Up to 1,700 new homes could soon be built in Richmond.

The Mayor of London is carrying out consultations on revised plans for two major developments in the borough to include more affordable housing.

Earlier this year, the council approved two applications for up to 813 new homes (including 150 flexible assisted living and/or residential units), a cinema, shops, offices and a secondary school on the former Stag Brewery site in Mortlake, but refused an application for a reconfiguration of Chalker's Corner traffic junction.

However, in May, the Deputy Mayor "called in" all three applications to act as the local planning authority.

This is because developments of 150 residential units or more, or over 30 metres in height, must be referred to the Mayor of London, after the council has made a decision.

In this case, the Mayor argued that the size of development meant there should be more affordable housing, prompting the applicant, Reselton, to make some changes.

These changes are being consulted on until September 27.

The new plans feature an increase in housing to up to 1,250 units including up to 30 per cent affordable housing, compared to just 17 per cent in the original application.

A spokesman for Dartmouth Capital Advisors, the development managers for Reselton, said: "While there has been an increase in the number of affordable homes to meet the Greater London Authority's requirements a significant number of these units are smaller being aimed at younger or older buyers and have been partly absorbed into the previously proposed care village and nursing home that have been dispensed with.

"Because of this we have been able to significantly cut back the number of car parking spaces."

The increase in the number of homes across the scheme has also led to an increase in height of some buildings.

Access to the riverside has been maintained.

The vice chair of Richmond Council's environment and sustainability committee Cllr Martin Elengorn said: "In broad terms the main change to the scheme is to provide more and a greater proportion of affordable housing by increasing the number of units and the height.

"We will be listening to the views of the public on this trade-off before finalising the council's position".

Homebase redevelopment

The redevelopment of the nearby Homebase site on Manor Road originally included 385 homes in a mixed use development of between four and nine storeys.

But the council's planning committee turned it down last year due to the lack of affordable housing, and the "intrusive" design and scale of the development.

It was then called in by the Mayor of London in a bid for more affordable housing.

The applicant submitted revisions to the plan to the GLA, which were consulted on, before further amendments were proposed in July this year.

The new plans propose the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of 4 to 11 storeys, to provide 453 residential units (of which 173 units will be affordable homes), flexible retail, community and office uses, car and cycle parking and some private and open spaces.

How to have your say

The application documents are available to view on the GLA website.

Residents can comment on the proposals by emailing the Greater London Authority at [email protected] by September 3. Remember to include the GLA reference: 4795.

View the revised Stag Brewery development application here.

Residents can also email the GLA at [email protected] by September 27.

The Mayor has also provisionally scheduled a virtual representation hearing for the Stag Brewery Development on November 26 at 1:30pm.

Many thanks to Sian who contributed this piece for Richmond Nub News.

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