One Housing and Mount Anvil get planning green light for 202-home regeneration scheme in East London

19 Aug 2022

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Plans for the Bellamy Close and Byng Street estate regeneration on the Isle of Dogs have been granted planning approval.

The proposals, put forward in a partnership between London residential developer Mount Anvil, will deliver desperately needed new affordable homes in London.

In total, 94 of the new homes will be allocated to those on the local housing waiting list or available through shared ownership. This includes the provision of new homes for all 24 One Housing tenants currently in affordable homes on the estate with their rent and tenancy terms protected. In December 2019, Bellamy Close and Byng Street residents backed the plans in a residents’ ballot.

One Housing and Mount Anvil worked closely with the existing residents to develop the proposals, undertaking wider community engagement, and ultimately making amendments to original scheme following the residents’ feedback.

The scheme will provide one, two, three & four bedroom family houses and apartments across social rent, shared ownership and private housing tenures.

Work on the newly approved homes, is expected to begin in late 2022 / early 2023, with the first completions due in 2025.

The new scheme will be air quality neutral, provide a biodiversity net gain, and a 40% reduction in carbon emission on site with the remainder of contributions made financially to the local authority.

Commenting on the decision, Tower Hamlets’ planning officers said the scheme “would deliver a high quality, well integrated, inclusive sustainable place”.

Chris Hagerman, Director of Regeneration at One Housing, said:

“We are delighted to have received planning approval for these much-needed new homes. This is wonderful news for our residents and the local community, and we’re excited to begin works on site later this year.

“We are also looking forward to continuing working together with residents and our partner Mount Anvil to deliver the project for the benefit of existing residents and the wider community.”

Darragh Hurley, Managing Director of Mount Anvil, added:

“We’re seeing our partnership with One Housing in East London go from strength to strength with the ongoing delivery of Royal Eden Docks and now this fantastic scheme in the Isle of Dogs. Both schemes perfectly represent our approach to delivering a lasting legacy of high quality London homes with partners that are in it for the long term.

Residents’ feedback has been crucial to our proposals throughout the planning process and we’re looking forward to creating a scheme will make One Housing and their residents proud.”