Access Site, 579 – 589 Kingston Road (ex Manuplastics) - Ref: 23/PO869

REDEVELOPMENT OF SITE TO PROVIDE CLASS E(G)(I) (OFFICE), CLASS E(G)(III) (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) AND CLASS B8 (SELF-STORAGE) USES, INCLUDING USE OF PART FIRST FLOOR FOR CLASS E(G)(I) (OFFICE) AND/OR CLASS B8 USE (SELF-STORAGE), IN A BUILDING OF UP TO SIX FLOORS, PROVISION OF CAR AND CYCLE PARKING, VEHICLE ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, PLANT AND ASSOCIATED WORKS.

Planning permission granted in March 2025 and now under construction, with a projected completion date of August 2027.

Please note this will comprise 16,581 sq m (178,478 sq ft) arranged over ground, first, second, third, part fourth and part fifth floors, with the upper floors set back from Kingston Road.  The bulk of the building will have aluminium cladding, with the four-storey element fronting Kingston Road comprising buff brick, with blue glazed brick also featured at ground floor level.  There will be two yards, at either end of the building, accessed via the two existing site access points from Kingston Road.  On the western side the yard will service the two ground floor trade counter units and the eastern yard will service the six storey self storage building.

PAG Site, 565 Kingston Road – Reference:  24/P3066 and 24/P3088

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE/WORKSHOP TO ENABLE REDEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS, OVER THREE STOREYS, COMPRISING 42 FLATS, BOTH PLANNING USE CLASS C3, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICING.

Planning permission granted in February 2025 for 32 flats (at 565 Kingston Road – Ref: 24/P3066) and 10 flats (at 577 Kingston Road – Ref: 24/P3088), albeit they comprise the same scheme.  This would be a car-free development, as required under the Section 106 Agreement.

Now under construction and projected for completion in August/September 2027.

Wimbledon Chase Railway Station, Kingston Road & 45-48 Rothesay Avenue - Ref: 22/P1819

DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO WIMBLEDON CHASE STATION AND ADJACENT RETAIL UNITS AND 45-48 ROTHESAY AVENUE AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW STATION ENTRANCE AND BUILDING RANGING IN HEIGHT BETWEEN THREE TO NINE STOREYS WITH RETAIL USE AT GROUND FLOOR, WITH 74 RESIDENTIAL FLATS ABOVE, ON FIRST TO EIGHTH FLOOR, ASSOCIATED VEHICLE AND CYCLE PARKING, REFUSE AND PLANT.

Planning permission granted in April 2023, with the Section 106 Agreement ratified in February 2024.  No movement on this, with regard to when the Developer might commence works, which are understood to take 24 months to complete.  As the permission is ‘forward dated’ to the conclusion of the Section 106 Agreement, the Developer has three years from February 2024 to commence the scheme before the consent lapses.

Land to the rear of 49 to 51 Firstway Raynes Park  – Reference:  23/P1997

ERECTION OF A DETACHED 3 STOREY BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE 5 X FLATS WITH ASSOCIATED HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, REFUSE AND RECYCLING AND CYCLE STORAGE PROVISION.

Planning permission granted in August 2024 for five flats (4 x 1 bedroom and 1 x 2 bedroom) in a three storey building which will occupy much of the site.  The scheme is to be car free, with a dedicated store for 6 cycle spaces.  Construction is expected to take around 10 months to complete.  

There is no sign of the Developer implementing the planning consent as of yet and they may be awaiting the outcome of the scheme for the adjoining Rainbow I.E.

Rainbow Industrial Estate, Station Approach – Ref:  25/P1654

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE 294 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING AMENITY AREAS, SECURE CYCLE PARKING AND OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT. 

Planning permission granted in April 2026, (which, it is assumed, is still subject to settlement of a Section 106 Agreement), subject to the following conditions:

The development shall not be occupied until final details of car parking is submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  The vehicle parking shown on the approved plans shall be laid out and be provided prior to occupation of the development and shall be retained for parking purposes for occupiers and users of the development and for no other purpose.

The application includes 53 car parking spaces (equating to a 20% provision), with 9 to be for disabled parking (equating to 3%), which is in line with London Plan Policy T6.1.

We understand the Section 106 Agreement is to incorporate a Car Parking Management Plan, including a ‘Station Approach Car Parking Enforcement Strategy’.

No above ground works shall commence until details of Station Approach are submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  This includes additional lighting, resurfacing the footway and implementing a mini roundabout scheme, associated with the kiss and ride, which has been part implemented.

Before development commences the submission of a Construction Logistics Plan and a Demolition and Construction Environmental Management Plan.

Area to the South of the Skew Arch

The area roughly between the Railhouse (the former Junction Tavern), the Library and the Skew Arch has always appeared as a significant area of public space that could be better utilised. A lot of creative work has been achieved on the north side of the railway, so we’re now looking to see what can be done on our side. Tony Edwards from Place, Design & Planning (local urban planners) has produced some options for this large piece of public land with the help of ARA member Peter Fischer - click link below for more information. Since the recycling bins were removed from this area, the Raynes Park Association obtained funding to put artificial grass down on the paved area adjacent to the Skew Arch to provide temporary improvement.

For more information see the proposed plans in this PDF: 

Footnote:

The ARA is concerned that the redevelopment of the old Manuplastics site at 579-589 Kingston Road (Access Self Storage), the PAG Site, 565 Kingston Road and Wimbledon Chase Railway Station are all taking place at the same time and, given the anticipated length of the building works, will doubtless overlap.  The construction of these three, pretty large, schemes is already providing considerable disruption to the local area.