Blackheath station car park housing plans revealed
Plans for 45 new homes beside Blackheath station on the car park site have been revealed.
Developer Acorn are behind the proposal with architects JPA drawing up designs.
The site hosts a popular weekly market and space is included in the design for that to continue.
The consultation also states there will be ” a new, safe, secure pedestrian route through the site, connecting the town centre to John Ball Primary School.”
Blackheath is one of the relatively few car parks this close to central London that retains such a car park beside the platform.
An exit from the London-bound platform exists which leads directly to the car park.
With London Bridge station being as close as 12 minutes away it’s perhaps no surprise have arrived.
A contact email address and mailing list is available on the website, with future consultations promised for later this year.
I hope the farmers market will not leave the area. I always thought the road around All Saints Church would be a good market location. Perhaps they’ll move there.
Sorry I re-read and realised that the market will be staying.
This horrendous for Blackheath residents. I hope the Blackheath Society is looking at this closely.
Horrendous?
Talk about an over reaction. A car park next to the train station this close to London is a bygone product of a time that no longer exists.
I’m sure the local nimby group will be out in force though. Lucky there isn’t a housing crisis.
John Ball School has no on-site parking for staff, like other schools. They have always had to pay to park at the station car park. The rates have gone up and up particularly with the recent purchase but now there will be nowhere for staff to park, easily.
Not sure but don’t think the closest schools allsaints, blackheath high or all saints have much place to park. To be fair john ball is a lot bigger
@A: ‘Lucky there isn’t a housing crisis.’ 😂 Houses in Blackheath Village isn’t going to address this.
not sure how building 2m+ townhouses will help with the crysis
If it’s a prime spot where houses can be sold for a premium it makes sense that a contribution of profit is made to housing charities to provide more affordable housing in their developments. I certainly could not afford to buy these new houses and have always accepted I need to live according to my means.
In what universe should we prioritise cars over homes for humans particularly in a global mega city that has been starved of building for generations?
The direct exit to the car park is on the down platform.
Please send more information regarding blackheath carpark about new homes being built
I just saw a news article regarding the Mayor’s target for new housing. It centred on another London stations parking (Cockfosters on the Piccadilly line) and TFL using part of the land for a new housing development. The plan is for 40% of these new builds to be “Affordable”.
I wonder if the Blackheath plan has the same quota?
Blackheath plan nothing to do with the Mayor as not TfL land.
I know it’s not TFL…was just making a point about affordable housing on Southeasterns land in an expensive area.
If it’s a prime spot where houses can be sold for a premium it makes sense that a contribution of the profit is made to housing charities or organisations to provide more affordable housing in their own developments. I certainly could not afford to buy these new houses and I wouldn’t expect to be given one at a discount or low rent.
@Chris Lambert: ‘I certainly could not afford to buy these new houses and I wouldn’t expect to be given one at a discount or low rent.’ Sounds like an argument that the “poor” shouldn’t have the opportunity to live in a “nice” area. I have news for you, there a number of social housing blocks in the area. Just because you think you don’t “deserve” it, doesn’t mean that others think the same.
If planning permission is granted for this development the houses will be very expensive being in Blackheath. So would probably be purchased by professionals who will appreciate living close to the station and public transport. Superloop route SL4 will also provide a express bus service to Westferry in Docklands from 2025
From an initial glance at the website I don’t think the proposal is dense enough. It should be at least ten stories to match housing demand. I’m not convinced by arguments to retain parking so staff at John Ball can park there, and think homes for people are more important than car storage.
London is full. We need hospitals & prisons, not more rabbit hutch flats bought up by foreign investors. And let’s banish the cycle lanes that never get used & give us our roads back. All these peeps that don’t like cars are part of the government process, they want you to stay in your little flat & give you a supermarket & a bike. These people should be banished from phoning the emergency services that use vehicles.
Well done on ticking every box of the two bit arguments heard from the clueless. London isn’t far above its 1939 population peak. Hardly “full” when so much vacant and underused land.
Rabbit hutch? Seen the sizes have we. Please do send a link.
Another clueless person who thinks preventing new construction does anything but makes existing homes more crowded.
Cycle lanes etc just culture war drivel. Boring.
Then you descend even more into idiocy. If satire not very good. If genuine probably seek help.
The political whip hand is moving from the Boomers to the Millennials. The Millennials need houses, they dont use the NHS and they dont drive. A hard rain is coming for the Nimbys, the winter fuel payments are just the beginning.
Wouldn’t mind making Blackheath less car-dependent. As long as there’s space for the farmers market I’d happily lose the station car park. In fact I’d go further & put rising bollards in the middle of the village so only buses & emergency vehicles could use it as a throughfare