3D images have been created to compare development proposals of the Stag Brewery site.

The visuals were created by the MBCG (Mortlake Brewery Community Group) in a bid to stop the “over-development” of the site in Mortlake.

Funded by donations from local residents and interested parties, the charity compared the developer’s latest 1,250 unit scheme against their own, scaled-down model.

The size of the proposed development has been contentious since 2015 when the site ceased to be used for brewing Budweiser beer.

The 22-acre site was acquired by developers Reselton Properties, who have pushed to build hundreds of new flats, a hotel, a secondary school and a 'care village' on the site.

However, this has been met with resistance from the MBCG, due to fears it will increase capacity in the Mortlake “by 90%”.

The group has submitted their own ideas in a Community Plan, which favours a design with reduced height and overall massing, as shown in the 3D images.

The model also reduces the scale of buildings towards the perimeter of the site, adjacent existing homes and increases daylight and sunlight into public spaces between buildings.

The first image shows the existing Brewery buildings and surroundings. 

Photograph from Chiswick Bridge of current Stag Brewery site [Image: MBCG]

Photograph from Chiswick Bridge of current Stag Brewery site [Image: MBCG]

The second illustrates the general layout, massing and height of the developer’s current scheme, now being considered by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Stag Brewery developers plan [Image: MBCG]

Stag Brewery developer's plan [Image: MBCG]

The third visual depicts the Community Plan, showing the reduced scale, massing and height of most buildings.

Stag Brewery community plan visual [Image: MBCG]

Stag Brewery community plan visual [Image: MBCG]

Francine Bates, Co-Chair of the MBCG said:

"We don’t object to the fact that the site is going to be developed - we support that - it’s just that it’s going to be overdeveloped to increase the population in the neighbourhood by 90%.”

“Mortlake just does not have the infrastructure to cope with such a major development.

"The current proposal only has one access route to the site, so the impact on traffic alone will be huge, without the increased congestion from the closure of Hammersmith Bridge.”

“We’re not Nimbyists, it’s a design issue."