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 demolish seven garages within the existing Wellington Road Estate and undertake design and construction of two new three-storey townhouses within the garages’ previous footprint. 

The new 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 has 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 to achieve Zero Carbon standards. Neilcott has been instrumental in developing tender specifications to achieve the required performance 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 planning and multi-stakeholder engagement has been critical, with residents in close proximity and a concurrent construction project directly adjacent.