The proposed Devonshire Place development at a site opposite the proposed new Bakerloo Line station will now include 220 affordable homes and 910 student bedrooms.

In addition, 600 sq m of commercial and community areas will be delivered across four buildings ranging in height from 15 to 28 storeys.

Regal has now bought the site and gone out to public consultation ahead of submitting plans to Southwark later this year.

The site first received planning permission back in 2022 as part of a wider planning application which included the Council-owned land adjacent to the site. Regal said this 565 flats project was no longer deliverable.

The new scheme being brought forward maintains the benefits of the consented scheme while being better aligned to the current market. 

This is Regal London’s second purpose-built student scheme following The Society on High Road, Wembley in Brent, where permission has been granted for a range of new student homes delivering an energy efficient, sustainable lifestyle for its 349 residents.

Simon De Friend, Co-Founder, Regal London said: “This is a fantastic opportunity in the middle of the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area. As an agile developer, we have recognised that high quality student accommodation has the potential to enable the delivery of a significant quantum of affordable housing, thereby unlocking this challenging site.”

Regal Barkwest Limited is bringing forward new Devonshire Place plans with Shaw Corporation acting as development manager with Regal London as the delivery partner. 

CGI of new student accommodation scheme

The 21-storey building at 65 Crutched Friars close to Fenchurch Street in the Square Mile will house nearly 770 student bedrooms, 35% of which will be classed as affordable housing.

Designed by Danish architect 3XN, the scheme will also create a new permanent home for the Migration Museum, currently based in Lewisham, over three floors including exhibition and event space, a cafe and shop.

Demolition plans for the existing 5-storey, 1980s office building at the site were drawn up by Cantillon although no demolition or building contractor has been signed up yet for the 4-year build programme on the 295,000 sq ft scheme, which is expected to have a development value of around £240m.

The main building is stepped with five roof terraces to reduce visual impact at street level

Dominus principal director Jay Ahluwalia said: “Getting these plans approved is a huge moment as we cement our position in the PBSA sector.

“When we started out back in 2011, the goal was to build a real estate business that wasn’t only scalable and fast-growing, but was philanthropic at heart, going above and beyond to improve people’s lives.”

Dominus is helping to fund a £15m relocation of London’s Migration Museum – currently temporarily housed in a shopping centre in Lewisham

It follows Dominus’ project at 61-65 Holborn Viaduct, a 644-unit student accommodation development.

Over the last 10 years, Dominus, led by brothers Husnell, Preet, and Jay Ahluwalia, has completed 35 projects and now has 16 more currently in development.

Building on its hotel expertise, it is now expanding significantly into student accommodation and the build-to-rent market, as well as plans to set up a new investment fund.

Joint venture developer SGN Mitheridge has submitted hybrid plans for the site, which is one of the last undeveloped sites in Wandsworth town centre

The mixed-tenure scheme is to be developed with four main buildings ranging from 10-30 floors and will cost around £290m to build over six years.

103m tall A1 building forms part of the detailed planning application

Masterplanner shedkm has designed the plans with a team that includes MAX Architects, Carmody Groarke, BD Landscape Architects, Atelier Ten and Whitby Wood Engineers.

The gas holder’s inflating steel structure that dominated this area for over 60 years has been removed.

The 45m deep, 67m diameter circular concrete lined foundation of the old gas holder will be retained to use embodied carbon and improve sustainability of the scheme, which will be built around the underground structure.

15-storey B2 buildings in the detailed application will circle the formed gasometer foundations

The project also creates a new riverside park, with 200m of the River Wandle, formerly inaccessible, opened up for the first time.

The estate rebuild, which will be phased over 10 years, will see 275 new homes, comprising 96 homes available to buy and 179 affordable homes for the estate’s existing residents.

With planning permission now granted preparatory works will start on the site in spring 2023 with construction due to commence in October 2023.

The first block within the new scheme is set to be delivered in early 2025. This phasing has been planned so that existing residents will only need to move once.

Ray Toft, managing director, South London, Countryside Partnerships, said: “Following the residents ballot approval for the regeneration in 2021, we have worked tirelessly with residents, the council and local community to design a scheme that delivers for everyone, and so we are thrilled our plans have been approved.

“The redevelopment of the Calverley Close estate is a fantastic opportunity to deliver a significant number of quality homes for local residents, creating a vastly improved neighbourhood and integrating existing and new communities.”

The developer will submit plans to Islington Council for the Kohn Pedersen Fox designed building at 99 City Road within the next few weeks.

New building will offer around 480,000 sq ft of office space and a 3,000 sq ft great room for conferences and public use

The site is presently the headquarters of satellite communications group Inmarsat, which is planning to vacate the existing 1980s office building at the site.

Existing 10-storey Inmarsat HQ office building

This building will be partially demolished with around 60% of the existing building structure retained to reduce concrete use and shorten the construction programme.

The planned replacement tower will rise to around 160m and widen the pedestrian area around the site. It will also introduce green terraces and a winter garden at street level.

New tower will have a terracotta and glazed facade

The site adjacent to St Ann’s Hospital in South Tottenham will also provide enhanced green spaces, shops, and other commercial uses, including affordable workspaces, while retaining and restoring several historic hospital buildings.

Hill will deliver 239 homes within the first phase which gained detailed approval. Outline plans for an additional 756 homes will be built over future phases.

Work is set to begin in Spring 2023 with consultation on future phases starting later that year.

The first homes are expected to be complete from 2025, with the final development completion expected in 2030.

The location was originally purchased by the Mayor of London using some of his £250m Land Fund to acquire land to deliver more affordable homes for Londoners.

Catalyst was selected by the Mayor to develop the site in late 2020.

The existing Peace Garden at the heart of the site will be trebled in size to include new public realm areas, play space, and further green space; and a network of new green spaces will be created around the existing trees.

There will be a mix of tenures on the site, including private sale, London Affordable Rent, London Living Rent, and Shared Ownership.

The sites include building over redeveloped Waitrose stores in Bromley and West Ealing in Greater London, as well as replacing a vacant John Lewis warehouse in Mill Lane, Reading.

(L-R) Planning applications for Bromley and West Ealing will be submitted early next year after local consultations.

Planning for the redevelopment of Mill Lane, Reading will follow later this year

John Lewis has committed to deliver 10,000 homes in the next 10 years – 5,000 of these will come from schemes on the Partnership’s own property portfolio.

It said it has already identified around 20 sites that it will extend or redevelop with build to rent schemes, and then become the landlord once housing is built.

John Lewis said the build-to-rent residential property market in the UK is forecast to double in size, with 30,000 new homes completed annually by 2026, according to research by the property firm Savills.

In London alone there is a shortfall of 75,000 rental properties.

Nina Bhatia, executive director for Strategy and Commercial Development at the John Lewis Partnership, said: “We continue to work with the local authorities and communities to evolve our plans and expect to announce more details for West Ealing and Bromley in due course, before aiming to submit our first planning applications next year.

“A first public consultation for the site in Reading is expected in 2023. Residents can expect homes furnished by John Lewis with first-rate service and facilities.”

Neil Slater, Head of Real Assets, abrdn, said: “The critical lack of quality rental accommodation in the UK needs to be addressed, so we are delighted to partner with the John Lewis Partnership to provide the required institutional investment.

“The ambitions and responsible ethos of our brands both strongly align, and our partnership should offer investors long-term returns and give residents confidence in a top-quality living experience.”

The 348 new homes project is being developed by Transport for London’s commercial arm along with housing association A2Dominion are developing the near 350-homes project around the Picadilly Line tube station.

The homes, delivered across four buildings, will be a mixture of one, two and three and four-bedroom properties, providing options for all types of households.

They will be a mixture of shared ownership, which offers an affordable route into homeownership, and London Affordable Rent, the level of which is set by the Mayor of London and is substantially below open market rents, helping to provide low-cost rented homes to support low-income households.

Plans also involve a new public square, improved pedestrian routes

There will also be 950 sqm of retail space, which will help support the wider local economy.

Steven Waite, Director of Technical and Commercial at A2Dominion said: “Our relationship with Transport for London is bringing a fresh perspective to sustainable housing, with a focus on green energy and transport links to the rest of London.”

Anjna Farmah, Property Development Manager at Transport for London, said: “The development has been designed to preserve the appearance of the Grade II-listed station, while providing improved customer access to platforms.

‘There will also be a range of improvements for the local community, including commercial spaces, a new public square, as well as better pedestrian routes and improved cycle parking.”

The former 37-acre home of the Irish Guards will be redeveloped as a mixed-use scheme comprising 1,525 homes and around 2,700sqm of commercial space.

Inland’s asset management division is acting on behalf of the third-party project investor. The deal will rank as the group’s fifth transaction with the MoD and its largest to date.

Under the asset management model, in return for its land and planning expertise and the management of the project, the group has, to date, accrued fees at achieved project milestones of £19.5m.

Inland will continue to act on behalf of the project investors to finalise the terms of the Section 106 agreement, which is expected to be signed within the next few months and then support the investor through the site disposal plan, which will crystallise the value and facilitate the payment of the fees. 

As part of the approved plans, 14 Grade II listed and 9 locally listed buildings will be retained and 10.6 acres of open space provided.

Nish Malde, interim chief executive officer at Inland Homes, said: “The historical significance, location and scale of the Cavalry Barracks make this an exceptional brownfield site and we are delighted to have worked with the London Borough of Hounslow to have secured a resolution to grant planning permission on behalf of the project’s investor.

“We look forward to finalising the terms of the section 106 as quickly as possible so that the next phase of the Cavalry Barracks’ story can begin.”

Cavalry Barracks is one of the largest brownfield sites in London