Building / block / estate
Benyon Wharf
Address
295 Kingsland Road, London E8 4DQ
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Local Authority
Hackney
Storeys / height
About 100 purpose-built duplex apartments, 20,000 sq ft commercial, 100,000 sq ft live/work, blocks around around a private courtyard with two access cores, external decks and inter-building bridges
Cladding
ACM (named in planning application: Certificate of lawfulness for the replacement of ACM rainscreen cladding, timber cladding and decking, PIR insulation)
Owner / Landlord
Investland (Kingsland) Limited
Original design architect
JCMT Architects (project architect Sheelagh McManus)
Original consent ref/date
Appeal Ref APP/U5360/E/01/1062908 & APP/U5360/A/01/1062909
2003/0276 - Granted 14/03/2003
Discharge of Condition: Submission of details pursuant to condition(s) 3 (details and samples of materials) and 9 (details of hard and soft landscaping) of planning permission (Ref. SOUTH/006/01/FP) - Conversion of 293 Kingsland Road, erection of new 4,7 and 8 storey buildings comprising 20142 ft2 B1 accommodation, 53 Live/Work units and 40 parking spaces.
SOUTH/006/01/FP - not available.
Complete by April 2006 (architectural photograph dated 10/04/2006). Developer Investland Group PLC. Former timber yard on Kingsland Basin, Kingsland Conservation Area. Shortlisted RIBA Housing Design Award
Remediation ref/date
2024/2023 Approved 30/10/2024
Certificate of lawfulness for the replacement of ACM rainscreen cladding, timber cladding and decking, PIR insulation and other external components with non-combustible alternatives.
Remediation lead
Nissen Richards Studio
Litigation
Source / Evidence / Links
- Certificate of lawfulness for the replacement of ACM rainscreen cladding, timber cladding and decking, PIR insulation
- Arcaid/Alamy caption ‘Architect: JCMT Architects Investland Group PLC’ and a Barbour case study quoting Investland’s project manager. CONFLICT: Lang+Fulton’s project page credits ‘TM Architects’ - https://langandfulton.co.uk/projects/benyon-wharf-hackney/ - Architectural grating Product: Micro-34
Additional corroboration
- JCMT Architects - ORIGINAL design architect
