MARTINS YARD Martins Yard Exhibition Welcome

Welcome to our first spaces and improved pedestrian As a first step we would like to hear round of virtual public and cycle links. what you “like” and “dislike” about the local area around Martins Yard consultation for the Elemento Group is committed to and your ideas for the regeneration regeneration of Martins engaging with local stakeholders of the site itself. Yard, Brockley. We’re and the wider community to help shape the proposals. During We will assess all comments excited to be presenting March and April, architects and received and feed them to our our ideas for the site masterplanners JTP will be holding design team as they work up a and to listen to residents consultation activities to present Vision for the site, for presentation the background of the Martins to the community via Zoom at 6pm and stakeholders to hear Yard site and gather ideas on on Wednesday 14 April 2021. their thoughts on how possible uses for the site and its Following the presentation, we they would like to see relationship with the surrounding will seek your comments on the neighbourhood. Vision and develop the proposals this important, local site through continuing stakeholder regenerated. Due to Covid-19, we have had to and community dialogue. Our aim adapt our normal ways of engaging is to submit a planning application Elemento Group is pleased to be with the local community, but to Lewisham Borough Council in bringing forward the residential- that doesn’t mean we don’t want late April 2021 and around this led, mixed-use redevelopment of feedback. Far from it. To this end, time we will hold a further Zoom Martins Yard (view site location we are distributing information presentation to show and explain overleaf) that responds sensitively to homes and will provide regular clearly the submission proposals to the Telegraph Hill Conservation updates on the JTP website, and update the webpage. Area. The intention is to regenerate to share designs as they are this brownfield, urban site with new progressed and as a means of homes, mixed uses on the ground feeding back. floor, high quality landscaped MARTINS YARD The Team BROCKLEY

Client & Site Owners Architects & Masterplanners Planning Consulatants

Transport & Highways Landscape Architecture Heritage & Conservation MARTINS YARD THE LOCAL AREA BROCKLEY Martins Yard is located in Brockley, QUEENS ROAD accessed directly from Drakefell Road. PECKHAM The site is approximately 0.36 hectares GATE

and comprises part of the Endwell Road TELEGRAPH Local Employment Location. The site HILL PECKHAM NUNHEAD also sits within the boundary of the RYE

Telegraph Hill Conservation Area. BROCKLEY NUNHEAD CEMETERY HILLY The site is within walking distance FIELDS PECKHAM RYE to local amenities, making it an ideal PARK & COMMON location for a mixed use development.

DRAKEFELL ROAD

PEPYS ROAD

DRAGONFLY PLACE

SEYMOUR GARDENS MARTINS YARD Site BROCKLEY The site is currently populated with four warehouse buildings set within an open storage yard.

To the North sit 3 storey residential properties that front onto Drakefell Road with their back gardens adjoining the site. The Western boundary of the site adjoins the extensive back gardens of the other properties along Drakefell Road. To the South of the site sits part of the Brockley Cross Business Centre along with a dense tree buffer that partially screens the railway beyond. The Eastern boundary is shared with Dragonfly Place which consists of 4 and 4.5 storey mixed use blocks with residential accommodation above. View looking down the access road into Martins Yard View towards Dragonfly Place from the access road

Entrance from Drakefell Road The warehouse buildings on the site Mixed use development Dragonfly Place View from within the site looking to the rear of the homes on Drakefell Road MARTINS YARD History BROCKLEY

Brockley has transitioned from a woodland Our ambition is to sensitvely embed the clearing to a small agricultural community to an new neighbourhood within its local context, industrial, highly connected place during the 19th re-establishing old links and creating new and early twentieth century, it is now primarily a connections. residential area.

11 The earliest 17 A village Brockley Green Farm is The Worshipful The Brockely Jack Brockley Telegraph Hill recorded time develpoed in the 18 bought by the 18 Company of 18 has been rebuilt. 19 becomes part 19 is designated a 80 of Brockley’s 00 area of Brockley 36 and Railway 70 Haberdashers begin 98 65 of the borough 90 Conservation given name, Jack public Company who built the construction of their of Lewisham. Area. meaning house. railway station on the estate which goes ‘woodland old Croydon . on to form part of clearing the Telegraph Hill belonging to That same year, the Conservation Area a man named Tyrwhitt-Drake family Broca’. built large terraced houses for middle class residents in their market gardens in present-day Brockley Cross.

Forest Place is demolished as the Haymaking in Earl of St Germans Crofton Park. sold the opposite land to build more Endwell House houses for the owned by Jason Martin’s Dairy professional class. Martin from Martin closes and Brockley Green Farm, Brockley Station J. & Son who worked Brockley Lane becomes a 15 18 Manor Farm and 18 opened in ‘71 and 19 as dairymen which 19 Station, which is in 19 laundrette which Forest Place was Brockley Farm become Brockely Lane was then known as close proximity to was used in a David 00 built. 10 prominent landholdings. 70 Station in ‘72. 00 Martins Yard. 17 the site, closes. 70 Bowie music video. MARTINS YARD Local Area Character Study BROCKLEY

DRAKEFELL ROAD

Drakefell Road is an interesting mix of Haberdasher built houses to the west with an evident change in design to the east which gives the streetscape interest and variety. Gable roofs and bays Change in materials Stone Details Bay Windows Grand Entrances Balanced Proportions

DRAGONFLY PLACE

Dragonfly Place is unique in its appearance and made more striking by the colour palette used for the cladding. While the scheme appears repetitive there are subtle changes

in the gable Cladding Details Inset Balcony to Gable Ground Floor Detail Colour elevations to create different types. MARTINS YARD What do we want to deliver? BROCKLEY

NEW AFFORDABLE NEW HIGH QUALITY PRIORITISING SHARED AMENITY APARTMENTS EMPLOYMENT SPACE DUAL ASPECT SPACES WITH A APARTMENTS VARIETY OF USES

SENSITIVELY INTEGRATING NET IMPROVED RESPONDING TO THE INTO THE LOCAL BIODIVERSITY PEDESTRIAN AND CONSERVATION AREA COMMUNITY GAIN CYCLE LINKS