Convoys Wharf will become a place of creativity, innovation and connectivity, inspired by a rich heritage and offering a revitalised future for the area that is international in ambition and deliberately local in its sense of place.
They will bring new opportunity for Deptford. Our local employment and training programme will help deliver sustainable economic vitality for residents currently with lacking support and chances. Over 2,000 jobs will be created by the completed development, alongside apprenticeships and further education and skills training for those people who need it most.
An application was submitted to Lewisham Council in May 2013, but the local authority was unable to consider it before the statutory 16 week period to determine planning applications of this nature expired. At the request of developer Hutchison Whampoa, the Mayor chose to take on the role of planning authority in an attempt to bring the plans to fruition.
The 40-acre Convoys Wharf site was once home to a royal dockyard founded in 1514 by Henry VIII. It is also the site of the historic Sayes Court Garden and the boatyard where the Lenox warship was built.