Friary Park regeneration scheme phase one completes in Acton

Covering nearly six acres in Acton, London, the first phase of the regenerated Friary Park estate, now called The Verdean, has completed and provides 1,228 new homes in West London.

Chapman Taylor has lead the redesign and delivery of this scheme that was informed by residents and the local community following a comprehensive engagement programme.

Our revised masterplan promotes flexibility to accommodate home working and the provision of larger private amenity spaces. The landscape design now includes a range of new spaces that can be enjoyed by the residents and wider community, integrating it more successfully into the neighbourhood, including improved pedestrian and cycle routes in and around the scheme.

Our redesign of the original scheme creates a more active, mixed-use ground floor and enhanced resident and community amenities including a gym, co-working spaces, cinema and residents’ lounge, all arranged around a new central public square that creates a focal point at the heart of the scheme and promotes a sense of community. Affordable workspace (40% of the commercial floor area) provide a permanent, affordable home for Ealing’s creative community.

50% of the 1,228 new homes are affordable. The scheme is tenure-blind and includes social rent, London affordable rent, intermediate tenure, and private for-sale homes.

Chapman Taylor led the redesign and delivery of this scheme that was informed by residents and the local community following a comprehensive engagement programme.

Our revised masterplan promotes flexibility to accommodate home working and the provision of larger private amenity spaces. The landscape design now includes a range of new spaces that can be enjoyed by the residents and wider community, integrating it more successfully into the neighbourhood, including improved pedestrian and cycle routes in and around the scheme.

Our redesign of the original scheme creates a more active, mixed-use ground floor and enhanced resident and community amenities including a gym, co-working spaces, cinema and residents’ lounge, all arranged around a new central public square that creates a focal point at the heart of the scheme and promotes a sense of community. Affordable workspace (40% of the commercial floor area) provide a permanent, affordable home for Ealing’s creative community.

50% of the 1,228 new homes are affordable. The scheme is tenure-blind and includes social rent, London affordable rent, intermediate tenure, and private for-sale homes.

Our revised masterplan promotes flexibility to accommodate home working and the provision of larger private amenity spaces. The landscape design now includes a range of new spaces that can be enjoyed by the residents and wider community, integrating it more successfully into the neighbourhood, including improved pedestrian and cycle routes in and around the scheme.

Our redesign of the original scheme creates a more active, mixed-use ground floor and enhanced resident and community amenities including a gym, co-working spaces, cinema and residents’ lounge, all arranged around a new central public square that creates a focal point at the heart of the scheme and promotes a sense of community. Affordable workspace (40% of the commercial floor area) provide a permanent, affordable home for Ealing’s creative community.

50% of the 1,228 new homes are affordable. The scheme is tenure-blind and includes social rent, London affordable rent, intermediate tenure, and private for-sale homes.

Pahe 2 is now under cosntruction

The revised building designs provide flexibility to accommodate home working and the provision of larger private amenity spaces in response to the changes in our live/work patterns post-pandemic. The scheme is tenure-blind and includes social rent, London affordable rent, intermediate tenure, and private for-sale homes.

With decades of experience in the Residential sector in the UK, Chapman Taylor creates high-quality, attractive, and well-considered designs that develop into positive and sustainable places for people to live in.

Rachel Rogerson (BA (Hons), Dip Arch)

Director, 曼彻斯特

Rachel joined Chapman Taylor in Manchester in 2006 and became an Associate Director in 2016. She is responsible for leading the Technical Group and ISO 14001 in the Manchester studio.

She has over 10 years’ experience with particular focus on technical delivery and design management of major projects in the UK and internationally across a number of sectors.

Areas of expertise:

Residential / Leisure / Retail / Delivery / Design Management

Andrew Carroll

Director, 曼彻斯特

Andrew joined Chapman Taylor’s Manchester studio in 2002 and became a Director in 2013. He is a member of the UK Board and is responsible for the management of the Manchester Studio, including business development, design management, project delivery, recruitment and resource planning.

He has extensive experience managing and delivering large-scale, complex projects across a number of sectors.

Areas of expertise:

Office / Residential / Retail / Leisure / Design Management / Delivery

Jie Shen

Associate Director, 伦敦

Jie is proficient in BIM and experienced in project management, client liaison and navigating the statutory/planning process.

Originally from China, Jie studied at Sichuan and Edinburgh Universities and has extensive experience of projects in the residential, workplace, cultural and hospitality sectors in the UK, China and the Middle East.

Areas of expertise:

Residential / Workplace / Hospitality


Loretta Collins (BA (Hons) DipArch MArch RIBA )

Associate Director, 曼彻斯特

Loretta joined Chapman Taylor in 2015 as a recently qualified architect and has since worked as senior project architect on the concept design stages of mixed-use, office, retail, urban regeneration, and asset enhancement projects both in the UK and Internationally.

Loretta is a key member of our Responsible Design Group’s knowledge expert team with a focus on Community and Social values. She is also an active member of Women in Property in the North West UK-branch where she regularly participates in events and study tours.

Loretta’s design experience crosses a variety of sectors including mixed-use town centre regeneration projects where her ability to use a variety of design-based and CAD software tools enables her to successfully manage and coordinate complex design projects.

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