Weston Williamson wins approval for Wandsworth council housing
The council gave consent to the AJ100 practice for two sites known as plots B and C on the Ackroydon East Estate and Galleons Estate last month. Last year, WW+P won approval for nine homes on the two other estate sites - known as plots A and D.The proposals deliver a total of 27 new homes as part of the councils Homes for Wandsworth development programme.On the Galleons Estate, it will replace garages on the Plot A site with a two-storey structure containing six homes for social rent.AdvertisementOn the Ackroydon East Estate, three sites will be developed to provide 21 homes with tenures ranging from one-bed apartments to two-bed duplexes: thirteen on site B, five on site C, and three on site D.Site B includes a new community centre, which the practice says was designed with local community input.The development will also include landscaping improvements to Montfort Place public square and the adjacent Sunken Garden.WW+P said the three infill schemes at Ackroydon would offer privacy to existing and future residents through design features such as stepped and chamfered massing on site C.On site D, a gentle chamfer and inset balconies plus a folded standing seam zinc roof will give privacy and mediate the change in height between the existing and new structures, the practice added.AdvertisementWW+P head of residential and project director Beatrix Young said: We are excited to bring forward these four small-site developments alongside Wandsworth Council and the wider consultant team.We are dedicated to creating high-quality, sustainable, inclusive and vibrant communities to address the boroughs housing challenges.Under the Homes for Wandsworth programme, the local authority aims to deliver 1,000 new council homes by 2029.Current site view