690-home estate regen plan in south London approved

Plans to demolish and rebuild an estate in south London have been given the green light.

Southwark Council’s planning committee this week approved plans to demolish the existing Tustin Estate and build 690 new homes.

Then plans, by Southwark Council and architect Drmm will provide 241 more affordable homes and 220 more market homes than the current estate, according to the planning committee papers.

Planners gave full planning permission for the first 167-home phase of the scheme, which involves the demolition of two existing blocks and garages and the erection of four buildings ranging from two to 13 stories in height. Work on this phase is due to start in Autumn.

A separate, outline planning permission was also granted to demolish several blocks and a primary school and build 12 new buildings ranging from 2 to 21 storeys delivering 523 homes. A replacement school will be built.

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Nearly two thirds of the homes will be for affordable tenures, with 345 for social rent, 98 intermediate rent for key workers and 27 for shared equity.

Darren Merrill, cabinet member for housing at Southwark Council said: “I am delighted that these exciting new plans for the estate have been approved, especially for the residents of the estate who voted for the plans and were so involved in the design work.”

A council spokesperson said the scheme will “reduce regulated CO2 emissions by 94 per cent against Building Regulations, which significantly exceeds planning requirements and will be one of the best performing developments in Southwark”