A terrace of six four-bedroom houses for London Affordable Rent. The site is to the rear of one of our existing blocks, formerly occupied by garages and a drying area.
The development will improve the public realm around the site with additional planting and parking provisions, including electric vehicle charging points and cycle parking.
The site runs along the Marnock Rd street frontage parallel to the ‘up’ platform of Crofton Park station. The site was assembled out of 11 garages, a drying area, pram sheds and a bin store used by the residents of the Brockley Grove flats.
The new houses follow the existing building line of two and three-storey period houses running up to the junction of Marnock Rd and Brockley Rd.
Following extensive consultation with local residents, planning consent was granted on 24 July 2017 for the construction of 6×4 bed houses for letting at social rent level.
The houses are large family units (7 persons /7 bed spaces) and will go towards meeting the need in Lewisham for affordable larger-sized family homes. The house layouts are all the same.
The houses are built over 3 storeys, and comprise a kitchen, dining room and a shower room/WC on the ground floor, a living room, double bedroom and bathroom on the first floor, and two double bedrooms, one single bedroom, and a bathroom on the second floor. Heating and hot water is provided by gas boiler, and the houses are thermally insulated.
The new houses have a rear garden with a cycle store, and a small front garden accommodating a bin store.
| General Information | |
| Project stage | Planning permission granted |
| Number of new homes | 6 |
| Ward | Crofton Park |
| Work estimated to complete | Spring 2022 |
| Contractor | Indecon Building Ltd |
| Architect | PCKO |
| Number of homes for social rent | 6 |
| Number of homes for sale | 0 |
Resident Consultation
Before we were granted planning permission, we spent time listening to what local people had to say about our proposals.
| You said | Our response |
| There are too many houses in the space | We’ve reduced the number of homes we plan to build from seven to six. This allows for more space between the existing flats and the new homes and means we can keep more green space. |
| We don’t want to lose our parking provisions | Our designs include 12 parking spaces. We will work with people who rent garages here to provide alternative garage space elsewhere. |
| We’re concerned about privacy | The new homes will be built 18 meters away from the existing homes. |
| We think all of the new properties should be council homes | All of the homes we want to build on Marnock Road will now be council homes. |
Useful information
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