The council is seeking a Development Partner to deliver additional new homes at the Westbury Estate off Wandsworth Road under its refreshed New Homes Programme which has been designed to help tackle Lambeth’s acute shortage of social housing.
Cllr Danny Adilypour, the Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Housing, Investment and New Homes, said: “There is a desperate need in Lambeth for more affordable homes. We have 4,600 homeless households in temporary accommodation every night and thousands more on our housing waiting list.
“We are determined to press on with our plans to do what we can as a council to address this while working with the government to address the housing crisis.
“So I’m really pleased we’ve now reached this important stage at Westbury Estate as we progress our ambitious targets to build more affordable homes in the borough for local people.
“Working with a Development Partner is the quickest way we can get these new affordable homes on the estate built, and we will continue to work with current residents on the estate to make sure this process works for everyone.”
The partnership offer will be advertised through the Find a Tender Service portal this Autumn and is expected to be completed in 10-12 months. The Council expects the following to be met:
- A residential-led development that complies with the Local Plan through the delivery of new homes and maximisation of affordable housing where social rent is the priority tenure in the affordable housing offers
- A net zero-carbon development with a target to achieve a minimum of 50 per cent carbon reduction as per the London Plan
- Excellent engagement and consultation involving local residents
- A community engagement and consultation plan
- A programme of community benefits
The development partner procurement process for the Westbury Estate will also help the Council to meet priority one of the Lambeth Housing Strategy 2023-30 and support the delivery of more than 500 much needed new affordable homes by 2030. The future new homes at Westbury will help to maximise the number of new homes at Social Rent built at pace to overall create more affordable homes, improve housing repair and create healthy, safe neighbourhoods in the borough.
