Coldharbour Lane redevelopment

[CH1]

I'm bumping this thread with the inevitable news that Lexadon has been granted planning permission to demolish the quaintly Brixtonian shops at 419-423 Coldharbour Lane and replace with 8 flats and two retail units.
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...B2869E142CCC0F5/pdf/16_00411_FUL--1775852.pdf

I am of course disappointed that we will lose yet more of Coldharbour Lane's character, including the old shop fronts à la "For a Few Dollars More" - soon to be a London-generic monolith.

I was most intrigued to see from the very first post in this thread the original proposal to redevelop was from Milegate Ltd of 20 Somerleyton Road.

Milegate were the ones who recently got planning permission to build flats on 16 - 20 Somerleyton Road, apparently screwing Lambeth's flagship socail housing scheme allegedly: Lambeth Council loses control of part of Somerleyton project with private developer given planning permission to regenerate

Here are before and after impressions of 419-423 Coldharbour Lane

 

[ViolentPanda]

Jesus, more cunt hutches for rent!

 

[CH1]

Jesus, more cunt hutches for rent!

This being Brixton and all that I would have thought someone could have built one of those Japanese coffin-style Capsule Hotels.

At least that way there would be more customers for the much-needed posh burger bars, though with increasing density we might need our very own Bazalgette super-sewer to remove the after effects.

 

[SpamMisery]

Empty space becomes flats

 

[laughalot]

....so what happens to peoples daylight to the flats at the back . There are side windows what will happen to them.
Next we will hear that the market has become unstable and will need to be demolished to be rebuilt but at the same time the developers will add a ridiculous number of flat to the roof space.
Lambeth can then enter the 'Guinness Book of Records' for the largest amount of people trying to use public transport of a morning.

 

[Gramsci]

....so what happens to peoples daylight to the flats at the back . There are side windows what will happen to them.
Next we will hear that the market has become unstable and will need to be demolished to be rebuilt but at the same time the developers will add a ridiculous number of flat to the roof space.
Lambeth can then enter the 'Guinness Book of Records' for the largest amount of people trying to use public transport of a morning.

Which was why Brixton Village was listed. They wanted to do exactly what you say. Both Market Row and Granville Arcade/ Brixton village are both listed.