Roehampton regeneration part 1

The Council has recently come out with some clearer plans for Roehampton following consultation with residents. Because the plans are quite detailed and I want to do them justice, I'm going to post here what they are, and in part 2 - which will follow soon - what I think of them.

For those coming to this subject fresh, the plans concern the area around the top end of Danebury Avenue where the shops are, opposite Roehampton High Street. There are four key sites:

Site B, which is the block that includes the housing office, the boys' club and the Roehampton Safer Neighbourhood Police. The council wants to move these facilities, demolish the building and replace it with 34 flats (19 one bed; 9 two bed and 6 three bed), 64 parking spaces plus 410 sq m offices.

Site C, which is the block that includes the Co-Op shop. The Council wants to demolish this block and replace it with another 34 new flats(17 one bed; 9 two bed and 6 three bed), 20 car parking spaces and 565 sq m new shopping. For info, that's about three times as many flats proposed than are there at the moment.

Site D, which is the long parade of shops down Danebury Avenue, with flats above them. The council is proposing to demolish this block and replace it with one of two options:

Option 1 would provide 127 new flats (70 one bed; 25 two bed and 32 three bed), 2,600 sq m of new retail (inc. a supermarket) and 141 underground parking spaces.

Option 2 – submitted by the Roehampton Business Forum - would provide 100 new flats (50 one bed; 34 two bed and 16 three bed) and 1,325 sq m of new retail.

And finally, site E which is Allbrook House and Roehampton Library. These are the most controversial proposals - the council has come up with three options:

Option E1 retains Allbrook House (and refurbishes the flats) plus the library and provides 64 new flats (38 one bed; 10 two bed and 16 three bed), plus commercial space (1,490 sq.m.) and 144 parking
spaces.

Option E2 also retains Allbrook House and the library and provides 64 new flats (32 one bed; 20 two bed and 12 three bed), commercial space (500 sq m), office space (1,000 sq m) and 132 underground parking spaces.

Option E3, prepared by the Roehampton Business Forum, demolishes Allbrook House and replaces it with 143 new flats (100 one bed; 16 two bed and 27 three bed), commercial space (5,000 sq m), new library (730 sq m) and 224 car parking spaces.

As a result of overwhelming public pressure, the council has U-turned over plans to concrete over the green space in front of Allbrook House (which always comes into its own at this time of year!): this will now stay untouched.

As I say, I'll follow up with my comments and observations on these ideas in a forthcoming post.