New Kingston Small Sites Project Achieves Construction Milestone

Property consultancy Red Loft has been appointed as Project Manager for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames’ first programme of new build affordable homes in 30 years.

RBK’s Small Sites programme will see 101 homes built across 4 new developments over three years.

Red Loft has worked with the council to negotiate contracts with Countryside Properties UK Ltd for the construction of these four developments. The first of these projects will deliver 19 new London Affordable Rent homes at York Way in Chessington. Works began on site in July 2021 and the demolition of the existing garages has now completed, marking a major milestone in the Small Sites programme.

Planning permission has been granted for three further new sites at Cambridge Road in Norbiton, Cumberland House in Coombe Hill and a further site in Canbury, to deliver new London Affordable Rent housing, on under-utilised council sites. These projects provide much-needed high-quality homes for local residents, alongside wider landscape improvements and the provision of new playgrounds for the use of new and existing residents. The homes are funded jointly by the Mayor for London and RBK.

Providing essential support to the council, Red Loft’s role has included financial modelling of the developments, contract negotiations and will project manage the schemes on behalf of RBK during the delivery phase.

Neil Jervis, Partner at Red Loft, comments, “The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames’ Small Sites scheme will help significantly expand the council’s housing offering and crucially meet the pressing demand for affordable housing in Kingston. We are proud to be supporting a project designed to deliver truly affordable homes for local people and are delighted to have helped the council reach this milestone of commencement on site.”

Robin Oliver, New Homes and Housing Delivery Lead at Kingston Council, comments, “This is a really important project for the Council as it will see the delivery of the first new Council homes in the borough for a generation. Like many local authorities we are rebuilding our development capacity and Red Loft’s expertise has enabled us to get in contract and on site quickly and efficiently. With their support we have already reached a major milestone with work beginning at the end of July on the first site and others to follow shortly.”