Plans have been submitted for 329 co-living homes and a charitable hub close to Woking railway station.
Halcyon Development Partners has applied to Woking Borough Council to demolish buildings on a 0.19-hectare site encompassing numbers 3 Р12 High Street while retaining the fa̤ade of numbers 6 Р7.
In its place, Halcyon, along with JRL Group, plans a two – 17 storey building which will accommodate the flats along with communal areas above a Use Class E area, for community charity The Lighthouse which already operates on the site.
Each resident of the co-living homes will have a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, a kitchenette and sitting area and storage space. Integral to the scheme is its shared spaces which will include a gym/wellness room, a library and co-working room, laundry, cinema and a private dining room, all on the first floor.
On the eighth floor there will be a ‘Masterchef’ style kitchen and a kitchen garden for outdoor dining and growing food. On the 15th floor there will be a ‘quiet space’ which can be used for reading , working and exercise and which will connect to a residents’ lounge on the 16th. Of the 329 units, 32 will be accessible/adaptable units.
The new space for The Lighthouse is likely to include a foodbank, co-working space, café, function area, community kitchen, community lounge, children’s play area/coffee morning space and storage.
The team on the project includes Turley on planning and Assael on architecture.
Visit the application at https://caps.woking.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=RYGP6CRUFV100
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Woking does not need more sky scrappers it need more family homes where family can live happily. Woking brough council should wait for 6 years get out from bankruptcy backlog and than build something better for future rather allowing private developers to build on their own land
I have just read about in various parts of this country there are beautiful apartments with lots of garden outside spaces which are called cohouding for women living alone
And these include social housing. They are good size apartments with beautiful balconies but not high rise. They have a gym. Dining rooms and social rooms
Why can’t we have places like that built it has been proved it saves on health expenses in many ways
The need for carers is cut
And
More benefits for all concerned