Cremorne Wharf Depot Foreshore, which is also home to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, will become a new open space
A large piece of “wasteland” in Chelsea Riverside is set to be transformed into a public park.
Cremorne Wharf Depot Foreshore, which is also home to the ‘super sewer’ Thames Tideway Tunnel, will become a new open space.
The council scheme will turn the wharf, which is almost an acre in size, into an open park filled with seating, planting, trees and play areas. Cremorne Wharf will be divided into zones for activity, play, socialising and quieter spaces for the public to enjoy.
Kensington and Chelsea’s Planning Applications Committee approved the proposal at a meeting on Tuesday evening (April 28). The Port of London Authority objected to the plans for several reasons, including a lack of information what the council would do at the end of the proposed period. Provisions for how the wharf will be reinstated will now be added to the application.
Councillor James Husband, Chairman of the Committee said: “It was only a matter of a few months ago that I actually appreciated quite how large a piece of land that this is.
“In fact, I didn’t realise the size of the site that was potentially available for a park. So, I think it’s overall good news that something can be brought forward.”
A new pedestrian link to the Thames Path would also be created through the part demolition of a western boundary wall. The new park would be open every day from 7.30am until dusk. A park keeper would oversee the space, alongside patrols by the borough’s Parks Police Service.
The proposal will be temporary, including plotted plants and moveable structures, so that the space can be used as a wharf again in the future.
Beneath the wharf’s concrete surface is the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which prevent tens of millions of tonnes of raw sewage from polluting the river.
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