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UK: Developer Bywater has submitted fresh plans for a scheme in Bermondsey, south London, after it acquired the site from Cetza Trustees.
The site has planning consent for an office development, designed by SPPARC.
Bywater’s new plans, designed by Ackroyd Lowrie, involve partially demolishing and refurbishing the existing building at 47-49 Tanner Street and replacing it with a six-storey scheme containing either 109 or 112 studio rooms.
According to planning documents for the revised scheme, Bywater opted to reposition the site as coliving due to the high number of office schemes already under construction in Southwark, and because the site was considered too small to support traditional housing.
The new proposals will retain the facade of an existing locally listed warehouse on the site dating to the late 19th century, which is positioned as the centrepoint of the scheme’s frontage on Tanner Street. Restoration works to the warehouse facade would include cleaning bricks in situ, re-pointing brickwork, replacing missing bricks and repairing small cracks in the stonework with lime mortar.
Ackroyd Lowrie said the restoration aims to enhance the surrounding Bermondsey Street Conservation Area and extend the life expectancy of the existing building.
Highlights:
• Developer Bywater has submitted fresh plans for a scheme in Bermondsey, south London, after it acquired the site from Cetza Trustees
• The site has planning consent for an office development, designed by SPPARC
• Bywater’s new plans, designed by Ackroyd Lowrie, involve partially demolishing and refurbishing the existing building at 47-49 Tanner Street and replacing it with a six-storey scheme containing either 109 or 112 studio rooms
