Chelsea Barracks
Last night (Monday 20th June) Westminster Council gave consent to an outline master plan for the scheme, which will see the 13-acre property turned into up to 448 houses and flats, a sports centre, shops and a health centre. The plans will now be referred to Mayor of London (Boris Johnson) for approval before detailed designs are submitted.
Two years ago the Prince of Wales intervened over plans for the site objecting to a previous design by the award-winning architect Lord Rogers, and consequently in June 2009, the developer Qatari Diar Real Estate withdrew its planning application. Following the withdrawal of the planning application, Qatari Diar’s then-partner the CPC group (the Candy Brothers) launched a High Court action to get an early payment of £68.5 million after the scheme’s collapse, but the legal bid failed.
The development will include 123 affordable homes down the road in the old refuse docks and water treatment plant, and £78 million being contributed to the council’s affordable housing fund. The Grade II listed chapel on the site will be maintained.
Chelsea Barracks Proposal
