Plans for over 200 new homes and a new library in Wandsworth have been approved.

The council approved a proposal to merge and redevelop three outdated sites linking Garratt Lane and Wandsworth High Street.

The three sites include a nine-storey block owned by South Thames College and two buildings owned by the council.

The new development would create four new buildings ranging in heights from four to 26-storeys.

The new building facing onto Wandsworth High Street would replace the outdated Welbeck House. It would be four-storeys at the street frontage, rising to seven-storeys further back. At the ground floor it would provide a new high street shop.


The new building on Garratt Lane would replace the existing 1960s office block and would also be in red brick with a new shop facing the street.

Two larger buildings would be located within the site, set back from the streets.

The library will open out onto a new public square with seating and a play space for under fives.

New routes would be created through the site providing valuable links between the Old Burial Ground, Garratt Lane and Wandsworth High Street.

The scheme would also bring new investment to the Old Burial Ground itself, including new public art, landscaping, seating areas and bat sensitive lighting.

(CD/JP)