Builders and councillors have celebrated the ‘topping out’ of a residential site on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth.
This means that the construction of the Aylesbury First Development Site (FDS) B, overlooking Albany Road, has reached roof level.
Once completed, the site will provide 352 social rent homes. Overall, the Aylesbury Estate regeneration will deliver 3,575 homes.
Councillor Darren Merrill, Cabinet Member for Council Homes and Homelessness, said: .
“I’m so pleased to see the progress being made here to improve and transform this area and create an environment that will support the local community to thrive. The 352 new homes on this site will be high-quality, expertly designed homes that we know our residents will be proud to live in.
“The Aylesbury FDS is the start of the transformation of the wider Aylesbury Estate that will deliver up to 3,575 mixed tenure homes and 7,800 sqm of employment, retail, healthcare and community space. The redevelopment will create new, thriving neighbourhoods which will be carefully integrated into the wider network of streets and spaces of Walworth.”
The New Southwark Plan envisages building 2,249 social rent homes on the wider Aylesbury Action Area.
Critics have argued that a 2015 survey showed there were 2,402 social rent homes in the area, meaning Southwark’s plans would deliver a net loss of affordable homes.
The first new homes from the FDS A are expected to be ready towards the end of 2023, and Phase B should be finished by autumn 2025.