The new homes are the first phase of the redevelopment of the De Beauvoir Estate
Hackney Council has approved plans for 189 new homes on undeveloped and underused land on the De Beauvoir Estate.
Fifty per cent of the new homes will be affordable, with 59 being social rented homes and the remaining 36 shared ownership but the development will be ‘tenure blind’.
The infill scheme, which is the first phase in redevelopment of the De Beauvoir Estate in Hackney, will be built across six buildings and also provide 593 sq m of non-residential floorspace as well as additional green spaces and new play areas. It will be built on five plots without the need to demolish any other homes.
It is being bought forward by Hackney Council, Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, Henley Halebrown and Stephen Taylor Architects.
Hackney’s deputy mayor and cabinet member for delivery, inclusive economy and regeneration Guy Nicholson said: “Hackney is facing a real need for new homes that meet the needs of our growing community. Many families in or around the De Beauvoir Estate live in homes that don’t meet their needs.
“These plans will not only provide modern, suitable and genuinely affordable homes within the community, but are also part of a wider investment to provide improved homes and better community facilities so the whole estate can benefit.”
Director at Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, the planning consultants for the development, Lizzie Le Mare added: “Repurposing underused parcels of land, such as this infill development at the De Beauvoir estate, and using the space in a more coherent, sustainable manner continues to be an important strand of new council-led housing in Hackney.”
The development has been approved after four years of consultation with local residents and the buildings are intended to fit in with the character of the existing housing on the estate.
Council tenants living on the De Beauvoir Estate, which is south west of Hackney central, will be given first choice on the new council homes.
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