Bell Phillips Architects has submitted plans to redevelop a west London council estate with 967 new Passivhaus homes after winning a design competition for the project last year.

The practice is seeking detailed consent for the Convent Way scheme’s 117-home first phase, which will mean the first tranche of residents to be permanently rehoused will not have to leave the estate, in the north part of the borough of Hounslow.

Bell Phillips said options for retention and refurbishment of the 1960s estate’s existing buildings were initially explored. But “significant chronic repair issues” coupled with poor disabled access and security concerns saw 85% of residents vote in favour of the demolish-and-replace plans in a ballot last summer.

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