Redesign of 2020 proposals to boost heights of buildings by up to five storeys
Berkeley subsidiary St William has redesigned a consented 643-home gasworks redevelopment in east London to include 20% more homes.
The developer has added 127 homes to the Pollard Thomas Edwards-designed Lea Bridge gasworks scheme, bringing the total up to 770 in a new planning application submitted last month to Waltham Forest council.
Several buildings proposed for the 2.64ha site have also been increased in height by as much as five storeys, with the tallest proposed blocks now set to rise to 26 and 23 storeys under the revised plans.
St William’s original plans for the Lea Bridge scheme were submitted in 2020 and approved by Waltham Forest council the following year. The consented scheme contained 10 buildings between four and 21 storeys.
The revised scheme has cut one of the four-storey buildings and increased the height of most other buildings by between one and five storeys. The revised scheme would contain 99 ‘Manhattan’ apartments, 230 one-beds, 280 two-beds and 66 three-beds.
The plans also include a 50-space children’s nursery, a new community and health centre, and a network of connected green play spaces along new pedestrian and cycle routes to Leyton Jubilee Park and Orient Way.
There have been several project team changes since the 2020 consent, with landscape architect Bradley Murphy Design replaced by Gillespies, townscape consultant Arc replaced by Neaves Urbanism and fire consultant FDS replaced by Introba.
The updated team has retained Pollard Thomas Edwards as lead architect, Quod on planning, PTA on structures and civils and Ramboll on flood risk.
Berkeley has been approached for comment.
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