The program for developers Fifth Estate comprises three connected buildings that offer accommodation for students, affordable apartments and industrial areas on a former Judenbauer farm between Rollins Street, Ilton Road and Surrey Canal Road.
The approval plans replace a design with Stitch, which was approved in June 2024 and would have provided both market rate and affordable apartments in a 27-story building. This was followed by approval in 2022 for a 23-story tower in the same location.
The HTA program, which was submitted in October and is also 27 Storeys, contains a specially built student block with 477 student rooms with community amenities, common institutions and a community café on the ground floor.
This student apartment corresponds to 159 conventional residential units, and according to the fifth state, the need for Southwark to accept its university students should be received.
The approval program also includes a 13-story block of 79 affordable houses, 18 more than in the previously approved design, which includes 59 social rental and 20 common property units.
The last part of the new build is intended for business use at 1,670 m2 of the rejuvenated industrial bouquet. Of these, 12.6 percent are shown for local companies.
The program will also preserve and promote biological diversity, save existing trees and contain space for planting 26 new trees.
Alex Springer, founder of the fifth state, said: “This is a great example of how thoughtful urban design and mixing people can bring together people. Our goal was to create a mixed, inclusive and balanced quarter from the start, and we are proud of what was achieved next to the London district of Southwark and our neighbors.
“We are particularly pleased to support the Iltonton Primary School by initiating and committing funds for playground improvements because every child deserves a safe and inspiring place to play, learn and thrive.”
At the road level, the development offers active facts, including a community café, industrial rooms with a dedicated affordable work area, retail units and double height that have been arranged around a colonnade.
The HTA design partner Simon Toplis said: “Our proposal for the Iltonton Wharf results from our reaction to a complex short, developing urban environment and close cooperation with the planning officers of the fifth state and Southwark.
'The design shows how strategically located, unused Brownfield locations in the center of London can be diverse, while they receive existing uses and stimulate the neighborhood – everything through thoughtful improvements in public areas.
“Our architectural approach celebrates the inheritance of the location and creates a coherent family of buildings that are combined in processed bricks and a common range of materials. The result is a really integrated development that drives the vision of Southwark for sustainable growth, affordability of living space and design excellent performance. '