Previous proposals would have retained 1950s building and created an 鈥榰rban forest鈥� on its roof
Developer iQ has submitted plans to demolish a former court building in Southwark and replace it with a 600-home student accommodation scheme as well as homes for social rent.
The Loman Road proposals for student accommodation, designed by Howells, would consist of two blocks of 10 and seven storeys, with the lower block containing 71 social rented homes.
It would be built on the site of the Blackfriars Crown Court, a modernist 1950s building in Southwark which closed in 2019.
The plans replace proposals for an adaptive reuse scheme on the site designed by Studio RHE for developer Fabrix which would have retained the building and added three storeys on its roof.
The former scheme, approved in November 2020, would have contained office, retail and leisure space and an 鈥渦rban forest鈥� on its roof which would have included a series of structural pavilions and a glass-bottomed swimming pool.
Howells said its new proposals 鈥渞espond more directly to Southwark鈥檚 strategic housing needs鈥� while retaining some of the benefits of the Studio RHE scheme including activating the site鈥檚 street frontages.
The scheme is aiming to increase permeability on the site with a series of four landscaped courtyards, including a central 鈥榟ub鈥� courtyard bringing together amenity spaces and circulation routes. The proposals also include a roof terrace.
The project team includes Turley on planning, PlanIt on landscape, Meinhardt on structures and civils, Pell Frischmann on transport, Savills on heritage and townscape, Waterman on sustainability, WinTech on fire and Kanda on communications.
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