Out-Law News 1 min. read
10 Jan 2013, 10:30 am
Plans for the scheme include the construction of 475 new riverside homes along with offices, shops and restaurants and new public squares.
The Council said in a statement that the plans had received "broad community support and benefitted from the help of the Prince’s Foundation which worked with residents and council planners to improve and refine the proposals in a series of community workshops".
The location of the development site has been earmarked by Thames Water as its 'preferred location' for its proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and Thames Water is expected to submit a planning application for the tunnel in the next few weeks.
Thames Water wrote to the Council in August last year with a series of maps setting out a number of locations the company wishes to buy for its £4.1 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project, including land on Carnwath Road.
“Now that these excellent plans to create a vibrant new riverside community, including much needed new homes, have got the green light from the council it is Thames Water’s duty to back off," said Council Leader Nicholas Botterill.
Final approval will be subject to referral to the Secretary of State as the development site is subject to a safeguarding Direction issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in March last year. The Direction requires the Council to get "specific authorisation" from DCLG before granting planning permission. The Direction applied to a number of sites which relate to the proposed Thames Tunnel.
“We are imploring the Secretary of State to approve this positive riverside regeneration, which would be the new home of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in west London as well as providing a new arts hub and hundreds of new homes," said Botterill.
