L&Q and Countryside chosen for £560m scheme
Developer Countryside Properties and housing association London & Quadrant are to regenerate a 40 acre housing estate in Ealing.
The council has announced the organisations will work on the £560 million regeneration of the South Acton estate, the largest in the borough.
Plans for the area are expected to be submitted later this year, but the scheme will include a range of housing types and tenures from one-bedroom apartments to five-bedroom family homes. They will be built to high environmental standards to minimise power and heating costs.
The plans will attempt to reconnect South Acton to the rest of the area, with green spaces, parks and gardens, and there will also be community and retail space.
Richard Cherry, deputy chairman of Countryside Properties, said: ‘Our over-arching vision is to transform the South Acton estate into a highly sought after, sustainable, residential community that all residents are proud to live in.’
L&Q chief executive David Montague added: ‘We are absolutely delighted to have been selected by the London Borough of Ealing for this highly significant redevelopment.’
Many of the blocks on the estate were built in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and were not designed for modern standards or needs.
Will Brooks, cabinet member for housing at Ealing, said: ‘Resident involvement has been key in this project and we have been careful to ensure tenants and leaseholders have had every chance to get involved. ‘
Countryside and L&Q are working with a project team including HTA Architects as masterplanners and lead architects, Alison Brooks Architects as character area architects, AECOM and Terence O’Rourke.
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kass | 10/02/2010 3:10 pm
"Many of the blocks on the estate were built in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and were not designed for modern standards or needs..."
What about L&Q regenerating their own old stock, with some flats in even in worse conditions than these?
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existing tenant | 10/02/2010 4:01 pm
this is all well and good for L&Q but they should bring their existing properties up to date. We have no efficient double glazing and our boilers are over 10 years old.
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Sharon | 11/02/2010 9:58 am
Fair points: What about it L&Q?
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London Tenant | 11/02/2010 7:52 pm
Just seen their Kevin Jones on telly. Didn’t like being confronted at all re: Tooting properties. Managed to get in “creating places where people want to live” twice. It’s all rather telling with these G15s. On the one hand you’ve got L&Q talking up the £560m scheme yet long term tenants long overdue basic decent homes. You’ve got Hyde Housing telling us about their excellent credit rating and “their commitment to invest over a billion pounds in the group over the years. It is a great achievement we can all be proud of, and a milestone in The Hyde Group’s history” - this in the same week as a short notice inspection, the outcome of which not good. There’s a pattern - it is one of ever growing development without backward glance to long standing tenants. Yes, new homes need to be built and yes growth is needed for the RSLs but the reality of all of this for the average tenant is no improvement in property or services at all.
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FedUp | 12/02/2010 2:01 pm
Its all well and good building new ones... but even "new" builds only 2.5 years old are delapidated and FAULTY! Leaking roofs, faulty windows, mould. Flats that we paid £225,000 for!!! and NO support from L&Q. Residents took it to Ombudsman who put it back in their hands. Taking legal action now.
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