Character and Identity The scheme has at its heart, a new water body, which echoes the route of the former Grand Surrey Canal that ran across the site until it was back-filled in the 1970s. A new pedestrian link which will be publicly accessible, is created alongside the water body, offering an amenity to be enjoyed by the whole community as well as environmental benefits.
The Wharves Deptford is intentionally outward looking but remains a distinctive quarter with its own sense of place and identity defined particularly by its generous offerings of public realm and varied architectural massing. Building heights range from 4 to 18 storeys with taller elements located at key junctions and acting as markers for the site.
The proposals are structured by creating a number of distinct areas based on and in part, named after the historic wharves which once occupied the site. The new wharves are physically diverse with variation in building types and heights. In addition, different uses characterise each wharf, with a healthy mix of retail, hospitality and commercial uses, leisure and community facilities and mixed tenure housing. New amenities are located to help build connections with and bring benefits to the community, new and old.
The scheme is unified through hard and soft landscape treatments with high quality finishes and a strong landscape structure including north-south corridors of street trees and groups of specimen trees along key east-west routes. The species selection makes reference to the work of John Evelyn.
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