Westminster City Council’s planning committee has unanimously approved detailed plans for 781 homes at the Ebury Bridge estate regeneration.
Councillors have backed the plans, which include 50% affordable housing and the reprovision of homes for the estate’s 229 residents.
The scheme is being led by Westminster City Council as developer, with a design team including astudio architects, Arup Associates, Levitt Bernstein and Gardiner & Theobald.
The council will fund the 200 multi-tenure homes in the first phase. It has set aside £136.6m from the Housing Revenue Account to be dedicated to the project over five years, with this figure rising to £186.7m over the longer term.
Debbie Jackson, Westminster City Council’s executive director for growth, planning and housing, said: “This is Westminster’s largest housebuilding project in a generation, including 53% affordable homes, creating opportunities for families to own a home in central London.
“In line with our cleaner and greener commitments, the new homes will use 90% less carbon compared with the existing estate, and it will be a low-car scheme to encourage new residents to use excellent local transport links or cycle.”
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