Battersea estate regeneration plans get green light

Plans to build up to 2,550 new homes on the Winstanley and York Road Estate in Battersea have been given planning permission.

The new homes will be built by the Winstanley and York Road Regeneration Partnership, a joint venture between Taylor Wimpey and Wandsworth Council.

The regeneration programme includes building a state-of-the-art leisure centre, a community centre, a library, a children’s centre and nursery, a new local office for Workmatch which helps people into jobs, a health centre and a new public park.

It is also expected to create 88 permanent jobs for local people, 3,360 temporary construction jobs and an overall boost to the local economy of £207.6m.

The plans for the estate were drawn up following a huge consultation with estate residents and neighbours over a six year period.

Every secure council tenant will be offered a council home in the scheme to meet their individual housing needs, eliminating over-crowding.

All resident council leaseholders will be offered an affordable opportunity to buy a home on the estate.

The council and its development partner Taylor Wimpey have already made significant progress on the site with the recent completion of the first blocks of new housing, Mitchell House and Duval House.

A new Battersea Baptist Church, Thames College school are also well underway along with a new multi-use games area.

‘We have made a commitment to every secure council tenant and resident leaseholder that they will have the right to a new, improved property and I am confident that having the opportunity to live in better, higher quality, sustainable homes will genuinely improve people’s lives,’ said council leader, Cllr Ravi Govindia.

Peter Gore, managing director of Taylor Wimpey London, added: ‘We are delighted to move forward with this significant regeneration, which will provide hundreds of quality affordable homes, including new homes for all council tenants and resident leaseholders on the same site. Alongside this we will be providing major new community facilities and improved infrastructure, as well as the creation of the new public park.’

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