First view of £160m Crossrail station at Woolwich
THIS is the first image of a new £160million Crossrail station planned for south-east London.
Outline permission has been granted for a huge redevelopment of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, with the rail link to the City, West End and Heathrow at its heart.
There will also be 3,700 homes in towers up to 24 storeys, bars, cafes, restaurants, a hotel and a park.
The station design shows a modular building above underground platforms, standing beside an existing listed house on the Arsenal site.
It is one of a series of shortlisted designs being considered. A full planning application for the station will be submitted late next year.
Crossrail trains are due to start running between Shenfield and Maidenhead, across central London, in 2017.
Developer Berkeley Homes will share the cost of building the station with Transport for London, which is in ultimate control of the Crossrail project. TfL will pay a reported £100million for the above-ground station buildings.
The Royal Arsenal scheme is one of the largest regeneration projects being undertaken in London. It will cost a total of £750million, and take 15 years to complete. Around a quarter of the homes will be affordable and earmarked for key workers and people on low incomes.
Last month Greenwich council granted permission for a masterplan of the site.
Berkeley will now begin making a series of detailed applications to complete the project.
One application, for 300 apartments in a seven storey block with shops and offices, has just been lodged and a decision is expected early next year.
John Anderson, chairman of Berkeley Homes (Urban Developments) Ltd, said today: "Berkeley Homes has worked very hard to create a new vision for Royal Arsenal and we are elated that there is a resolution to grant planning permission.
"We entered into an extensive and lengthy consultation process with the local community and other key stakeholders to ensure we delivered a comprehensive set of design solutions."
The site covers 76 acres and the architects of the masterplan are Allies & Morrison, the firm behind the new building for Chelsea College of Art and Design at Millbank.
The development is the second section of work at the site. Berkeley Homes has already built 1,250 properties, many within converted listed buildings. Another 450 will be ready next spring.
