Wandsworth council is planning a new home-building programme next year, beginning with two developments on the Savona and Patmore estates in Nine Elms, Battersea.
Planning permission has now been granted for the two projects, which will see a total of 37 “low-cost rent” homes built on council-owned sites. This will include seven houses with either three or four bedrooms.
Plans to develop several more council sites are also said to be in the pipeline.
All 37 of the new Battersea homes will be made available to Wandsworth residents to rent at below market rates.
The new homes will be owned and managed by Wandsworth council.
Planning committee chairman Sarah McDermott said: “This is very good news for the Savona and Patmore estates. These projects will turn two unused sites into new, low-cost rent homes that will be targeted towards the local community.”
Fifteen of the new homes will be built on a disused site on the corner of Thessaly Road and Deeley Road on the Patmore Estate.
The scheme will include a four-storey block, split into eight flats, and a row of seven two-storey houses with front and back gardens.
The plans were approved by the council planning committee on 16 October.
