{"id":185846,"date":"2025-10-08T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185846\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:18:12","slug":"fcbs-and-morrisco-submit-plans-for-400-home-camden-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185846\/","title":{"rendered":"FCBS and Morris+Co submit plans for 400-home Camden neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

FCBS won the competition to masterplan the Camley Street regeneration project in 2020<\/a>, originally partnering with Architecture 00 and Studio Woodroffe Papa. At the time, the scheme had an estimated budget of \u00a3136 million.<\/p>\n

It is understood rival teams competing for the job included Arup with Alison Brooks Architects; Haworth Tompkins with Feilden Fowles, N\u00edall McLaughlin Architects and Metropolitan Workshop; Maccreanor Lavington; and Sheppard Robson with dRMM.<\/p>\n

Since then, the scheme has been through a five-year consultation with the local community during which time the proposed number of homes has increased from 350 to 401.<\/p>\n

Late last year, project backers Ballymore and Lateral, which are working in partnership with landowner Camden Council, brought in Morris + Company to develop detailed designs for one of the plots.<\/p>\n

A planning application has now been lodged with the council. This follows an application for prior approval for the demolition of the existing light industrial buildings across the sites, which cover a total area of 1.45ha.<\/p>\n

The scheme would transform two plots at 120-136 Camley Street (site A \u2013 FCBS) and a nearby site at 3-30 Cedar Way (site B \u2013 Morris+Company) to create a neighbourhood with new homes, commercial workplaces, a technology hub, pedestrian and cycle routes, and public green spaces.<\/p>\n

Camden Council plans to offer half of the 401 new homes at \u2018genuinely affordable\u2019 levels. These will range from one to four-bedroom flats, which it says are \u2018desperately needed in the borough\u2019.<\/p>\n

FCBS will deliver the 119 affordable homes, while Morris+Company is behind two residential buildings housing units for private and intermediate rent, plus a separate technology hub hosting life science and manufacturing workspaces.<\/p>\n

The sites sit between the new neighbourhood at King\u2019s Cross and the council\u2019s flagship development at Agar Grove.<\/p>\n

A new \u2018green\u2019 pedestrian route would link Camden Town to the West End via the site, and buildings would feature rooftop gardens and terraces to promote biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Camden Council partnered up with developer Ballymore and investment firm Lateral on the project, following a 2023 call for \u00a3500 million of investment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Camley site building location plan<\/p>\n

Camden cabinet member for new homes and community investment Nasrine Djemai said: \u2018These proposals will also support local growth and provide more than 1,000 job and training opportunities that will directly benefit our residents.<\/p>\n

\u2018For almost five years,\u00a0we\u2019ve been engaging with local communities and businesses to create a shared vision for Camley Street.\u2019<\/p>\n

FCBS partner Chris Allen described the scheme as a \u2018socially and environmentally resilient neighbourhood\u2019 and emphasised the creation of an enhanced public realm in Camley Street containing new tree planting and several outdoor communal spaces.<\/p>\n

Morris+Company founder Joe Morris said his practice\u2019s contribution \u2018feeds directly into the masterplan vision\u2019 while prioritising \u2018openness, adaptability and sustainability, supporting a new ecosystem of inclusion and shared growth at the heart of Camden.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018These are not simply spaces for living and working, but places designed to open up access, encourage collaboration and blur boundaries between learning, making and community.\u2019<\/p>\n

The planning application is expected to be determined in early 2026. Work to ready the site for development will also begin in the new year.<\/p>\n

Project Data:<\/p>\n

Client Camden Council CIP\/Ballymore\/Lateral
Architect Feilden Cleggg Bradley Studios (masterplan and site A), Morris+Company (site B)
Landscape architect Spacehub
Planning consultant Turley
Street life strategy RCKa
Energy and sustainability Hoare Lea
Structural engineer Walsh Assocaites
MEP Couch Perry & Wilkes
Cost consultant Aecom (site A), Gardiner & Theobald (site B)
Stakeholder engagement Make Good
Fire engineer Ashton Fire
Transport Consultant Velocity
Life science architect Fairhurst
Daylight and sunlight DPR
Social impact Hatch
Heritage and townscape Montagu Evans
Access consultant Peter Connell
Wind engineer RWDI
Environmental statement Temple
Construction logistics A Consulting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FCBS won the competition to masterplan the Camley Street regeneration project in 2020, originally partnering with Architecture 00…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-185846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}