Plans for 174, Rye lane, Peckham (former Asda site)

[loveED86]

Not ED but some of us live on the borders so would be interested to know these plans...

ryelane |

'We are holding two further drop-in public exhibitions on Saturday 22nd November from 10am-1pm and Tuesday 25th November from 4pm-7pm at All Saints Church, Blenheim Grove, SE15 4QS where you can see our latest proposals and give us feedback on them.'

[OutOfFocus]

43 minutes ago, loveED86 said:

'We are holding .....

Who are "we".  A developer?

[ArchieCarlos]

Thanks for sharing

I looked at the renders here and they look really nice: https://ryelane.whatyouthink.co.uk/proposals

222 new homes sounds like a huge improvement over this sad piece of land today

Edited November 12, 2025 by ArchieCarlos

[loveED86]

1 hour ago, OutOfFocus said:

Who are "we".  A developer?

perhaps click the link 

[Blah Blah]

And who are the homes for exactly? 

[loveED86]

1 minute ago, Blah Blah said:

And who are the homes for exactly? 

again the link with all the information will tell you more but my understanding is a block for social housing and shared living accommodation.

[Blah Blah]

The plans look interesting but once agan, we have developers offering just the bare minimum on social rents. 222 units, but no mention of how many are for social rent. From the floor plans, I counted just 21. 

[alice]

Well, affordable rents are not social rents  but I had thought they needed to be 80% of non-affordable rents

[Blah Blah]

Shared living amenities come with shared service charges and there is no ceiling to anual increases in those. Expect many of the properties will be sold off plan to investors that never live there. Just more additions to rental properties that very few locals can afford to live in. Questions to be asked at their drop in sessions. 

[loveED86]

4 minutes ago, Blah Blah said:

Shared living amenities come with shared service charges and there is no ceiling to anual increases in those. Expect many of the properties will be sold off plan to investors that never live there. Just more additions to rental properties that very few locals can afford to live in. Questions to be asked at their drop in sessions. 

do attend one of the drop in sessions to voice your concerns!

[Blah Blah]

I absolutely will. Fed up of property developments that are funded from offshore investors and price out local people. Fed up of the demise of social rents and the growing crisis of families in bed and breakfast. Fed up of young people being unable to save deposits, start families and generally have the same security of tenure that previous generations had. So yes, I will drill down into the financing, affordability, where the properties aer being advertised for sale, and how many are genuinely for social rent. Otherwise, no opposition to redeveloping that site in that way. 

Edited November 12, 2025 by Blah Blah
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[jerryc]

7 floors high right , staggered upwards from Rye lane ?

Would like to see some more useful CGIs as the ones supplied dont really get that height across. 

222 units too - that's pretty tight ! 

[hannahkaty]

On 20/11/2025 at 22:18, jerryc said:

7 floors high right , staggered upwards from Rye lane ?

Would like to see some more useful CGIs as the ones supplied dont really get that height across. 

222 units too - that's pretty tight ! 

if you want to get an idea of what the height would be like, the development on Bournemouth Road just off Rye Lane (where the Barclays is) is i think about 8 floors. So it's got height to it, but not Aylesham proposal height. The development above the f45 is also 7 floors. So the height in this instance doesn't necessarily bother me, rather the inevitable lack of a decent amount of affordable housing for local people and families. These "flats" look tiny, and i'd say are more like a really nice dorm room than anything else. 

 

[alice]

Aren’t there legal minimum sizes for various flats?  
Southwark Council sticks to the National standards  which says 37 m² for a  studio,  61 to 70 m² for three or four people in a two bedroom flat  

Edited December 2, 2025 by alice
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