{"id":636044,"date":"2026-06-13T04:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636044\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:03:27","slug":"peter-barber-henley-halebrown-and-east-reveal-winchester-regeneration-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636044\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Barber, Henley Halebrown and East reveal Winchester regeneration plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developer Igloo unveiled a series of redesigned images this week\u00a0as part of a new phase of public consultation. The developer also set out a detailed proposal for phase one of the scheme and outline concepts for phase two.<\/p>\n

Igloo became the sole financial backer of the project after investor Genr8 Kajima Regeneration pulled out<\/a> at the start of this year. The project is set to be delivered by development partnership Jigsaw, trading as Partnerships & Places.<\/p>\n

According to Henley Halebrown director Simon Henley, the project represents \u2018the most significant change to the city in 1,000 years\u2019.<\/p>\n

The scheme is the latest attempt at a large-scale transformation of the district. It comes 10 years after the city council abandoned contentious proposals by Allies and Morrison for the wider Silver Hill district.<\/p>\n

Phase one involves clearing several sites, including two disused car parks, and features the retention and reuse of existing buildings, to create a residential-led development which will also offer space for shops, offices and hospitality businesses.<\/p>\n

Phase two, currently at an outline stage, proposes to replace Winchester Bus Station with more homes, and includes plans to uncover a stream, which currently runs underneath the city.<\/p>\n

Following a first round of public consultation at the start of this year, the designs have evolved. In particular, the colour palette of several residential buildings has changed from a grey\/white to the warm red brick, which now characterises the majority of the scheme.<\/p>\n

The three London-based practices have designed different elements of both the outline and detailed plans, but, says Igloo, are all following a brief to \u2018celebrate Winchester\u2019s unique architectural character and heritage, drawing on the geology, textures and patterns that define the city\u2019s built environment\u2019.<\/p>\n

This team hopes to succeed where a more-than-decade-long effort to redevelop the area has failed, with legal challenges and local opposition sinking the previous attempt by Allies and Morrison in 2016.<\/p>\n

Those axed regeneration plans were superseded by a new supplementary planning document for the 4.5ha zone, drawn up by JTP<\/a>\u00a0and Snug Architects, which the local authority adopted in 2018.<\/p>\n

East Architecture director Julian Lewis, speaking to the AJ at the consultation on Tuesday (9 June), said he believed the \u2018momentum of local support for the proposals was growing\u2019.<\/p>\n

When asked how the design team was addressing concerns that proved fatal for his architectural predecessors on the same site, Lewis said: \u2018We are responding to the place, not to the previous scheme.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Simon Henley and Julian Lewis standing outside the Winchester Bus Station, which could be demolished under the current proposals, credit AJ photography<\/p>\n

On the approach to the architecture, Henley said: \u2018Yes, we\u2019re making buildings and urban blocks, but really what we\u2019re doing is reshaping public space \u2013 opening things up and making the city easier and more enjoyable to move through.<\/p>\n

\u2018A big part of our work has been capturing the characteristics that make Winchester unique: its geology, the landscape that surrounds it, and the textures and patterns that come from its long architectural history.\u2019<\/p>\n

A planning application is expected to be submitted by the end of the year, with work on site for phase one due to begin in 2027.<\/p>\n

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Peter Barber, Henley Halebrown and East Architecture proposals for the Central Winchester Regeneration project \u2013 Outline plan<\/p>\n

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