Housing association Peabody has submitted plans to invest £500m towards the £1.5bn cost of the transformation of part of the South Thamesmead estate, used as a backdrop for Stanley Kubrick’s classic film A Clockwork Orange.
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Peabody, which owns 80% of the land around the south east London site, has revealed plans to demolish its 1960s concrete blocks and build more than 20,000 new homes in their place. Four planning applications have been handed in to the London Borough of Bexley, along with plans for a new high street and improved connections to Abbey Wood train station, which is set to be part of the Elizabeth Line.
Picture Credit: Proctor and Matthews Architects and Mecanoo
Proctors and Matthews Architects and Mecanoo devised the first phase of the scheme, which has been submitted to planning bosses.
One of the planning applications, for Southmere Village, would see more than 500 new homes being built, as well as a new library, shops, a new lakeside square.
Another three applications for Binsey Walk, Coralline Walk, and Sedgemere Road would offer around 1,000 new homes, a new pedestrian route, community creative spaces and much more.
These plans form part of the London Borough of Bexley’s Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead Housing Zone.
This is one of two Housing Zones to be delivered in Thamesmead, the other is being led by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Both will be developed by Peabody with £47.5m investment from the Greater London Authority.
“The creation of 1,500 new homes and a new high street as part of the Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead Housing Zone, together with the arrival of Crossrail means we also have the opportunity to create hundreds of new jobs and attract new business. Peabody is committed to working with local residents to create the dynamic and thriving place where people aspire to live, work and visit.”
Pauline Ford, Peabody’s interim executive director of Thamesmead, told the Evening Standard “The perceptions formed by a Clockwork Orange are just wrong, but we know we need to spend a great deal of money on good design, this is a place on the cusp of something special.”
Subject to planning permission the first developments will begin in early 2017, with the final phase completing in 2024.
