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Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park

View of Sturdy Road inbetween Consort and Dr Harold Moody Park
Sturdy Road

We have created a Masterplan for Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park (PDF, 1mb), which will help us seek funding to make the improvements.

We’re excited to announce that the Mayor of London has awarded the project £450,000 of Green and Resilience Spaces funding to deliver phase one of the Masterplan. This includes:

  • merging Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park, including creating a turning area for vehicles that will extend into Dr Harold Moody Park
  • planting twelve new trees
  • installing new climbing equipment in the shape of trees

The Masterplan

The Masterplan was created through public consultation with the local community and includes:

  • merging Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park, creating more parkland, and removing part of the road and parking spaces
  • refurbishing the play area in Dr Harold Moody Park, and increasing the amount of play equipment, as well as improving it so children with disabilities can play alongside their friends
  • making Consort Park better for wildlife by planting 22 new trees, a dense urban forest of 105 small trees and shrubs, plants and wildflower meadows
  • improving access for people with disabilities with wider pathways and removal of gates, due to the result of an Equalities Impact Assessment
  • a new pump track for skating, fitness climbing 'trees', additional table tennis table and chess table in Dr Harold Moody Park
  • additional seats and picnic benches

Trees

The soil in Consort Park is poor quality, and as a result, the trees are suffering and do not have a chance to grow big and strong. Unfortunately, during phase one we expect that one tree in Consort Park will need to be felled. This will allow us to improve the soil to make sure that the new trees we plant will thrive. Twelve new trees will be planted during phase one.

When we go ahead with the rest of the master plan, a further six trees in Consort Park will need to be felled. This is because they have roots in a mound that needs to be removed, and the trees are in poor condition as a result of the bad quality of the soil they are growing in. To replace them, ten additional new trees will be planted, including improving the soil, to make sure the new trees thrive.

The master plan also includes a Tiny Forest, which is a small dense urban forest of 105 small trees and shrubs, which would be planted in the western area of Consort Park.

Public consultation

Information on how community feedback has shaped the design can be found in the consultation reports, which can be downloaded below.

The results of the first public consultation held in early 2020 are available to download:

The second public consultation was held in spring 2021. The results are available to download: 

The third public consultation was held in summer 2022. The results are available to download:

Next steps

Planning permission has been granted. The documents contained in the application can be viewed on the planning application webpage. The application reference is 23/AP/1993.

We're applying for a Traffic Management Order to permanently close part of Sturdy Road. There will be a further chance to comment about the road closure during the statutory consultation period.

Construction of phase one is estimated to commence in autumn/winter 2024.

If you have any questions or if you would like to join the project mailing list, email leisureprojects@southwark.gov.uk

Page last updated: 02 April 2024

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