UK: Southwark Council has agreed to grant planning to a 135-unit coliving scheme at Canada Water in south-east London.
The scheme on Printworks Street will connect with the broader Canada Water Masterplan, and forms part of Scape’s long-term investment and regeneration in the Southwark area.
Designed by Stephen Marshall Architects, the coliving scheme will deliver 135 rooms alongside ground, first floor, and rooftop amenities for residents.
There will also be a coworking café on the corner of Mulberry Walk on the publicly accessible ground and first-floor. The development will feature significant landscaping, including a pocket park and tree planting along Printworks Street.
In a planning document, Scape said: “The combination of private and shared space (in addition to the range of services and facilities) means that occupiers will have a quantitatively and qualitatively better accommodation than in a traditional house or flat share, or HMO accommodation. There is relatively limited purpose-built large scale private rented accommodation in the area and so the proposals will enhance the residential composition of the area contributing to a mixed and inclusive community.”
The Canada Water Masterplan is an opportunity to transform Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, Surrey Quays Leisure Park and the Harmsworth Quays Printworks to bring a new town centre to the area. This will generate thousands of jobs and bring new homes, including affordable housing to the area.
Covering 53 acres, the site at Canada Water is one of the largest mixed-use regeneration projects in London. Over the next ten years, the wider scheme will deliver up to 3,000 new net-zero homes, of which more than 35 per cent will be affordable, along with two million square feet of workspace for up to 20,000 workers, and around a million square feet of retail, leisure, entertainment and community space as well as a new 3.5 acre public park.
Owner and developer of the Masterplan site – British Land – has a Master Development Agreement with Southwark Council to deliver a new town centre – the first in London in over 50 years. It will deliver a mix of uses and innovative public spaces designed for a range of ages, incomes and life stages.
