Plans for 78 flats at Tolworth Tower site submitted

Plans to create 78 flats at the Tolworth Tower site have been submitted to Kingston Council, in the first bid to transform the building since it was bought by a property developer.

CNM Estates, which bought the site in October, has proposed a change of use of 3,862sq m of office space over four floors inside the north wing, the seven-storey block next to the Travelodge in Ewell Road.

The application outlines plans for 48 one-bedroom flats and 30 two-bedroom flats, with a focus on “an affordable price point to assist first-time buyers”. Tolworth Tower went on the market in July, two years after a syndicate led by Simon Cowell’s brother Nicholas dropped plans to buy it. Estate agents Knight Frank marketed the building as a potential multi-use complex of residential, office and retail space, with extra shops and leisure facilities along Tolworth Broadway. CNM Estates is understood to have put down a 10 per cent deposit of the £45m asking price for the building, but have so far remained tight lipped about its long-term vision.

Earlier this year, a plan for 800 homes on the opposite side of Tolworth roundabout to make way for a rival 23-block tower, was unveiled by Tesco.

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