Lewisham shopping centre redevelopment plan revised
Plans to demolish Lewisham shopping centre have been revised with a new consultation launched.
Site owner Landsec submitted redevelopment plans in October 2024 which would see the car park and shopping centre demolished to make way for a development including 1,700 new homes.
Parking would reduce from 880 to 60 spaces with the tallest building reaching 35-storeys.
New shops would be built with routes across the site including a green space in the centre and a new square to the north opposite Lewisham Gateway’s phase two (the newly built site closer to the station which recently saw a flood).
Changes now made include:
- Increasing the minimum amount of space for shops and community facilities.
- Altering internal layout of one residential block (Plot N1).
- Adding balconies to another residential block (Plot N2).
Both plots site to the north of the overall site.
Demolition
Buildings to be demolished include Boots located to the north located in a post-war building that’s seen better days which sits beside an existing entrance.
The idea is to open up this areas which would lead to open spaces and shops within the site plus the blocks now being revised.
The image below as seen in the application’s Design & Access Statement shows each block and massing across the site.
Revision cover N1 and N2. Building N1 will reach 23-floors and contains co-living units (a bit like student accommodation or a HMO with shared kitchens and living area but private bedrooms) whilst N2 is 15-storeys and residential.
Subsequent phase two buildings include plot S1 (student accommodation – 342 units, 21 storeys), S2 (residential – 166 homes, 25 storeys), S3 (residential – 61 homes, 11 storeys) and S4 (student accommodation – 288 units, 17 storeys).
Phase three includes the new shopping centre (M1) alongside plots C1 (residential – 81 homes, 12 storeys,), C2 (residential – 170 homes, 13 storeys), C3 (residential – 142 homes, 21 storeys), C4 (residential – 308 homes, 35 storeys) and C5 (residential – 166 homes, 24 storeys).
Redevelopment of the shopping centre is far from the only major project on the way in Lewisham. Revised plans to develop the Retail Park near Lewisham station are ongoing.
In addition Tesco and its car park are set for high density redevelopment.
Planning documents covering the shopping centre including revision (a full 235 documents!) can be seen here.
Accommodation for 660 students, yet only around 340 affordable properties. FFS!
How many people have to become homeless before developers finally put people before profit?
Apparently, a ‘minimum’ of 20% of properties will be affordable. In other words, up to 80% will be unaffordable. What is the point of that?? (OK, other than to attract overseas investors and facilitate money laundering.)
Unless you clearly define “affordable housing” then comments like these are meaningless. What is your definition?
The housing crisis is caused firstly by usury, and secondly by mass immigration being at a magnitude that exceeds new development. The other causes are minor in comparison.
I believe the revised plans will better suit the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre and Lewisham High Street. With such high density housing open spaces are essential so residents in high rise buildings have some open space to go to meet and relax and enjoy the outdoors.
I hope this development will not years to get approval and redevelopment to start.
Quite often we talk about sites being redeveloped for years upon years.
I am looking forward to seeing the redevelopment finished.
Looks like a distopian carbunkle from the plans. No real green space just high rises. There are some beautiful early 20th century buildings on the high street that could be protected.
what is going to happen to the market?