Lewisham Gateway, South London

Lewisham Gateway will be a new destination for London with high quality buildings and public realm well connected to the town centre and its surroundings. The scheme will be delivered by Lewisham Gateway Developments (a joint venture between Muse and Taylor Woodrow) in partnership with the London Borough of Lewisham, the London Development Agency, Transport for London and London Bus Services. An outline planning application was submitted in April 2006 for a comprehensive mixed-use redevelopment comprising retail, office, hotel, residential, education, health and leisure space.

Proposals for the £200 million scheme include up to 800 new homes, shops, bars and restaurants, a new park and square, improved bus and taxi facilities, a cinema, further space for Lewisham College, a healthcare centre and office space. There will also be improvements to the Quaggy and Ravensbourne rivers, a direct link between the station and the High Street and a re-routing of traffic to the edge of the site.

A key driver for this project has been the need to create a better connection between the rail/ bus/ DLR interchange and the existing town centre. The central area is currently dominated by a major traffic roundabout. By moving the road network to the periphery, two-thirds of a 3 hectare site will be released for redevelopment, enabling up to a million square feet of mixeduse development to be introduced immediately adjacent to the transport interchange.

The development of the masterplan strategy evolved over almost a year through a series of structured design workshops, meetings and presentations to a wide audience, including the LDA, the GLA, Transport for London, Network Rail, SE Rail, London Rail, Public Carriage Office, London cyclist and walking interest groups, the Environment Agency, the GOL, Lord Rogers (design advisor to the Mayor of London), CABE, the Mayor of London, SRB Board for SE London, the Lewisham Design Panel, English Heritage, the Metropolitan Police, MPs and various interest groups. In addition, detailed consultations have taken place with more local stakeholders, focusing on all aspects of the emerging masterplan.