Each firm to deliver four sites
Southwark Council has signed contracts with Wates Residential and Mount Anvil to deliver at least 1,129 new council homes across the borough.
Each firm will develop four sites, with the new homes to be owned and managed by the council for residents on the housing waiting list.
Wates Residential will develop 343 homes, of which 131 will be council homes and the rest designated affordable. The locations will be Wickway (Gloucester Grove Estate), Bells Gardens Estate and Lindley Estate in Peckham and Wyndham Road in Camberwell.
Meanwhile, Mount Anvil plans to build at least 786 homes, with 229 council homes and at least 50% being affordable. The sites will be Seven Islands Leisure Centre and Red Lion Boys Club in Rotherhithe, 1-36 Priter Road and Beormund School in Bermondsey.
Site-specific proposals have yet to be designed, but Southwark said these would be shared with residents in due course.
“At a time when councils face major challenges in providing more council homes, and many developments across England have stalled, we are proud to be forging ahead with ambitious plans to build hundreds more high-quality homes,” said Cllr Helen Dennis, cabinet member for new homes and sustainable development.
“We expect to provide at least 60% affordable housing across all of the developments, with high quality new council homes at the heart of what we have negotiated.
“I look forward to working with our new partners, Wates and Mount Anvil, supported by the GLA to deliver on these ambitious plans. And as we seek to respond to the Housing Crisis, local residents will be engaged every step of the way.”
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