30 homes and offices at 346 Clapham Road, London SW9

“24/01346/FUL Site: Clapham Road, London, SW9 9AP Ward: Stockwell West & Larkhall Description: Demolition of a 4-storey office building (Use Class E) and redevelopment of the site involving the erection of a 7-storey building to provide office floorspace (Use Class E(g)(i)) and 30 residential units (Use Class C3) together with relocation of the substation, the provision of cycle and refuse store.”

“The Site contains a 4-storeys mid-century office building with large forecourt and street frontage to both Clapham Road and Union Road. To the rear of the building there are 9x car parking spaces. The existing building provides approximately 972sqm of Gross Internal Area (GIA) of office floorspace. The footprint of the building measures 270sqm and covers 32% of the Site.”

“↑ To contents The surrounding area 2.1.3 The surrounding area is characterised as commercial and residential uses. To the north and west of the Site there is Singer Mews development which comprises commercial floorspace at ground floor and residential flats on the upper floors varying in height between 5 to 6 storeys.”

“↑ To contents 2.2.10 The ground floor landscaping scheme has been amended which delivers less trees than initially proposed as the trees were located outside the application site on TfL highway land. Proposals now indicate that the tree on Union Road will be retained and there is room to deliver one new tree along Clapham Road within the application site. Re-consultation on these changes were not considered necessary.”

“19/04768/FUL – Application Refused – Decision date: 30.09.2021 Demolition of existing building and erection of a part 6 and part 7 storey building plus basement to provide 2,877sqm of office space (Use Class E(g)(i)) and 9 residential units (Use Class C3), with provision of cycle/refuse stores and a substation. Reason for refusal: 1.”

“Sprinkler Provision Concerns The Fire Statement proposes partial residential sprinklers (L1–L6) and full sprinklers to commercial floors. ADB requires residential buildings above 11m to have sprinklers throughout the entire building, including within individual flats (communal areas may be exempt if fire-sterile). Revised drawings were submitted on 6 November 2025 to address the concerns raised as it required changes to floor layouts.”

“No objection. Please consult Development Infrastructure (DI) on a S106 agreement. Noted. Energy / Sustainability (Blewburton) Blewburton has undertaken a review on behalf of the Council. Good level of detail has been provided to demonstrate that all relevant targets will be met. There is no objection subject to securing a carbon offset payment and several detailed conditions.”

“To grant conditional planning permission subject to the completion of a satisfactory deed under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 containing the planning obligations as set out in the officer report, addenda and/or Planning Applications Committee (PAC) minutes.”

“In the event that a satisfactory Section 106 deed is not completed within six months of the date of the Committee meeting, delegated authority is given to the Director of Climate, Planning and Transport to refuse planning permission for failure to enter into a Section 106 deed providing for the obligations considered necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms as identified in the officer report, addenda and/or the PAC minutes.”

“↑ To contents 3.4.3 The proposed obligations to be secured through the S106 deed are as follows: Planning obligation Mitigation Affordable housing • Contribution of £390,000.00 towards off-site affordable housing. • Early and late-stage reviews.”

“Employment and Skills • An Employment and Skills Plan for the construction and end use stages. • A financial contribution of £19,500 towards employment and skills.”