{"id":13437,"date":"2023-02-22T17:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/new-masterplan-reboots-4500-home-earls-court-scheme\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:59:35","slug":"new-masterplan-reboots-4500-home-earls-court-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/new-masterplan-reboots-4500-home-earls-court-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"New masterplan reboots 4,500-home Earls Court scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The revised scheme sets out plans for 4,500 new homes, targeting 35% affordable across all tenures.<\/p>\n

These will be set within a landscape-led development which aims to go beyond net zero and become a climate-positive neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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Rob Heasman, CEO of Earls Court Development Company, said: \u201cThis 40-acre site is perhaps Central London\u2019s most significant redevelopment opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of Earls Court masterplan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201dThe aspiration is for the development to incorporate the first large-scale zero carbon energy sharing network in the UK, enabling local people to benefit from cost-effective heat networks.<\/p>\n

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The masterplan will evolve over the course of this year with a planning application due to be submitted by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

The first phase of development, comprising 1,300 homes, the park and vital east-west connections is due to start in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Cleared Earls Court site<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Heasman added: \u201cUp to 15,000 jobs will be created with the development becoming a research and development hub for green tech, attracting businesses which have a role in transforming our future by responding to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe development will integrate culture and public realm throughout, responding to the number one stated desire from local people to have green and open spaces across the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an ambition to be a global exemplar of responsible, sustainable development, putting people\u2019s health and well-being first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New city square outside the repurposed train shed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent years it has lain derelict, the Exhibition Centres closed in 2014 and were demolished in 2015 by the previous owners Capco.<\/p>\n

Crucially previous controversial plans to demolish West Kensington and Gibbs Green housing estates at the vast site have been canned.<\/p>\n

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