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Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has given the go-ahead to developer Avanton<\/a> for a new \u00a3250m urban village scheme in London\u2019s Richmond<\/h2>\n

The new urban village will deliver 453 apartments and penthouses, of which 173 homes will be affordable.<\/p>\n

Plans will also provide a linear pocket-park, retail, community and office uses, and landscaping, public and private open spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Avanton acquired the Homebase site in 2018 and submitted planning for a new urban village scheme which was initially refused by Richmond Council<\/a> in 2019. The Mayor of London intervened and called the scheme in, and in October 2020 planning permission was granted by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.<\/p>\n

Existing buildings will be demolished and replaced with four buildings designed by Assael Architecture<\/a> between four and 11-storeys tall. The buildings are designed around large piazzas and tree-lined boulevards and the development is complete with a linear pocket-park to the Western boundary of the scheme, car parking and cycle bays.<\/p>\n

\u2018Deliver the homes Londoners need\u2019<\/h3>\n

Commenting on the urban village, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said: \u201cThis site is well-connected, under-utilised, previously developed land that is exactly the kind of site we need to intensify if we are to develop in a sustainable manner, protect the green belt<\/a>, and deliver the homes Londoners need.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Avanton, commented: \u201cAvanton is delighted that the new urban village in Richmond has been granted the go-ahead with the secretary of state upholding the mayor of London\u2019s planning approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvanton purchased the Homebase site three years ago and after the initial plans to build 385 units were rejected by the local authority the Mayor of London granted consent for the 453 unit urban village.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added: \u201cAvanton\u2019s new urban-village will create a collection of high quality private sale homes and will also have a transformative effect on access to affordable housing<\/a> in Richmond, providing the same as the total number of new affordable homes that have been delivered in the entire borough over the last three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highly sustainable design blends high quality buildings with extensive landscaping and a linear pocket-park.<\/p>\n

\u201cConstruction of the project will commence in summer 2021 and take 30 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

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