Developers revise rejected £1bn Stag Brewery plans
The developers behind the £1bn development of the Stag Brewery site in Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames, have prepared fresh plans following refusal from London mayor Sadiq Khan last year.
Singapore’s CDL and Dartmouth Capital Advisors’ 1,250-home scheme was rejected by Khan, despite Greater London Authority planning officers’ recommendations to approve.
The GLA had called for a greater proportion of affordable housing, resulting in a taller, denser scheme than the proposals for 813 homes previously approved by Richmond Council in 2020.
The developers behind the £1bn development of the Stag Brewery site in Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames, have prepared fresh plans following refusal from London mayor Sadiq Khan last year.
Singapore’s CDL and Dartmouth Capital Advisors’ 1,250-home scheme was rejected by Khan, despite Greater London Authority planning officers’ recommendations to approve.
The GLA had called for a greater proportion of affordable housing, resulting in a taller, denser scheme than the proposals for 813 homes previously approved by Richmond Council in 2020.
At the time, Khan blasted the low level of affordable homes provided, which had risen from 12% to 30%, and the tenure of affordable housing. He also criticised the height of the 10-storey buildings and consequent effect on historic buildings and riverside views.
Dartmouth and CDL subsidiary Reselton have worked up fresh proposals for 1,114 homes, with the affordable proportion still to be decided and plans to be lodged next month. They will submit two applications for the housing and the 1,200-pupil secondary school.
At 1.7m sq ft, the new so-called “hybrid” scheme proposes a larger number of homes and floorspace than the proposals approved by Richmond, but less than the GLA amended scheme.
The revised plans will see a maximum height of eight storeys, with taller towers still focused around the new Thames High Street. There will be one block of intermediate affordable in the first phase and two blocks of social housing in the second phase.
Speaking at a public webinar on 27 January, Dartmouth director Guy Duckworth, said: “We want to provide the maximum reasonable amount of affordable housing that is possible to be provided by the scheme. That measure is conducted by way of viability analysis and that process is being conducted at the moment.
“If we can build more commercial or residential space, the scheme can deliver more affordable housing.”
He added that Dartmouth had previously explored a greater number of affordable homes, through providing a smaller primary school, with homes built above.
Dartmouth, on behalf of CDL, bought the 22-acre former Budweiser brewery site from AB InBev for £158m in 2015.
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