The project will create 92 build-to-rent homes, half of which will be affordable, alongside community facilities and space for shops on a brownfield site on Leigham Court Road. The area is currently occupied by a car park, disused toilet block, vacant synagogue and a former bowling green.<\/p>\n
The toilet block will be replaced by a three-storey building, housing shops and community space. This will lead away from the road to the new flats spread across three blocks, ranging from four to six storeys.<\/p>\n
The affordable housing has been drawn up in collaboration with Lambeth Council, and comprises 15 for social rent, including several family-sized homes, and 31 at a discount market rate. Of these, some will be \u2018pocket homes\u2019 \u2013 one-bed flats designed for a single person.<\/p>\n
The scheme prioritises communal space space \u2018to foster a sense of community\u2019, and includes a shared garden, a rooftop terrace and a flexible work\/social space on the ground floor.<\/p>\n
The minimum gross internal floor area for a one-person flat is 39m2. However, this can be reduced to 37m2 where the home has a shower room instead of a bathroom.<\/p>\n
The flats in the Bell Phillips scheme have been designed with showers and footprints of 38.9m2.<\/p>\n
Lambeth Council will take ownership of one of the three residential buildings, while the other two, containing the pocket homes, will be run by Pocket Living.<\/p>\n
The shared green space has been created from what would have been the gardens of several large 19th-century villas that sit within the development site and form part of a local conservation area. Bell Phillips has used this existing space to craft the narrative of a \u2018secret garden\u2019, the approach to the site being a \u2018gradual discovery\u2019 of new buildings and greenery.<\/p>\n
Practice director Tim Bell said the scheme was \u2018aimed at London\u2019s young professionals and key workers\u2019 while also supporting the high street and community infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u2018Unlocking sites such as this is key to meeting housing targets through sustainable densification, and we are looking forward to delivering the project,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
The Leigham Court Road development is set to be all-electric and targets a BREAAM Very Good rating. It will use low-heat-loss fabric for the walls, solar panels on the roofs, and both air source and exhaust air heat pumps to further reduce grid energy demand.<\/p>\n
Pocket Living chief executive Paul Rickard said: \u2018This endorsement of our planning application not only means that we can continue building the affordable homes that we know are needed, it also demonstrates that even within this challenging development environment, SME developers are playing their part to tackle the housing crisis.\u2019<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bell Phillips has recently received planning approval for a 3,000m2 energy centre \u2013 its first infrastructure project \u2013 to help power the emerging 6,700-home Brent Cross Town development.<\/p>\n
Set to become one of the largest of its kind in the UK, the new facility will contribute to the whole scheme setting a precedent for low-carbon energy efficiency.<\/p>\n
The practice says the design was inspired in part by Mies van der Rohe\u2019s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The building features a \u2018floating\u2019 deck at roof level, intended to resemble a flying carpet hovering over the main structure, which itself takes the form of an inverted ziggurat.<\/p>\n
The first phase of construction is due to begin later this year, with the centre to be fully complete in 2032.<\/p>\n
Pocket Living project data<\/p>\n
Location 35-37 Leigham Court Road and land to the west and rear of 39-49 Leigham Court Road, London
Local authority\u00a0Lambeth Council
Client Pocket Living
Architect Bell Phillips
Structural engineer London Structures Lab
Civil engineer London Structures Lab
M&E consultant XCO2
Quantity surveyor K2 Construction Management
Landscape architect Townshend
Planning consultant DP9
Principal designer Baily Garner
Transport consultant Velocity Transport Planning
Fire consultant Jensen Hughes
Acoustic consultant KP Acoustics
Arboricultural consultant Arborclimb
Daylight\/sunlight consultant EB7
Ecological consultant Greengage<\/p>\n
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