Willmott Dixon has started work on an £80 million residential and educational development in Paddington.

The Dudley House scheme will combine a residential tower featuring 197 new homes with a new home for Marylebone Boys' School. The school's intake will start at 480 pupils, eventually rising to 840 and including a mixed sixth-form. In addition, modern community space for the Central Pentecostal Church will be developed.

The scheme forms the latest phase of the Paddington Basin regeneration and aims to achieve a BREEAM 'Very Good' rating. Work on the new school will be complete by September 2018, with the new homes finished by spring 2019.


Chris Tredget, managing director of Willmott Dixon in Hitchin, said: "This will soon be an important part of the Paddington Basin helping to provide new homes and school places. Importantly, it plays to our strengths and know-how of working on tight, constrained sites in urban locations.

"It's a great opportunity for Willmott Dixon to provide sustainable homes that keep costs down for residents and provide a new home for Marylebone Boys School with a first class learning environment for the students."

Westminster Council Leader Nickie Aiken said: "Affordable housing is one of our top priorities, and I'm delighted to see work progressing on this key site as part of the council's commitment to creating great places where people are proud to live and work."

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