Hutchinson applied to vary the exiting planning permission because it said that the number of affordable housing units specified in the permission made the project unviable.
The developer applied to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) to vary the permission and reduce the overall number of residential units and the number of affordable homes.
The developer presented a viability assessment to LBHF, which demonstrated that the scheme was not viable with the original number of affordable housing units specified in the planning permission, said industry resource EGi.
The variation to the planning permission for the Terry Farrell-designed project included proposals for the development of 297 homes, of which 110 would be made available for affordable housing.
Hutchinson was originally granted planning permission for 382 flats, of which 213 of the homes had to be made available for affordable housing.
The development site straddles the authority area of two local planning authorities, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Planning permission was originally granted to the developer by then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and it was later subject to a judicial review challenge. The High Court rejected the challenge and allowed the permission, said DP9, planning consultants for the scheme.
