{"id":419332,"date":"2026-02-11T05:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419332\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T05:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:16:11","slug":"bg-architecture-and-sanchez-benton-win-approval-for-greenwich-council-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419332\/","title":{"rendered":"BG Architecture and Sanchez Benton win approval for Greenwich council homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three-storey brick housing block, to be built on the site of an unused garage in Westmount Road, will contain seven dual-aspect homes \u2013 a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes to be offered at social rent levels. The largest homes will have private gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The project will contribute to phase 2 of the Greenwich Builds programme, which ultimately aims to build 1,750 affordable homes across \u2018redundant\u2019 brownfield and infill plots in the borough. Phase two is targeting 22 sites on which to create 152 affordable homes.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Adam Khan Architects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/adam-khan-wins-approval-for-greenwich-affordable-housing-scheme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won planning approval<\/a> for another project under the Greenwich Builds programme: a 100 per cent affordable scheme across two sites in Wricklemarsh Road and Zangwill Road.<\/p>\n<p>The Westmount Road project is the first of several developments BGA and Sanchez Benton are working on for phase 2, and the practice hopes to get planning permission for more sites in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>BGA director Edgar Gonzalez said: \u2018The design team views homes as a fundamental component of a city\u2019s infrastructure, and is proud to contribute to addressing the housing shortage by designing high-standard, energy-efficient 100 per cent affordable homes, that will be built using sensible construction methods.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>All of the homes will be fossil fuel-free with rooftop solar panels and air-source heat pumps incorporated to achieve an 82 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions compared with a building that meets minimum performance standards, according to the practice.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a covered entrance to the block, leading on to a courtyard that serves the ground-floor homes.<\/p>\n<p>Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke said: \u2018This approval shows that, despite the challenges facing homebuilders across the country, we are continuing to make headway towards our goal of creating 1,750 new council homes through the Greenwich Builds programme.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So far, 588 \u2018low-carbon council homes\u2019 have been completed under the programme, while a further 648 are under construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Project data<\/p>\n<p>Location Land at Westmount Road, London, SE9 1JB<br \/>Local authority Royal Borough of Greenwich<br \/>Type of project 100 per cent affordable housing<br \/>Client Greenwich Builds<br \/>Architects BG Architecture and Sanchez Benton architects<br \/>Landscape architect BG Architecture<br \/>Planning adviser Robinson Escott Planning<br \/>Structural engineer Les Postawa Associates<br \/>M&amp;E consultant Ridge<br \/>Quantity surveyor Potter Raper<br \/>Principal designer BG Architecture<br \/>Lighting consultant Ridge<br \/>Funding RBG and GLA<br \/>Gross internal floor area m\u00b2 514<br \/>Form of contract and\/or procurement Design Build<br \/>Annual CO2 emissions 82.6 per cent reduction in regulated CO2 emissions compared to a notional development that meets the minimum Part L 2021 Regulations standards of performance.<br \/>Planning application reference 25\/1088\/F<br \/>Visuals Danny Dimbleby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The three-storey brick housing block, to be built on the site of an unused garage in Westmount Road,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[154736,6225,6485,6486,154737,1120,96,74785,154738,154739,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-419332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-affordable-homes","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-brisac-gonzalez","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-greenwich","tag-greenwich-builds","tag-sanchez-benton","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419332","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=419332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}