Scheme features micro-homes at sub-market rents
Pocket Living has been given planning approval for 92 homes to be delivered in partnership with Lambeth Council.
Half of the homes on the 0.53ha site on Leigham Court Road are intended to be for affordable tenures.
Currently the location is home to a car park, a former synagogue and an abandoned bowling green.
The Bell Phillips-designed scheme comprises four buildings, three of which will be residential and six storeys at their tallest. The other building will be a standalone and dedicated to community and commercial uses.
Of the affordable units, 15 will be for social rent and 31 will be discount market rent homes. The scheme’s discount market rent units are one-bedroom units for single occupancy and have an internal floor area set at 38 sq m, just above the government’s 37 sq m minimum for these types of units.
The remaining 46 private homes are ‘Pocket sharer’ homes, which are larger and have en-suite bathrooms.
Paul Rickard, chief executive at Pocket Living, said: “Pocket has always been focused on working in partnership to unlock challenging sites with local authorities to deliver more affordable homes for Londoners.
“This endorsement of our planning application not only means that we can continue building the affordable homes that we know are needed, it also demonstrates that even within this challenging development environment SME developers are playing their part to tackle the housing crisis”.
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