Wandsworth Borough Council is currently looking to develop land at Bessborough Road and land adjacent to Farnborough House on the Alton Estate, as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme.
Consultation for Farnborough House now open!
We held a public consultation exhibition on Tuesday 7 November and a public webinar on Thursday 9 November to show you our plans for land adjacent to Farnborough House.
We hope that you were be able to come to one of our events. If not, or to refresh your memory, please visit the downloads section of this website to view the exhibition boards and to access a recording of the webinar for you to view in your own time.
Bessborough Road
In May 2023, we held a second stage of consultation to share our proposals for land at Bessborough Road. Thank you for all the feedback we have received in response to our proposals. The feedback received helped us to finalise our plans for the site. This scheme now has planning permission.
Our proposals will provide eight much-needed specialist homes for people with learning disabilities within a high-quality sustainable scheme, which will help to meet the needs of our residents now and for generations to come. Our proposals will also deliver high-quality new landscaping, enhanced play space, and improvements for wheelchair/ pushchair access.
We held our first stage of consultation in November 2022, to share our initial ideas to develop land at Bessborough Road and land adjacent to Farnborough House.
The information shared during earlier stages of consultation are available in the downloads section of this website. A recording of the public webinar held in May 2023 is also available to watch, click here.
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What is the Homes for Wandsworth Programme?
The original masterplan for the Alton Estate Regeneration was adopted in October 2014 and planning permission was granted in spring 2022. Following the change in administration in May 2022, Wandsworth Council’s Housing Committee agreed to end the current process to find a private development partner to deliver the existing plans and to look at alternative options for new housing and investment in the estate
The council remains committed to investing in the area and, while the review of options is underway, will be bringing forward a number of sites as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme.
Wandsworth Council faces an ongoing housing crisis. The council has a waiting list of over 12,000 households, of which over 3,600 are classified as homeless (June 2023 figures). The Homes for Wandsworth programme is one major intervention the council is implementing to help meet this challenge, by delivering 1,000 new homes for council rent.
A decent home is an essential part of everyone’s life. By building more council rent homes across the borough, we can ensure that more people have this key foundation.
The programme will deliver well-designed, new homes to high environmental and sustainability standards, while also adding value to our housing estates through sensitive improvements to landscaping and community facilities. Some of the sites being brought forward for development as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme are located on the Alton Estate, including land at Bessborough Road and land adjacent to Farnborough House.
The identified areas present a unique opportunity to develop unoccupied or underutilised spaces on the Alton Estate, to provide much-needed new council rent homes, which will help to meet the needs of our residents now and for generations to come. We are also exploring opportunities to improve landscaping, play space and shared amenities for residents of the estate.
Click the map below to enlarge it - you can also click on each site to find out more!
Meet the Team
Wandsworth Borough Council has appointed a professional project team to work with them to develop ideas for the sites. The team includes:
Our Timeline
Throughout the planning programme, up to submission of the planning applications we will be in ongoing discussions with planning officers about our emerging ideas to develop the sites. The timings set out below are target dates and subject to change as we progress through the design and planning process.
- November 2022 A public drop-in was held to meet with the local community to involve you in our initial thinking and ideas for the spaces
- December 2022 - April 2023 The project team collated and analysed all feedback received during the first stage of consultation and attended pre-application meetings with Wandsworth Council planning officers. The feedback received has helped to inform and shape our proposals
- May 2023 A public exhibition and online public webinar were held, to share our proposals to develop land at Bessborough Road with the local community and obtain feedback on the plans
- June 2023 We collated and analysed all feedback received to finalise our proposals for land at Bessborough Road.
- July 2023 Our planning application for land at Bessborough Road was submitted to Wandsworth Borough Council’s planning department. You can view all submitted plans and technical reports by visiting ‘planning application search’ on the Council’s website and using the reference number 2023/2779 to search for the planning application.
- October 2023The planning application for land at Bessborough Road was granted planning permission at the Planning Applications Committee meeting on Tuesday 24 October 2023.
- November 2023 We are holding a consultation to share our proposals to develop land adjacent to Farnborough House with the local community and obtain feedback.
- December 2023 We will collate and analyse all feedback received to finalise our proposals for land adjacent to Farnbrough House.
- Early 2024 Submission of our planning application for land adjacent to Farnborough House to Wandsworth Borough Council’s planning department.
- Late 2024We hope for construction to begin on the sites, subject to planning permission being granted.
Have Your Say
The consultation period has now closed.
Downloads
November 2022 - Public Drop-In BannersView/Download
November 2022 - Public Drop-In FlyerView/Download
November 2022 - Feedback FormView/Download
May 2023 - Bessborough Road Consultation FlyerView/Download
May 2023 - Bessborough Road Feedback FormView/Download
May 2023 - Bessborough Road Public Exhibition BannersView/Download
May 2023 - Bessborough Road Webinar PresentationView/Download
May 2023 - Bessborough Road Online Webinar RecordingView/Download
October 2023 - Farnborough House Community Flyer View/Download
November 2023 - Farnborough House Public Exhibition Banners View/Download
November 2023 - Farnborough House November Feedback Form View/Download
November 2023 - Farnborough House Public Consultation Webinar View/Download
Contact Us
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website today. Should you require any of the information from this website in another format or hard copy please do get in touch with us on the details below.
By Phone
0207 446 6818
By Post
Bessborough Road and Farnborough House Community Engagement Team
C/O Barton Willmore
7 Soho Square
London
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