Background
257-283 Ilderton Road is a 0.346-hectare sized site located in the London Borough of Southwark on the corner of Ilderton Road and Sharratt Street. The site is bounded to the west by Ilderton Road which has a mixture of industrial areas, commercial shops and residential areas facing onto it. Immediately to the north of the site is Sharratt Street and directly to south is the Canterbury Industrial Estate. The unit adjacent is occupied by Kasher Joinery while the main train line into London Bridge station sits directly to the east of the site. The site is currently occupied by a warehouse and a car parking area. East of the site, beyond the train line is a residential area, Lovelinch Close in London Borough of Lewisham. There is a bridge under the railway line for vehicular access from Sharratt Street.
The site is well linked with the Manor Grove bus stop being directly adjacent the site which provides routes from Surrey Quays to Brockley Rise. The site is within nine minutes walking distance of South Bermondsey Station. There are also plans for a new station to the south west of the site and for a new station at Surrey Canal Road on the existing Overground line between Surrey Quays and Queens Road Peckham to the north east of the site.
The site lies in the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area, an area proposing significant regeneration, poised to deliver 20,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs over the next 10-20 years. The Opportunity Area also proposes an extension of the Bakerloo Line that will provide two new underground stations along Old Kent Road by 2030 providing direct services to Oxford Circus in 14 minutes. There are also plans for a new station on the existing Overground line between Surrey Quays and Queens Road Peckham to the north east of the site.
The site is part of Site Allocation 16 (Hatcham Ilderton & Old Kent Road (South) within the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan. The OKR16 Site Vision states that: “The east side of Ilderton Road is suitable for depot and industrial uses, also within mixed use development that provides new homes”
Close to the site there have been a number of significant planning applications that have or are expected to receive planning approval. These include:
227 Ilderton Road – Planning approval was granted in 2021 for a 253 residential unit, part 2/3, 9 and 28 storey mixed-use development comprising 3,581 sqm of industrial floorspace at ground and intermediate levels, 598 sqm of internal loading yard and 445 sqm ancillary plant and equipment at the former Leathams distribution centre. Construction is underway.
62 Hatcham Street & 134 Ilderton Road – Planning approval was granted in 2019 for 86 residential dwellings in a 4-9 storey building with 1,185 sqm commercial space.
180 Ilderton Road – Planning approval was granted in 2018 for a 5-9 storey building containing 84 residential apartments and 2,351 flexible work space
12-38 Hatcham Street – Planning approval was granted for an eight-storey mixed use development comprising 49 residential units, workspace, a church and community floorspace.
Iberia House, 2 Hatcham Street – Planning approval was granted in 2020 for a 2-8 storey building containing 33 residential units and 915 sqm of B1 commerical space.
313-349 Ilderton Road – Planning approval was granted for 250 student rooms and 58 residential units in two buildings of 11-15 storeys in height together with 1,739 sqm of commercial floorspace.
Ilderton Wharf – Planning approval was granted for a 9-25 storey building containing 170 homes and a replacement builders merchant.
301-303 Ilderton Road – Planning approval was granted for a 15-storey building containing 59 flats.”
As well as these schemes the New Bermondsey planning application in Lewisham remains outstanding. This scheme promises to bring forward up 400,000 sqm of floorspace including commercial residential, leisure, food and drink and retail uses, together with the new Surrey Canal Overground station estimated to open in 2025.