Cremorne WharfMembers Briefing24th April 2012

Safeguarded Wharf – Safeguarding Direction on Site

• Direction Protects the Site for Waste Transhipment Purposes Only

• Consultation by GLA to Review Safeguarding Directions

• Representations Submitted to GLA to Remove Cremorne from Safeguarding:

– Conflict with Residential Neighbours

– Planning Conditions Limit Operability of the Site

– Sensitive Heritage Context

– Physical Constraints of Site Access

– Unviable Costs of Site Reactivation

– Lack of Demonstrable Demand for Transhipment in West London

– Unacceptable Environmental Impacts (Noise, Air Quality, Transport)

• Redevelopment Allowing a Contextually Appropriate Use

Lots Road Employment Zone and Waste Management Site

• Existing Job Creation Potential of the Site Low

• Redevelopment Scheme Introduces 1,400 sq m of New Employment Space

• Minimum of 90 Jobs Created by New Employment Space

• Accommodation for SME Enterprises as Characteristic of the Local Area

• Accommodation for Creative, Artisan, Architectural and IT Companies within Range of Small and Medium Sized Units

• Existing Site Surplus to Waste Requirements of the Borough as Managed by WRWA

• Sufficient Capacity on Alternative WRWA Sites to Meet Future Waste Arisings to 2031

Indicative Thames Tunnel proposal

Thames Tunnel

Current layout(Design based on portal frame replacement)

thamesEasement diagram

Easement

Piling and Bridging solution

Neutral loading zone

No Load zone

Sleeved piles

Tunnel

Easement

Raft solution

Raft

No load zone

Neutral load zone

Tunnel

Mass of building to

match load of

removed ground

Proposed building footprint and Thames Tunnel Proposals

Proposed building footprint and Thames Tunnel Proposals with sunlight and daylight envelope

0.36 hectares

Proposed building footprint

Routes through site linking to Thames Path

Site access

Level -2

Level -1

Ground Floor

Level 1

Typical Floor Level

Level 6

Level 7

Indicative section

East Elevation

Example of brickwork

Example of Coreten

Photograph of pumping station brick

West Eevation

Example of water side cafe

Example of winter Gardens

West Elevation in context

Accommodation Schedule

• 1,400 sq m of Commercial SME Space at Ground and First Floor Levels

• 48 Residential Units Equating to 3,800 sq m from Second to Eighth Floors

• Current Assumption of 30-35% Affordable Housing by Floorspace (15 Units) Pending Viability Assessment

• Total of 48 Units Comprising Mix of 10 x 1 bed (21%), 20 x 2 bed (42%), 17 x 3 bed (35%) and 1 x 4 bed (2%)

• Total of 33 Private Units Comprising Mix of 10 x 1 bed (30%), 15 x 2 bed (46%), 7 x 3 bed (21%) and 1 x 4 bed (3%)

• Total of 15 Affordable Units Comprising Mix of 5 x 2 bed (33%) and 10 x 3 bed (66%)

• All Units Lifetime Home Compliant, a Minimum of 10% Wheelchair Accessible and Accord with Mayor’s Housing Design Guide

• Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 and BREEAM ‘Excellent’

Public Transport ((PTAL) of 3)

• Eight bus routes are within 8 minutes

• 12 minutes walking distance of: Overground and Thames River Bus

• 15 minutes’ walk and London Underground District Line

Car Parking (car parking ratio 0.56 )

• The proposed development 28 car parking spaces,20 market in the basement 8 spaces will be in external areas at grade provision would be 10%

• 5 car movements in the AM peak hour representing an average in that hour of around 1 car movement every 12 minutes.

Cycle Parking

• Residential Cycle storage for 43 spaces The development is comply with the CfSH

• Commercial Cycle storage for 16 cycle parking spaces for staff and 4 cycle parking spaces for visitors/customers

Site access

• retain the Site’s existing two access points off Lots Road

• Service vehicle predicted to be minimal and to have an insignificant impact• Construction traffic would be subject to a Construction Logistics Plan to ensure suitable routing and timing

of construction vehicles.