Motspur Park Gas Holders – Second Public Consultation 

Hello and Welcome to our public consultation. The purpose of this consultation is to provide you with an update on our emerging proposals. We requested feedback from you on our initial thoughts in December 2024 and have been working on refining our proposals with consideration of your comments provided previously. We have also met with Planning Officers in Kingston, Merton and Sutton Councils through formal pre-application engagement. 

 Our Vision 

“To work with the local community to create a social place providing green space, homes and jobs for local people, whilst building on and embracing a proud local heritage” 

HOW TO CREATE A REAL COMMUNITY 

The aim this second consultation is to provide you with more detail on the scheme, proposed benefits and our timeline. We welcome your views to help inform our scheme as we move forward to a planning application submission later in the year. 

About Berkeley St Edward

Berkeley St Edward and SGN have worked in partnership for over a decade to unlock and deliver former gas sites across London for residential development. 

These images show examples of this successful partnership, the first being the award-winning Oval gas holders in Kennington, adjacent to the famous Oval Cricket Ground where we are currently onsite, the second being the former gas works site in Kingston, now named Queenshurst. 

We work with existing communities to create special places that are truly focussed on people and improving lives for everyone. 

We want to create places that the local residents can be part of and be proud of. While we may build the buildings, we believe it is the community that creates the place. 

Street Party at Oval Village:

Cycle Exchange at Queenshurst: 

Our Initial Consultation: What you told us

We would like to extend a big thank you to those who came to our exhibition or engaged with our online consultation in December. We received over 400 responses and three key themes have been summarised below.  

Unlocking Connectivity 

The proposals offer a unique opportunity to open the currently fenced off site for public access. The below three tiles illustrate: 

1. Providing safe pedestrian and cycle access from the south direct to Motspur Park Station. Significantly improving connectivity for existing and future residents. 

2. Exploring direct connections into the surrounding green spaces providing better access for the existing communities to utilise these more easily. 

3. Providing improved access along the Beverley Brook from Kingshill Avenue for existing communities to enjoy the improved public realm offerings. 

Ecology and Biodiversity 

• Re-wild and naturalise the site. 
• Improving the Beverley Brook – regrading the bank in key locations and improving plant diversity along its length. 
• Extending the woodland – bringing the woodland into the site and linking it to the wider green infrastructure. 
• Creating varied habitats throughout the site, including along the Beverley Brook. 
• Immersing the buildings in green. Bringing the vegetation to the doorstep. 
• Biodiverse roofs and sustainable urban drainage managing flood risk and promoting biodiversity net gain. 
• Improvements to the nearby SINC providing increased biodiversity net gains.

Living in the woodland

• Providing new homes in a unique natural setting. 
• Creating a public realm with various places and play opportunities that take advantage of the site, connecting people with nature. 
• Through attractive and safe access routes, draw people into the site creating vibrant spaces people want to travel through and interact with.

The Proposal 

The pre-application engagement has driven the proposals you see here today. In summary, the principles of the design have been driven by: 

Access and Sustainable Travel

Limit private car use in line with London plan maximum parking standards to promote sustainable travel. Majority of new residents will be car free. 

Provision of car club spaces provided for new residents and the local community. 

Innovative cycle hire scheme allowing residents to access nearby services more easily as well as policy compliant cycle parking. 

Traffic calming designed to encourage slow moving vehicles and create a more useable and attractive space for walking and cycling. 

On-site estates team to ensure ongoing smooth operation of servicing and deliveries.

New active travel route opened up through the Site offering new safe connections between Motspur Park and Worcester Park. 

Community benefits 

The proposals will have a range of benefits, including: 

• Remediation of a contaminated, brownfield site. 
• Help address local housing need – 650 new homes, 35% affordable.
• New high quality designed buildings varying from 8 – 18 storeys. 
• Provide new public routes through the site which is currently not accessible to the local community. 
• A range of properties meeting the demands of first time buyers, young families and downsizers. 
• Green active travel promoting cycling, walking and running alongside easy and safe access to nearby stations. 
• c.6 million of contributions to improve local infrastructure. 
• Provision of enhance landscape that connects to the existing landscape and enhances ecology/biodiversity. 
• Create a new sustainable community that connects with existing communities. 

Sustainability 

For Berkeley St Edward, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword. We are committed to creating a better environment within our developments and in the areas that surround them. That’s why we build on brownfield sites whenever we can, bringing new life to disused and unloved spaces. We take care to protect the natural environment and enhance biodiversity. All our homes are designed to reduce water and energy consumption, and to enable residents to recycle waste. 

• Sufficient cycle parking for all 
• Biodiversity net gain on site 
• Safe and Accessible walking routes 
• Easy access to public transport 

• Extremely efficient modern housing 
• No gas heating solution 
• Significantly reduce flood risk 
• Reduced water consumption 

KEY PRINCIPLES AT THIS STAGE 

Summary of Key Benefits 

Reuse and decontamination of a brownfield site 

New homes across a range of sizes to help meet local housing needs  

Affordable homes (35%)   

Enhanced ecology and new high quality landscaped public realm    

Ecological and environmental enhancements to the Beverley Brook  

c. 6million of contributions for local infrastructure   

Delivery of a Local Employment and Skills Plan that offers training and apprenticeship opportunities    

Significantly reduce local flooding    

Existing Gas Infrastructure 

There is a significant amount of above and below ground gas infrastructure which requires removing or amalgamating to bring this project forwards. This is complex and difficult however, Berkeley St Edward specialises in this and see the social and community value to regenerate these sites for existing and future generations. 

EXISTING SERVICES PLAN 

PROPOSED GAS SERVICES

Timescales And Next Steps

We hope you have found the consultation useful and informative. 

Residents’ voices and influences are at the forefront of building a sustainable community and Berkeley St Edward is committed to creating an environment in which is well integrated to existing communities. 

Please provide your feedback via the Have Your Say button below: