Roehampton housing estate's roads benefit from developer levy

Nearly half a million pounds has been spent on upgrading the roads and pavements in a Roehampton housing estate with the work paid for by funds taken from private developers.

Frensham Drive and Stroud Crescent, on the Putney Vale Estate, have been resurfaced along with other improvements, following a request from the residents’ association.

The £460,000 works were paid for through the Wandsworth Local Fund (WLF), a council grant scheme for new and improved community facilities using funding from private development projects.

The WLF (also known as the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy) is a charge developers pay to the council to fund the infrastructure needed to support new development, such as new or safer roads, park improvements or a new health centre.

Other schemes paid for in this way include Leaders Gardens in Putney which is being upgraded with a new play garden including new paths, logs, stepping stones, natural play features and a bug hotel to make better use of the shaded areas. The Beverley Brook area will have improved paths and new planting.

Cllr Guy Senior, executive member for finance and corporate resources, said, “The council collects a levy on private development sites and then puts this into works proposed by local people, known as the Wandsworth Local Fund.

“The Putney Vale Residents Association put forward detailed proposals which we carried out, and their estate now looks one of the best in the borough. It’s important that local communities benefit from all the investment coming in to the borough, and if you want to propose a project, please contact the ward councillor for where you live.”

July 11, 2017