Tesco urban village plans approved

Weston Homes and partner Tesco have been given the green light to transform a store site in Redbridge into a new urban village development.

Lorimer Village will provide 1,280 new homes of mixed tenure, a replacement Tesco store, 1,710 sqm (18,406 sqft) of commercial space, a new 3-form primary school, 327 sqm (3,520 sqft) village hall, 400 sqm (4,306 sqft) community hub, landscaped gardens, parking facilities and public transport improvements.

With an eight-year phased construction project anticipated to start on site in early 2022, Lorimer Village is one of the most important regeneration projects to be given the go-ahead in East London.

The new urban-village will provide 14 medium-rise residential towers, rising from 10 to 22 storeys, with biodiverse and brown roofs, connected a podium level to form nine linked buildings.

Masterplanned by Weston Homes, RDA Architects and Allen Pyke landscape consultants the striking buildings at Lorimer Village are designed around a new civic square, four large landscaped podium courtyards and tree lined pedestrian boulevards, linking to a new station square and Goodmayes Railway Station.

The buildings are set in 7.9 acres of landscaped grounds, school playground space, residential amenity space and landscaped roofscape, complete with tree lined pedestrian walkways and public open areas. Final build completion and occupations are scheduled for late 2030.

‘Weston Homes is delighted to have gained a resolution to grant planning for Lorimer Village, which will be delivering with our partner Tesco,’ said Weston Homes chairman and chief executive, Bob Weston.

‘Lorimer Village is one of several projects where Weston Homes is partnering with Tesco, regenerating unused land for new mixed tenure housing and employment generating commercial space. There is an urgent need to provide more low-cost housing for Londoners so collaborations like this between major retailers and housebuilders makes an important contribution.’