Westminster City Council’s Infill Programme is focused on making the best use of their existing land to provide new homes for people living and working in Westminster. Neilcott was appointed to design and construct eight new three-storey townhouses across two separate site locations on former garage sites.

The new dual aspect townhouses are affordable homes for social rent, built as three-bedroom homes, designed especially for families to address local need, with each designed for up to five people. Each house features its own private garden, with practical attractive landscaping, planting and paving. High quality materials were used, including brick in-keeping with the surrounding buildings.

In-line with Westminster City Council’s Climate Emergency declaration, the new homes have been built to modern highly energy-efficient specifications. Neilcott has been instrumental in developing tender specifications to maximise the C02 reduction for the scheme to around 57% through:

• Additional PV panels
• Increased wattage of the original PVs shown at planning stage
• Gas fired boilers with flue heat recovery
• Enhanced building fabric u-values
• Detailed early logistics planning and community engagement has been critical to ensure H&S interface and minimise disruption to residents living in close proximity to the works.