
- Tropicana
- Park Road, Edmonton
- Filwood Broadway
- Symister Mews
- Birmingham Smithfield
- Staples Corner
- Holes to Homes
- The Children’s Trust
- Ebbsfleet Cultural Colocation Strategy
- Nourish Hub
- L&Q Asset Appraisal
- Lewisham Small Sites SPD
- Bridgewater
- Ryde Business Park
- Clitterhouse Farm
- Hortsley, Seaford
- The Granville
- 23a Leyton Road
- Foundry Mews, Waltham Forest
- Arklow Road
- Enfield Business Centre
- TNG Youth & Community Centre
- De La Rue Technology Centre
- Open Eye Gallery