Made In Dagenham

A construction site

A deal has been done to build more than 1,550 homes on the former Ford Dagenham car works in East London, however, this will be dwarfed by the 25,000 homes to be built around west London's Old Oak Common HS2 station.

The Dagenham deal, which involves an £80 million grant from the Mayor of London's Affordable Housing Programme, has enabled Peabody housing association to acquire the 45-acre site.  The mixed-tenure development will provide homes at London Affordable Rent and for Shared Ownership.

Plans are still in the early stages, but it is thought the site could eventually support around 3,000 homes, creating a new neighbourhood in the wider Dagenham regeneration area.

The site sits next to Dagenham Dock train station and a short walk from the future site of London’s largest film studio. Three of the City of London’s historic markets are also planning to relocate nearby to a site at the former Barking Reach Power Station. The area is a major growth and investment hub for East London and the Thames Estuary.

As part of an extensive four-year ground remediation project to prepare the land for housing, the current landowners Europa Capital and its advisers St Congar Land extracted more than 322,000 tonnes of material from the site, 98 per cent of which was recycled.

The Dagenham project is part of Peabody’s strategic partnership with the Mayor of London which is on track to see Peabody start 7,000 new affordable homes for London by 2023, including as part of the comprehensive regeneration of Thamesmead and at the former Holloway Prison in Islington.

Subject to final confirmation of the sale, construction on the site will start by March 2023, with the aim of completing by March 2038.

 

Homes on a grand scale set to radiate from HS2 station

New sites for 25,000 homes around west London's Old Oak Common HS2 station are being proposed following the collapse of negotiations over the Cargiant site. Cargiant owns a swathe of land in the vicinity where it parks its cars for sale. The site has been coveted by various developers including those behind a plan to build a football stadium (Queens Park Rangers) and develop a community around the sports facility.

The Mayor of London's Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, OPDC, has submitted a revised draft local plan after a planning inspector told them in 2019 their housing estimates were too large.

OPDC chief executive David Lunts said: "Our aim though, is not just new homes and jobs - we are creating a desirable, exceptionally well connected and bustling series of districts for London where live, work, play is more than just a slogan." He said the corporation would be consulting the local community while preparing a bid for government infrastructure funding. Mr Lunts said he expected the new local plan to be adopted by the end of the year pointing out that 6,000 homes were already being constructed.

Hank Zarihs Associates said development finance lenders were looking to back projects in spots with excellent transport links such as those at Old Oak. The site is the only spot in London where HS2, the Elizabeth Line and Great Western Rail services meet.

OPDC has been working with local landowners to prepare the plans and will continue to work closely with Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Brent councils, High Speed Two, the Department for Transport, Network Rail and the local community.

Picture: Construction has already started at Old Oak Common.

www.PeabodyatDagenham.com

www.europacapital.com

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
18th March 2021

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