Located in Knightsbridge and Belgravia, Ebury Bridge is one of Westminster City Council’s flagship regeneration projects rejuvenating an existing 1930s estate and transforming it into a sustainable modern neighbourhood.
With phase one completion to be achieved this month and 100 new council homes for social rent completed, Ebury Bridge has delivered the largest number of new council homes for five decades – in one of the most exclusive postcodes in the City.
The scheme has already been recognised as a leading example of modern, sustainable, council housebuilding, receiving top prize at the Planning Awards 2023 and the Best Community Engagement Outcomes and the Mayor’s Prize for Good Growth at the Building London Planning awards.
Over the coming weeks, officers from Westminster City Council will support more than 90 families to return to their new homes on the estate, after they moved temporarily to allow the building work to take place.
This will be the culmination of a long journey for some who have waited over five years to move back. The remaining families and individuals have chosen to move back to a later phase in buildings that will be in similar positions to their previous homes.
As the main developer behind the scheme, Westminster City Council aimed to set a new standard for mixed tenure neighbourhoods with a single estate management service across all buildings.
Recognised for high levels of energy efficiency and recognised as BREEAM Outstanding, all homes will be heated and cooled by a ground source heat pump, using warm water from 100 metres underground. Low carbon heating and cooling systems, greywater recycling and blue roofs will support high performing homes in a low carbon neighbourhood.
Phase two will commence in 2025 and deliver 334 homes. Across the whole regeneration scheme, a total of 781 high quality and sustainable homes will be built, with 370 of these set to be new or replacement council homes for social rent.
Ebury Bridge will provide facilities and spaces supporting the health and wellbeing of residents, including a new community hub, nursery, play facilities, fitness centre, and four attractive public squares and pocket parks.
