Brick By Brick has submitted proposals for the second phase of its Small Sites Programme of housing on infill sites across the borough

Croydon Council’s housing development company has submitted plans for 374 homes on 24 infill sites, with proposals designed by a mix of practices.

The schemes are the first to be lodged as part of the five-year-old company’s latest small sites development programme.

Among the architects working on this phase are Hayhurst & Co, Gort Scott, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, Mary Duggan Architects, Archio, Denizen Works, RUFFarchitects, and Threefold Architects.

Proposals have also been drawn up by Pitman Tozer, Stitch Architects and Mae, who all worked on the developer’s first wave of small sites, many of which are now completing. Common Ground Architecture, Brick By Brick’s own in-house architecture practice, is also designing 181 of the proposed new units.

A further six schemes making up 310 homes will be submitted in the coming weeks, bringing the total number in the second development phase to 684. Much of the housing will be built in the south-eastern corner of the borough around New Addington.

The homes in this latest phase include a mix of private sale, shared ownership and social rent. Brick By Brick has pledged that across the programme, about half the homes delivered will be designated ‘affordable’ (shared ownership and affordable rent).

Under the arm’s length development model, profit from the sale of the private homes is returned to the council, to be reinvested in the borough, though not specifically for housing.

The developer has also committed to the 10 One Planet Living principles, which include using sustainable materials in construction, creating zero waste to landfill, achieving net zero carbon emissions from heating and energy use, and encouraging sustainable forms of transport.

The homes in the second small sites programme are due to complete by early 2023.