More Flats Added to Albert Wharf/Swedish Wharf Scheme
Amendments also see the affordable component of the development reduced
Albert & Swedish Wharf Visualisaiton. Picture: Epr Architects
September 18, 2026
An approved waterside development by Wandsworth Bridge will now see more flats and an increase to the heights of its blocks – though with a reduction in affordable housing.
Henley Investment Management, which had its scheme for Albert Wharf/Swedish Wharf green-lit by Hammersmith and Fulham councillors in February 2024 before being officially rubber stamped the following year, requested the amendments following the Mayor of London’s changes to affordable housing quotas.
The 2024 approval was for the delivery of 274 homes, 35 per cent of which would be affordable with blocks up to 17 storeys tall. The changes, applied for via a Section 73 application, will now see 313 homes, an uplift of 37.
However, only 20 per cent are to be affordable. This remains policy compliant and eligible for fast-track due to new guidance published by Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan this year, which reduced affordable housing requirements in an effort to boost London housing supply.
Henley Investment Management was approached for comment.
As well as the homes the mixed-use site will include a restaurant/café space, with the wharf to be safeguarded for ongoing use and a new jetty installed.
It is one of three major schemes along that part of the river, with Fulham Riverside to its east, which has already been completed, and the former Hurlingham Retail Park redevelopment to its west.
A total of 14 objections to the amendments were submitted during the first round of consultation and 56 during the second, with duplicates from 33 addresses.
Cllr Amanda Lloyd-Harris, a Conservative member for Palace and Hurlingham, filed a representation noting concerns such as the increased height of the main buildings.
Council officers had recommended the application be approved by committee members, with the contribution to housing targets among the benefits noted.
In its original Section 73 application, filed last August, the 35 per cent affordable housing quota was expected to be retained, though with changes including more overall homes. An update in May sought further amendments including cutting this to 20 per cent, with specific reference to the Mayor’s guidance.
On the reduction in affordable provision, council officers wrote: “The s73 application proposes 20 per cent affordable housing and therefore complies with the requirements of the subsequently adopted LPG. While this is lower than the 35 per cent affordable housing secured under the 2025 permission, the proposal has been assessed against the current policy and guidance framework.”
Aerial view of Albert & Swedish Wharf. Picture: Google Streetview
Speaking at this week’s Planning and Development Control Committee meeting, Raoul Veevers, of JLL acting as the applicant’s agent, said the principle of the development had already been established by the previous approval. He said that since then market conditions had changed, and that the amendments would make the scheme “more viable, deliverable and better designed”.
“I do not need to explain to you how challenging it is to build new homes in London in the current economic climate. Our revised proposals have largely increased building height and respond directly to the Mayor’s emergency housing measures.”
Addressing the reduction in affordable housing directly, he said the proposal reflected a “pragmatic policy-compliant response to current economic realities”.
“Yes, this is a reduction from 35 per cent affordable housing,” he added, “but it unlocks delivery.”
No questions were asked by members with the application unanimously approved.
Ben Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter
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