Joyce Newman House and Joseph Lancaster Terrace is a community-led development of 40 social rent homes delivered through a unique collaboration between Southwark Council and Leathermarket Community Benefit Society (LCBS). Occupying the site of a disused former nursery, the development comprises two buildings: a new block of 34 apartments, and an adjoining terrace containing six houses that frame a new communal garden. 

An intensive series of consultation events with local residents shaped the project brief as well as its design. The lived experience of everyone on the estate was thoroughly considered and informed the new buildings’ choice of material, form, height, massing and layout, as well as the creation of a publicly accessible green open space and the improvement of pedestrian routes through the estate. 

This marks the second project completed for the resident's group, LCBS, with the third currently in planning stages. Through this partnership approach, half of the homes have been allocated to LCBS tenants and the other half to Southwark tenants.