Towers up to 23 storeys will be at former electricity board site in south-east London
DLA Architecture’s plans to build 1,448 homes in south-east London have been approved by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Developer Re:shape’s £425m scheme would comprise 930 purpose-built student beds (PBSA), 425 co-living studios, 93 residential homes, of which 40% will be for affordable tenures.
The scheme, located near the Woolwich Elizabeth line station, includes six buildings, stepped in height and rising up to 23 storeys. It will be built at a site that has been vacant for the past 20 years.
It includes new public realm improvements, as well as community space and commercial floorspace.
Jermaine Browne, co-founder of Re:shape, said: “Our mission is to take complex, long-stalled sites and turn them into neighbourhoods with opportunity at their heart - including fully policy-compliant affordable housing and community-led placemaking that deliver genuine long-term social impact and value.”
The historic Electric Works building, which served as offices for the Electricity Department based on Powis Street, will be retained as restored as a community space.
The project team also includes Studio Bosk as landscape architect, Whitby Wood as structural engineer and Applied Energy as M&E engineer.
In 2022 plans for five blocks of up to 22 storeys were rejected, with councillors branding the size of the proposed development overwhelming and criticising a lack of “affordable” housing in the scheme.
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