Case study:Chambers Wharf

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Location: 51° 30' 2.79" N, 0° 3' 56.49" W

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Spatial planning
Country	England
Main contact forename	James
Main contact surname	Togher
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Contact organisation	Environment Agency
Contact organisation web site	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Partner organisations	St Martins Property Investments Ltd;
Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Situated just to the east of Tower Bridge on the south bank of the River Thames, Chambers Wharf was for many years one of the capital’s major cold stores. Having fallen into disuse, the site, owned by international property development company St Martins, now has planning permission for 587 new homes; 180 of these homes will be affordable and there will be some retail units at ground level, fronting Chambers Street. Demolition of the former cold stores has been completed and the new scheme is scheduled to be finished in 2013.

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Name	Chambers Wharf
WFD water body codes	GB530603911402
WFD (national) typology	intertidal
WFD water body name	THAMES MIDDLE
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Heavily modified water body	Yes
National/international site designation	EU - WFD protected area (drinking water, shellfish etc.)
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Protected species present	Yes
Invasive species present	Yes
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Dominant hydrology	Estuary
Dominant substrate	Estuarine mud
River corridor land use	Urban
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Reach length directly affected (m)	160160 m <br />0.16 km <br />16,000 cm <br />
Project started	2008/01/01
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Project completed	2013/12/31
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Funding sources	St Martins Property Investments Ltd

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Mitigation of a pressure	Flood risk management, Navigation
Hydromorphology	Structure & condition of intertidal zone
Biology	Macroalgae, Invertebrates
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Other reasons for the project	housing development

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Bank/bed modifications	Bank improvement
Floodplain / River corridor
Planform / Channel pattern	removal of jetty
Other	roosting posts, Brownfield land regeneration, green roofs, SUDS, nesting boxes
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Social measures (incl. engagement)	riverside walkway
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