Bouygues UK has submitted a planning application for a £150m scheme on a 1960s estate in south-east London.
If approved by Southwark Council, Bouygues will act as developer and contractor for phase two of the Tustin Estate, which will deliver 295 homes across four buildings near the Old Kent Road. Of those homes – a mixture of maisonettes and flats – 151 will be designated as affordable and 144 for private tenure.
The 690-home masterplan is expected to be completed by 2030. It will replace 250 council and shared-equity homes with 220 new council and keyworker homes and 220 homes for private sale. The regeneration will also provide a central park, replacement primary school and at least 1,800 square metres of commercial floorspace.
After planning permission was granted for the outline masterplan, Bouygues was appointed as the joint development partner with Southwark Council for all four phases.
The Tustin Estate, the construction of which finished in 1969, originally contained 299 homes across three towers and six low-rise blocks, which were latterly falling into disrepair. The site also hosted a primary school and several local businesses.
Phillippa Prongué, Bouygues UK managing director of London and the South East, said the latest planning submission was a “significant milestone” in the estate’s redevelopment.
She added: “We are excited to continue our close collaboration with Southwark Council and the local community to bring this ambitious scheme to life.”
The first phase started on site in autumn 2022 and is expected to complete next spring. At the topping-out ceremony in March, London deputy mayor Tom Copley called it “one of London’s most ambitious and exciting regeneration projects”.
It was the first large-scale project procured through Pagabo’s Developer Led Framework, according to Bouygues.
dRMM Architects, which in 2017 won UK architecture’s highest award, the RIBA Stirling Prize, is leading the design of the whole estate. Two of the buildings in phase two will be faced in grey and green brick, while the other two will feature pink and red brick, which dRMM said referenced the area’s industrial past (see picture above).
