Harrow council has given the go-ahead for the £130m redevelopment of Grange Farm housing estate, which will eventually deliver nearly 600 homes, more than one-third of them for social rent.

With a masterplan put together by architect Hawkins/Brown, the 574 homes due to built as part of a scheme to regenerate the estate will include 249 for social rent and 274 affordable.

The current estate of prefab Resiform homes, built in the 1960s, will be replaced and existing residents will be able to swap their “tired old properties for modern, spacious, high-quality homes”, according to Graham Henson, leader of Harrow council.