Case study:Chambers Wharf

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Estuary, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Spatial planning, Urban
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; Simpson Haugh & Partners; Southwark Council; St James; Peabody; Greater London Authority
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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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• https://www.simpsonhaugh.com/projects/chambers-wharf

• http://newlondondevelopment.com/nld/project/chambers_wharf

• https://www.peabody.org.uk/homes-in-development/southwark/chambers-wharf

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

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Thames River basin London Subcatchment River name Thames Middle Area category Less than 10 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Urban Waterbody ID GB530603911402 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Barking Creek near A13, Barking Creekmouth, Cuckolds Haven Nature Area, Greenwich Peninsula, Lower River Roding Regeneration Project, Mill Pool, Saving Chiswick Eyot, Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Site Edit site Name Chambers Wharf WFD water body codes GB530603911402 WFD (national) typology Intertidal WFD water body name Thames Middle Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation EU - WFD protected area (drinking water, shellfish etc.) Local/regional site designations Protected species present Yes Invasive species present Yes Species of interest Dominant hydrology Estuary Dominant substrate Estuarine mud River corridor land use Urban Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 160160 m <br />0.16 km <br />16,000 cm <br /> Project started 2008/01/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2013/12/31 Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources St Martins Property Investments Ltd Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management, Navigation Hydromorphology Structure & condition of intertidal zone Biology Macroalgae, Invertebrates Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project housing development Measures Edit Measures Structural measures 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 Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Riverside walkway Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Good Practice case study 1 Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information