{"id":108639,"date":"2025-09-02T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108639\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:43:17","slug":"levitt-bernstein-and-wr-ap-submit-plans-for-278-lewisham-council-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108639\/","title":{"rendered":"Levitt Bernstein and WR-AP submit plans for 278 Lewisham council homes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The scheme for Lewisham Council<\/a> is set to demolish the existing 1950s Achilles Street housing estate \u2013 including Azalea House, Fenton House and Austin House \u2013 and replace it with five new building between four and 16 storeys tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new homes will be 60 per cent affordable, including 122 council-owned for social rent \u2013 an increase from the 87 currently on site \u2013 as well as 44 offered for low-cost home ownership.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A third of the total units will be family homes and all but 2 per cent will be double or triple-aspect. The scheme includes 23 maisonettes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scheme will also deliver 4,332m2 of public open space and 671m2 of play space, plus improved links to Fordham Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It will also provide 1,411m2 of commercial space, with shops creating a new parade along New Cross Road and workshops on Pagnell Street and in a new \u2018makers\u2019 yard\u2019 providing flexible space for local businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ZCD Architects worked on the project as a youth engagement specialist, with consultation work ongoing since 2016 \u2014 including a youth panel, resident steering group and local school input.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The phased redevelopment is expected to complete by 2033.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James-J Walsh, Lewisham Council\u2019s cabinet member for inclusive regeneration and planning said: \u2018This is regeneration done right: inclusive, creative and genuinely community-led. These plans put residents, young people and the wider New Cross community at the heart of decision-making and design.<\/p>\n

\u2018At a time when the housing crisis continues to price people out of our city, Achilles shows what is possible when we lead with our values. We are delivering 60 per cent affordable homes, new public spaces and better links across our community while creating jobs and opportunities for local people.\u2019<\/p>\n

Levitt Bernstein director Jo McCafferty added: \u2018The proposals not only create exemplary new housing, play space, shops and workspace but also will improve wider issues of community safety, connectivity with the park, slow car movement along Achilles Street and prioritise the independent movement of children and young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018It has been the project of a lifetime and an extraordinary privilege to work so closely with our client and Achilles residents. We look forward to the delivery of the project and handing over new homes to the Achilles residents who have waited so long.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Levitt Bernstein and WR-AP\u2019s designs for the new Achilles Estate in New Cross<\/p>\n

Project data<\/p>\n

Architects\u00a0Levitt Bernstein with WR-AP Architects
Landscape architect\u00a0Levitt Bernstein
Youth engagement specialist\u00a0ZCD Architects
Project manager and employers agent\u00a0Silver DCC
Cost consultant\u00a0Silver DCC
Principal designer\u00a0Silver DCC
Planning consultant\u00a0DP9
Structural engineer\u00a0Price and Myers
Civil engineer Price & Myers
MEP consultant\u00a0Max Fordham
Acoustic consultant\u00a0Max Fordham
Sustainability consultant\u00a0Max Fordham
BREEAM consultant\u00a0Max Fordham
Lighting consultant\u00a0Max Fordham
Fire consultant\u00a0Affinity
Daylight\/sunlight consultant\u00a0eb7
Transport consultant\u00a0SLR Consulting
Air quality consultant PEC
Commercial consultant\u00a0Forty Group
Ecological consultant\u00a0Greengage Environmental
TVIA\u00a0Landscape Visual
Wind and micro climate consultant\u00a0RWDI
CGI rendering\u00a0Blackpoint Design<\/p>\n

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