Major plans which include 86 new homes across four buildings in a Wandsworth Common industrial estate were rejected last night.

Wandsworth Council’s planning applications committee rebuffed the proposals for the site, in Jaggard Way, which were submitted by developers Turley on January 25.

The designs planned to build a mainly residential mixed use development and replace one current six-storey block and three other four-storey block with one spread across four buildings which are interlinked.

Councillor Sarah McDermott, Nightingale ward representative, said: “This application has caused a great deal of anxiety in the local area and further afield.

"It’s a site between traditional Victorian houses and terraces and the lovely open spaces of Wandsworth Common.

“Nobody is under any illusion that it will not be developed at some point but it’s a site that definitely deserves much better than the current proposals.

“The current proposals will have a definite negative effect on the historic environment. Buildings can be seen and will be seen from many angles, and will be stick up above the historic area, including the attractive station which will hopefully soon be listed.

“We don’t want pseudo Milton Keynes in what could almost be described a piece of countryside in the city.”

Mrs McDermott listed four reasons in her five-minute presentation, including concerns over insufficient headroom and planning use, and said residents do not just want a ‘dormitory’ in the new plans.

She added: “I think I, and certainly all the residents, feel the applicants are being rather cavalier with us. After all the negotiations with the council, strong lobbying from the ward councillors, and very articulate resident feedback, the applicant has made ineffectual amendments.

“An outline application for Jaggard Way leaves residents up in the air as to what actually might materialise, and would in fact cause a design review panel some consternation.”

It follows after 104 objections were lodged against the plans, out of 121, with 16 general comments and one supporting, since May 2017 before it went to review.

Concerns raised also included less space for light industrial use than is currently available.

Councillor and committee chairman Will Sweet added: “The proposed housing blocks would have had an unacceptable impact on the character of the surrounding area and would have looked completely out of place at this sensitive location.

“In addition the scheme would have resulted in the loss of valuable employment space for some thriving local businesses. We were not prepared to approve this.”