The Kew Riverside site, on the south bank of the River Thames, contained a former sewage treatment works. The rationalisation of facilities within the site released land for development.
Remediation works meant that there were few natural features to be incorporated apart from the mature tree belt defining the designation of Metropolitan Open Land along the Thames corridor. Constraints included the retention of a small sewage treatment facility to the north, and a waste transfer station to the south.
Opportunities existed to improve pedestrian and cycle connections between the surrounding residential neighbourhoods and the riverside.
