Award

Appointment of developer for Leigham Court Road

THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

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25 Jun 2025 at 13:02

Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Lambeth (LBL) has announced the completion of a tender for the "Appointment of developer for Leigham Court Road" under the industry category of Construction work. This process is in the award stage, with LBL entering into a development agreement with Pocket Living Limited for a residential housing scheme, including affordable homes, at the Leigham Court Road site in Lambeth, London (region UKI45). The estimated gross development value of the project is approximately £60,000,000, and the agreement was signed on 24 June 2025. The procurement method utilised was the negotiated procedure without prior publication due to the developer's unique land ownership rights, meeting the criteria set out in Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This tender opens significant opportunities for developers and construction companies to engage in high-value urban residential development. Businesses specialising in large-scale construction, particularly those with expertise in urban development and affordable housing, would find such opportunities advantageous. Although the procurement process was not open for competition due to the developer's exclusive site rights, similar projects could offer avenues for businesses with existing land holdings or unique capabilities in similar areas to engage directly with regional authorities like LBL. This reflects the importance of strategic land ownership and development capabilities in securing contracts without a full competitive procurement process.

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Notice Title

Appointment of developer for Leigham Court Road

Notice Description

London Borough of Lambeth (LBL) is entering into a development agreement with a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Pocket Living Limited (Developer) in respect of the Leigham Court Road development. The Developer will carry out construction of a residential housing scheme (to include affordable homes for LBL to acquire) to be determined through the planning and development process. LBL is using the negotiated procedure without prior publication due to the Developer's exclusive rights of land ownership on the site to be developed. There is no reasonable alternative site or developer which exists in respect of the land to be developed. For further information, please see the "Description of the Procurement" section of this notice.

Lot Information

Lot 1

LBL intends to develop the Leigham Court Road site to deliver circa 90 residential units of which 14 (with provision for 15) are to be affordable homes acquired by LBL on terms agreed. The full scope of the project is estimated to have a value of PS60,000,000. LBL has identified the Leigham Court Road site as appropriate for a comprehensive development across three parcels of land. The Developer owns approximately one third of the site being developed, has a land option over a further third (approximately) and LBL owns the final approximate one third of the site. The affordable homes to be acquired by LBL are to be constructed in a single block on a part of the site owned by the Developer or as will be acquired under the option they hold. Due to the Developer's land ownerships, LBL is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) to contract directly with the Developer. LBL has: 1. analysed whether the Developer is the only landowner that owns rights to land on the Site on which the proposed development is to take place; and 2. analysed whether there are other viable options than the Leigham Court Road site on which the proposed development could take place. This analysis has confirmed that there are no reasonable alternative sites or developers and LBL's contracting with the Developer is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. Therefore, the circumstances at Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) PCR 2015 are met and LBL may contract with the Developer without publishing a contract notice and conducting a competitive procurement. LBL is publishing this notice for full transparency in light of the fact that it is contracting with the Developer pursuant to this exemption from the full rigours of the PCR 2015. LBL intends to enter into a development agreement with the Developer in respect of the site. This development agreement will cover the full scale of development of the site.

Procurement Information

Pocket Living are the only developer capable of meeting the Council's requirements for a scheme on all three sites. If the Council advertised for bidders to come forward on a scheme on the three sites combined, bidders would require the Council to use its Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) powers in respect of the site owned by Pocket Living and the Synagogue Site (which Pocket Living will have the benefit of an Option Agreement to acquire, prior to the execution of this award). A CPO would likely fail if Pocket Living argued they are able and willing to carry out the development for which CPO powers are being sought.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05536f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035083-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

70 - Real estate services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

45111000 - Demolition, site preparation and clearance work

45111291 - Site-development work

45210000 - Building construction work

45211340 - Multi-dwelling buildings construction work

45211350 - Multi-functional buildings construction work

45211360 - Urban development construction work

45220000 - Engineering works and construction works

45233260 - Pedestrian ways construction work

45330000 - Plumbing and sanitary works

70000000 - Real estate services

70110000 - Development services of real estate

70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate

70123100 - Sale of residential real estate

71247000 - Supervision of building work

71315200 - Building consultancy services

71530000 - Construction consultancy services

71540000 - Construction management services

71541000 - Construction project management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£60,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Jun 20258 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
23 Jun 20258 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
Contact Name
Valentine Onwuchekwa
Contact Email
vonwuchekwa@lambeth.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7727299854

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW2 1RW
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI45 Lambeth
Delivery Location
TLI45 Lambeth

Local Authority
Lambeth
Electoral Ward
Brixton Acre Lane
Westminster Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

POCKET LIVING

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