Bow Garden Square
Number/street name:
St Paul's Way
Address line 2:
Bow
City:
London
Postcode:
E3 4AL
Architect:
Pollard Thomas Edwards
Architect contact number:
Developer:
Poplar HARCA|Poplar HARCA, Telford Homes|Telford Homes.
Planning Authority:
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Planning Reference:
PA/14/02618/A1
Date of Completion:
12/2024
Schedule of Accommodation:
10 x studios, 40 x 1 bed apartments, 31 x 2 bed apartments, 22 x 3 bed apartments, 6 x 4 bed apartments
Tenure Mix:
69% Market sale, 31% Affordable rent
Total number of homes:
Site size (hectares):
0.96
Net Density (homes per hectare):
121
Size of principal unit (sq m):
51
Smallest Unit (sq m):
45
Largest unit (sq m):
114
No of parking spaces:
N/A
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The Design Process
In 2012, Poplar HARCA and Telford Homes in partnership with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets began talks with the St Paul's Way Trust School to regenerate part of the rundown Burdett Estate.
Proposed layouts for the brownfield site ' comprising two outdated residential buildings, a rundown community centre and a mosque ' were first discussed as a 'T' shape with playground space to either side of the site. A revised scheme in 2013 presented the idea of a 'cloistered' school with classrooms around the edge of the site, which led to a Feasibility Report to refine the principles. The layout of the school was designed to accommodate a Wingnut tree protected by a TPO.
Planning approval was granted in 2015, with Telford Homes appointed as contractor and to deliver the private sale homes.
Demolition started in 2016.
