Solidspace are providing small sites expertise supporting Allies & Morrison in producing a characterisation study for Ealing Council. With the drive of the Mayor’s Good Growth agenda and the small sites policy in the draft New London Plan, all London boroughs must face the challenges and opportunities of accounting for small sites, that in aggregate, contribute to increasing the number of homes being delivered for Londoners while ensuring this creates places that function well, are sustainable and where people want to live.
The focus of our small sites research and analysis in Ealing is to identify small site types which repeat across the borough, in order to provide a steer and advice on small sites that can cumulatively make a significant contribution to delivering housing. We have identified a number of small site types across the borough and undertaken capacity studies with design code suggestions, providing clear advice on how these sites could be released and testing their commercial viability.