In De Beauvoir, we’re making the most of underused council land. We plan to build almost 300 much needed new homes in the coming years. They will be across De Beauvoir Estate and Blandford Court garages at Lockner Estate.
Since 2018, we’ve been working with residents to develop plans to build new homes on the De Beauvoir Estate, giving priority to new council homes for current residents. Our planning sub-committee granted planning permission in July 2022 for the first phase. This includes around 189 new homes. Since then we’ve been working on options to build these homes and progress a second phase of new homes.
It’s not just about housing, we’ll also:
Around 189 new homes at 5 sites across the De Beauvoir Estate:
Around 120 homes across 4 new buildings at sites around the Queensbridge and De Beauvoir neighbourhood housing offices.
This would include demolishing:
At least 50% of these homes will be available for social rent and shared ownership, with the rest available for outright sale – this would help to pay for them with little government funding for social housing.
The social rent homes will be allocated to families on our housing waiting list, with priority for residents in priority need living on the De Beauvoir Estate.
The shared ownership and outright sale homes will be sold by our in-house sales team, Hackney Sales, in accordance with our sales and marketing principles.
They are prioritised for people living and working in Hackney who are unable to afford to buy a home outright but are unlikely to be prioritised for social housing.
As part of the plans for phase 2, we’ve been holding more detailed discussions with Trinity Court residents about incorporating the 6 homes here into the redevelopment plans – helping us to increase the number of genuinely affordable new homes that we build, but crucially also allowing the Council tenants living there to move directly to a purpose-built, high-quality new Council home on the estate.
In June 2021 we began the process of balloting the residents of Trinity Court on the proposals. The results for this ballot came back with the majority of residents voting in favour of the redevelopment of the building.
All Council tenants at Trinity Court will be guaranteed the right to move into a new, modern Council home at De Beauvoir at a genuinely affordable social rent, alongside compensation for the cost and disruption of moving.
The plans for new homes are part of a coordinated investment in the estate, which includes:
We’ve appointed award-winning architects Henley Halebrown, Stephen Taylor and Vogt Landscape to develop designs for both phases.
Using the same team means that there is a joined-up design approach which considers the estate as a whole, prioritising new routes and public space on the estate.
We’ll soon appoint an architect team to progress ideas for the second phase of new homes.
We’ve set up a dedicated steering group made up of local residents, chaired by Councillor James Peters, which works independently with the architects to ensure residents’ ambitions are at the heart of the design process.
If you could be directly affected by redevelopment plans, please speak to your independent tenant and leaseholder advisors, PPCR.
Throughout the design process, we’re hosting lots of opportunities for you to have your say and ensure your views and knowledge feed into the plans.
We’ve also spoken directly to residents and businesses who could be affected by any redevelopment plans to reassure them and explain the guarantees we would offer them if any proposals did go ahead.
Since 2018, along with the design team and the resident steering group, we have been developing the proposals for new homes and other changes across both phases.
Our planning sub-committee has approved phase 1 of the regeneration at the De Beauvoir Estate. To find out more, visit Hackney News.
We’ll continue to develop the proposals for phase 2. We expect to submit a planning application in 2024.
You can view images of the plans on Flickr.
In summer 2022, we talked to residents about proposals to replace the Blandford Court garages with new council homes.
Since then, our cabinet has given us permission to develop plans for the new homes on these estates. To do this, we will work with a design team and residents.
We’re working with a design team and specialist consultants to develop proposals for Blandford Court, including:
Architects: Haworth Tompkins
Landscape: LDA Design
Cost Consultant: Exigere
Planning Consultant: HTA Planning
Multi Disciplinary Engineering Consultant: XCO2
We held our first round of public engagement in July 2024 and a second round of public engagement in October 2024.
The feedback provided has given insights into what residents and the community want to see from our proposals.
We will consult and work with residents throughout the design process to make sure the new homes help those in need and improve the estate for everyone.
We have been working with the Resident Steering Group throughout the process and will continue to consult with them alongside the wider community.
We’ll write to nearby residents inviting them to our consultation events through letter drops, newsletters and emails.
We’ll update this page with any upcoming consultations and engagements.
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To find out more about being part of the Resident Steering Group and to express your interest, contact the Project Manager Tina Sabz. You can contact them by emailing tina.sabz@hackney.gov.uk.
See the July 2024 consultation
See the October 2024 consultation