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Wandsworth Borough Council is currently looking to develop land at Bessborough Road<\/em> and land adjacent to Farnborough House<\/em> on the Alton Estate, as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\n\t\tConsultation for Farnborough House now open!\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tWe held a public consultation exhibition on Tuesday 7 November and a public webinar on Thursday 9 November to show you our plans for land adjacent to Farnborough House.\n\t<\/h3>\n\t

We hope that you were be able to come to one of our events. If not, or to refresh your memory, please visit the\u00a0downloads<\/strong><\/a> section\u00a0of this website to view the exhibition boards and to access a recording of the webinar for you to view in your own time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tBessborough Road\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tIn May 2023, we held a second stage of consultation to share our proposals for land at Bessborough Road. Thank you for all the feedback we have received in response to our proposals. The feedback received helped us to finalise our plans for the site. This scheme now has planning permission. \n\t<\/h3>\n\t

Our proposals will provide eight much-needed specialist homes for people with learning disabilities within a high-quality sustainable scheme, which will help to meet the needs of our residents now and for generations to come. Our proposals will also deliver high-quality new landscaping, enhanced play space, and improvements for wheelchair\/ pushchair access.<\/p>\n

We held our first stage of consultation in November 2022, to share our initial ideas to develop land at Bessborough Road and land adjacent to Farnborough House.<\/p>\n

The information shared during earlier stages of consultation are available in the\u00a0downloads<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0section of this website. A recording of the public webinar held in May 2023 is also available to watch,\u00a0click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t

If you would like to receive updates directly,\u00a0please take a couple of minutes to register with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREGISTER\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\tWhat is the Homes for Wandsworth Programme?\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tThe original masterplan for the Alton Estate Regeneration was adopted in October 2014 and planning permission was granted in spring 2022. Following the change in administration in May 2022, Wandsworth Council’s Housing Committee agreed to end the current process to find a private development partner to deliver the existing plans and to look at alternative options for new housing and investment in the estate \n\t<\/h3>\n\t

The council remains committed to investing in the area and, while the review of options is underway, will be bringing forward a number of sites as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme.<\/p>\n

Wandsworth Council faces an ongoing housing crisis. The council has a waiting list of over 12,000 households, of which over 3,600 are classified as homeless (June 2023 figures). The Homes for Wandsworth programme is one major intervention the council is implementing to help meet this challenge, by delivering 1,000 new homes for council rent.<\/p>\n

A decent home is an essential part of everyone’s life. By building more council rent homes across the borough, we can ensure that more people have this key foundation.<\/p>\n

The programme will deliver well-designed, new homes to high environmental and sustainability standards, while also adding value to our housing estates through sensitive improvements to landscaping and community facilities. Some of the sites being brought forward for development as part of the Homes for Wandsworth programme are located on the Alton Estate, including land at Bessborough Road<\/strong> and land adjacent to Farnborough House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The identified areas present a unique opportunity to develop unoccupied or underutilised spaces on the Alton Estate, to provide much-needed new council rent homes, which will help to meet the needs of our residents now and for generations to come. We are also exploring opportunities to improve landscaping, play space and shared amenities for residents of the estate.<\/p>\n

Click the map below to enlarge it – you can also click on each site to find out more!<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\"Clickable<\/a>\nLocation plan showing land at Bessborough Road & land adjacent to Farnborough House\n\t\t\t\t\"Homes\n

\n\t\tMeet the Team\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tWandsworth Borough Council has appointed a professional project team to work with them to develop ideas for the sites. The team includes:\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"BPTW\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"Turkington\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t

\n\t\tOur Timeline\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tThroughout the planning programme, up to submission of the planning applications we will be in ongoing discussions with planning officers about our emerging ideas to develop the sites. The timings set out below are target dates and subject to change as we progress through the design and planning process.\n\t<\/h3>\n\t