The key development partners involved in the Nine Elms on the South Bank regeneration programme have signed a Construction Charter, marking their commitment to work collaboratively to deliver best practice construction management across the UK's biggest regeneration project.

The Charter provides a collaborative code of construction practice that recognises the need for major developers, together with Wandsworth and Lambeth Councils and TfL, to effectively plan and manage the impacts of construction.

The Charter, developed with all partners and endorsed by the Considerate Constructors Scheme, sets out how developers will work together to effectively plan and manage their sites, and their impact on surrounding developments and communities.

The Charter builds upon the approach pioneered by the Considerate Constructors Scheme, but with an enhanced focus on developers and highways authorities actively working together, essential given the complex logistics associated with the redevelopment of a new district in the heart of central London.

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A central feature of the Charter is to provide clear information to residents, developers and the travelling public of planned works, and who to contact for more information. Each registered development site will have contact details of the site manager, their head office, and be able to contact the Considerate Constructors Scheme complaints line, 0800 783 1423 or email complaints@ccscheme.org.uk.

The Charter sets out a series of measures to be adopted when undertaking construction in Nine Elms on the South Bank. This collective responsibility will make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists during a period of heavy construction activity, introducing a more efficient process for implementing a wide range of safety measures and joint planning activities to reduce traffic congestion and disruptions for road users and pedestrians. Crucially, this will help manage the impact on the local communities, including thousands of new residents who will move into the area over the next few years.

Nine Elms on the South Bank is the area between Lambeth Bridge and Chelsea Bridge, which includes Vauxhall, the new US Embassy, New Covent Garden Market and one of London’s most iconic landmarks, Battersea Power Station. The area contains more than 30 interconnected development sites, which will deliver new areas of public realm, 18,000 new homes, two new tube stations, 22,000 new construction jobs and 25,000 new jobs post construction.

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