Author: Cyril Richert

In view of the recent consent for the redevelopment of the Peabody estate, and as consideration was made during the Peabody planning application about the future of the Territorial Army site, we think that a section should be dedicated to provide guidelines for future development.
The Territorial Army premises sit between the listed Grand Theatre (equivalent to 4 storeys) and the Peabody Estate (soon to be up to 12 storeys). To comply with Core Strategy Policies IS3d and IS3e, any application here would need, amongst other things, the “preserve” and “enhance” the surrounding area’s character, and its massing and scale would have to be “well integrated into the surrounding development”.
It should specifically highlight
– conservation of historic part of the site (including frontage)
– tall building will be inappropriate in this location and heights should match at maximum those of the current building fronting St John’s Hill up to the junction.

And you, what do you think of the future of the site?

UPDATE 6/04/2017: In July 2013, the then Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced the Territorial Army St John’s Hill TAC, Battersea would closd with 35 others, as part of a reorganisation. Three years later a lot have changed and it looks like things have stalled. At the same time Peabody have decided to put a temporary hold on their next door development, aiming at resubmitting a revised planning application (more to come soon…).