Green light for Olympic homes

LLDC’s planning committee has given the green light to an outline application that will transform Bridgewater Triangle in the south of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into a new residential neighbourhood. The Bridgewater Triangle masterplan will provide 575 homes, at least 50% of which will be affordable. The development will also deliver a minimum of 51% of the homes as family sized of two or more bedrooms, including flats, townhouses and maisonettes. A minimum of 65% of the affordable homes will be two bedrooms or more.  Alongside the residential, the scheme will also deliver around 4,000 sq ft of retail and F&B space and 2,000 sq ft of community uses. The 5.9-acre Bridgewater site comprises a brownfield site currently used for car parking. It is owned freehold by LLDC and is bounded by Waterworks River, Greenway and Pudding Mill allotments. LLDC chief executive Lyn Garner said: “It is fitting that the outline application should be approved in the week that marks the 10th anniversary of the London 2012 Games. So much progress has been made to deliver the legacy from those Games and Bridgewater signals the start of another intense period of development on the park which will see it transform even further.” The design team was led by Mikhail Riches with landscape architects BBuK, engagement architects RCKa, multidisciplinary engineering by Expedition, the bridge architects William Matthews Associates, QS by Gardiner & Theobald and planning consultant Aecom.  Building work is due to start on site in 2024 and be completed by 2028.   To send feedback, e-mail samantha.mcclary@eg.co.uk or tweet @samanthamcclary or @EGPropertyNews Images: LLDC