Vauxhall developer CLS Holdings has put in a planning permission application for the Spring Mews redevelopment on the northern fringe of the site of Vauxhall Gardens. While some might vote it an improvement on the ragbag of buildings presently on the site, from the illustrations in the consultation material others may conclude the buildings bland, dull and well down to the standard of recent design in that quarter. On the evidence, would it take the extra people who could work, live, stay or gather in the proposed hotel, student residences, workspaces and expanded Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre to breathe some life and character ‘into Spring Mews’?

Ross Davies

See CLS’s Spring Mews website