Greenwich - In The Meantime, 1,500 Homes Proposed

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U+I has submitted proposals for a major mixed-use scheme on Greenwich Peninsula that will deliver around 1,500 new homes.

Morden Wharf, as the development will be known, comprises 12 high quality and tenure-blind residential buildings, as well as commercial, retail and community spaces.

The scheme also suggest if will create more than six acres of public realm and a landscaped park along 275m of the River Thames.

Morden Wharf has been designed by Dutch architecture firm OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture). The plans have been submitted to the Royal Borough of Greenwich for approval following extensive consultation with the local community and key stakeholders.

U+I’s (the developer) proposals include over three acres of riverfront park, known as Morden Park, which will offer views of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site and Canary Wharf across the River Thames. The park will lead directly off the Thames Path and will be open to workers, visitors and residents alike.

A new public square that will host seasonal events and markets will be laid out where the Thames Path meets Sea Witch Lane, the main boulevard that runs east to west through the scheme. Underground car parking facilities means the public space will cater almost exclusively to pedestrians and cyclists.

Homes

The approximately 1,500 homes, of which 35% will be affordable, will include a mix of private sale, shared ownership and London Affordable Rent, which in particular will have a focus on family homes. A number of the residential buildings will feature vertical green façades that will help to provide natural screening and improve air quality.

The scheme will also deliver a mix of commercial and employment uses that will create around 1,100 new permanent jobs.

Echoing a history as a place of industry, a series of maker spaces and light industrial units will sit on the part of the site designated as Strategic Industrial Land.

Over 2,400 construction jobs will also be generated over the course of the development programme.

An existing warehouse on the site of an old pub, The Sea Witch, that was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War, will be retained to accommodate a new pub together with a mix of refurbished workspace for creative businesses. Other features of the scheme include a potential children’s nursery and other community space.

 “Morden Wharf will bring together new homes, retail, leisure, employment and an extensive riverfront park, to create a diverse community rooted in the site’s heritage.”

– Richard Upton 

Chief Development Officer, U+I

Picture: Morden Wharf as it is proposed to look.

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
30th June 2020

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