Gold Seal
Plaistow, London

Project Description

This mixed-tenure, housing development sits on the site of a decontaminated car breakers yard, petrol station and old garages in Newham. The new blocks step up around a central courtyard with a series of green roofs, providing good daylighting and respecting the adjacent houses in scale and privacy. The street frontage to New Barn Street is improved and a new frontage created to the existing park behind.

Client – Private Developer

Consultants – CHP (daylight assessment), Paul Mews Associates (transport assessment), Temple (energy assessment, drainage strategy), NRG (biodiversity report), Castledine & Co. (contamination).

Status – Full Planning Achieved October 2017

Number of residential units – 33

Gross internal floor area – 3,031sqm

Construction cost – £8m

Sustainability rating – London Plan ‘Zero Carbon Homes’ (33% reduction in carbon emissions over Part L)

CGIs: Photon Studios