Land north of Hackbridge Train Station

2018 Land north of train station visualisation

2019

June 2019 – the application was officially withdrawn.  We had however heard that had it not been withdrawn, it would have been refused.

2018

A planning application from M Challen, S Byfield, L Morreale and M Davison has been submitted for the Land north of Hackbridge Train Station.  Deadline to comment is 7 December 2018.

The proposal is for 258 dwellings all flats apart from 5 houses:-

  • 88 x 1-bedroom
  • 132 x 2-bedroom
  • 33 x 3-bedroom
  • 5 x 4-bedroom units
  • 392sqm of flexible commercial floor space comprising A1, B1 and D1 uses and associated car parking (118 spaces)

Read our submission

View the Design & Access Statement

Key images

Site layout

2018 height of buildings

Height of buildings

Block  Height (inc podium /commercial storey) Sits on top of 1 storey Podium  Sits on top of commercial storey
A 11 yes
B 6 yes
C 7 yes
D 8 yes
E 9 yes
F 7
H part 3 part 4
I part 3 part 4
J 5 yes
K 4 yes

*It should be noted that both the podium and commercial storeys equate to higher than a residential storey, so realistically Block A would be more like 11.5 to 12 residential storeys in height!

Views

Proposed view coming from Wallington over the bridge

Viewpoint 1 from bridge

Proposed view from the railway line

Viewpoint from railway line

Proposed view from London Road near BedZED

Viewpoint from BedZED

Map of visibility of proposed development

map of site visibility

These images have been taken from the planning application documents.  The map above shows how far the the development will be seen.  In case the key is too small, orange indicates the majority of the site is visible.

2017

land-north-of-train-station-image

Public consultation on this land took place on 19 January 2017.  A further presentation was given to members of the NDG and residents on 8 February 2017.

More details on their plans can be found on their website www.hackbridgegardens.org

The current site allocation according to Sutton Council’s Local Plan 2009 is 60 units and retention of 30% employment land.

Sutton Council’s Local Plan 2031 is currently out for consultation and the site allocation has now changed to 204 units and no mention of keeping employment land.  It is also a taller building location of up to 10-storeys.

Whilst the NDG are aware of the current housing crisis, the proposal for this site is a clear one of over development with its 12-storey ‘landmark’ block and not within the keeping of the suburban area.  Although Hackbridge is located in a London Borough of Zone 4, it is not Sutton or Croydon and will only become a district centre once Lidl has been built and open.

It should be noted that back in 2015 there was public consultation on this land from a different group, but what is blatantly clear is that not all landowners seem to want the same thing.

2015

Below are details from a consultation in September 2015 for the land by a different speculator, but has not progressed forward.

artist impression

On 15 September 2015 consultation took place to show residents proposed plans for the land north of Hackbridge Train Station.

site allocation map
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The site map shows that the land does not include Hexagon House where Toni Bridal currently is.  It is a complex site with nine different land owners and the speculator does not have agreement from all the land owners to develop this site.

The NDG’s comments on the original design were fed back to the speculator after meeting with them in August 2015.  We were grateful for this first meeting where we could see their ideas evolve.

From what we can tell, not much changed from this design to the one shown at the consultation, apart from the 9-storey building nearest to Mile Road, was original down as 7-storeys.

The Developer’s presentation of the proposed development shows you more detailed plans of the area and artists impressions.

The NDG submitted further comments to this presentation and currently await responses to both.

Some of our initial questions were:-

  • Is this what you want to see in Hackbridge?
  • Will it respect the local character?
  • Are the building heights too tall?
  • What does it deliver to the existing residents?
  • When arriving by train, what feel will the development create?
  • Does it take into consideration it is being built in the Wandle Valley Regional Park?