{"id":96073,"date":"2025-08-27T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96073\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:12:09","slug":"architect-developer-oddment-wins-approval-for-debut-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96073\/","title":{"rendered":"Architect-developer Oddment wins approval for debut scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Focusing on small-site development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddment.co.uk\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the practice<\/a> was set up last year by former Bell Phillips architects Ned Scott and Alex Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>Its debut project will create a pair of two-bedroom houses on a plot made up of two rear gardens in Torridon Road, Catford, in Lewisham.<\/p>\n<p>Two previous, unsuccessful attempts had been made to develop the land. However, the emerging practice said it had been \u2018encouraged by recent changes in local planning policy\u2019 \u2013 namely the borough\u2019s Small Sites Design Guide (adopted October 2021) \u2013 and had been \u2018confident the challenges could be addressed\u2019 by \u2018actively engaging with planners and local residents throughout the design process\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The choice of materials and the designs of the elevations have been inspired by the listed Corbett Community Library and St Andrew\u2019s Church opposite.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddment.co.uk\/about\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oddment<\/a> said: \u2018The red brick which remains consistent across the building with a change in mortar colour to establish a plinth to the building, with the precast crown offering a nod to the stone balustrade to the top of the library.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The finer details at the human scale transform the street frontage and a forgotten parcel land into new high-quality family homes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The practice is now working with a development partner to deliver the scheme and with a view to being retained as architect and principal designer for RIBA stages 4 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>Work could start before the end of the year and complete in November 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-796980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001_Torridon-Road_Process-Sketch-03-rotated.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1755\" height=\"1240\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-796980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torridon Road, process sketch<\/p>\n<p>Project data<\/p>\n<p>Location\u00a0Torridon Road, Catford, Lewisham<br \/>Local authority\u00a0London Borough of Lewisham<br \/>Type of project\u00a0Residential<br \/>Client\u00a0Oddment<br \/>Architect\u00a0Oddment<br \/>Planning consultant\u00a0West Green Planning<br \/>Principal designer\u00a0Oddment<br \/>Funding\u00a0Private<br \/>Tender date\u00a0August 2025<br \/>Start on site date\u00a0November 2025<br \/>Completion\u00a0November 2026<br \/>Contract duration\u00a012 months<br \/>Gross internal floor area\u00a0178.4m\u00b2<br \/>Planning application reference\u00a0DC\/24\/138501<br \/>Visuals\u00a0Grant Mitchell<br \/>Ecology\/arboriculture\/BNG consultant\u00a0Arbtech<br \/>Transport consultant\u00a0Transport Planning Practice<br \/>Daylight and sunlight consultant\u00a0T16 Design<br \/>Heritage consultant\u00a0Jon Wright<br \/>Air quality consultant\u00a0GEM Air Quality<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796984\" class=\"size-full wp-image-796984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/001_Torridon-Road_Site-Plan-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1811\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-796984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torridon Road \u2013 site plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Focusing on small-site development, the practice was set up last year by former Bell Phillips architects Ned Scott&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96074,"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-96073","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\/96073","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=96073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}