Plan to turn south London gasworks site into 620-home neighbourhood approved

Wandsworth Borough Council has granted planning permission for the delivery of 620 homes on the site of a former gasworks.

The neighbourhood will comprise of four main plots including housing, of which 40% will be designated for affordable tenures, 4,250m² of workspace and 9,000m² of riverside parkland as well as hospitality facilities.

The scheme is being developed by regeneration specialist Common Projects along with property developer SGN Place and investment firm Mitheridge. It was approved by the council’s planning committee on 27 March.

Located in the centre of Wandsworth and bordered by the River Wandle, the brownfield site will feature buildings ranging from nine to 29 storeys, a new bridge across the river, a play park and have connections between the town, the station and the Thames Riverside.

The historic gasholder basin will also be retained and re-used, saving the embodied carbon equivalent of over 100 new build homes, according to the project team.

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Neil O’Cuinneagain, director at SGN Place, said: “The gasworks have a long and important history, sitting in the centre of Wandsworth. We are incredibly excited to be shepherding them into this next chapter, and putting them once again at the heart of the local community.”

Meanwhile, workspaces aimed at promoting the area’s music industry will facilitate recording and performance.

Steve Sanham, founding director at Common Projects, said: “This site has long sat empty and unused in the centre of one of the most well connected and desirable parts of London. We are proud to have been able to secure a future for the site that will benefit both existing and new residents, and provide space for the hugely important local music industry.”

The development has been master-planned by architect Shedkm, with buildings designed by Carmody Groarke and MAX Architects,. The public realm has been designed by BD Landscape Architects. Quod has acted as planning consultant.