272 new Council properties for Tottenham Hale

Haringey residents are set to learn from 272 council properties within the coronary heart of Tottenham Hale, following a call by the council to double the variety of high-quality council properties on the Ashley Street Depot website.

With extra funding from the Better London Authority (GLA), the preliminary proposal to construct 136 council properties has now risen to supply twice as many council properties for residents in Haringey. Positioned on Park View Street, near Tottenham Hale Station, 100% of the properties will probably be let to residents on the council’s housing register.

Work has begun on the Ashley Depot website which is among the largest schemes within the council’s housebuilding programme – that is anticipated to finish in 2026.

Haringey at present has 39 council housing initiatives below manner throughout the borough – all of that are a part of their bold programme to construct 3,000 new council properties by 2031.

Greater than a 3rd of the challenge will probably be much-needed household sized properties with a improvement made up of 66 one-bed, 114 two-beds, 67 three-beds, and 25 four-beds. Of those, 28 properties will probably be absolutely accessible for wheelchair-users, which matches the council’s achievement of offering 10% wheelchair accessible properties throughout the programme.

Cllr Ruth Gordon, Cupboard Member for Housebuilding, Placemaking and Improvement, mentioned: “This scheme is a considerable addition to our bold programme of constructing 3,000 new properties by 2031. At Ashley Street depot, we will probably be reworking a brownfield website into a top quality, fantastically landscaped improvement the place tenants will get pleasure from views over Down Lane Park. Close by residents may also profit from elevated biodiversity and the planting of greater than 70 bushes. New pathways by to the park will rework this as soon as industrial website into an amenity for everybody.

“Making certain that our council properties are constructed sustainably and are low-cost to warmth is essential to us. The supplies used for the buildings will imply these properties will probably be form to the planet and type to tenants’ pockets.

“I’m delighted that we are actually in a position to present 100% council properties on this website. We’re dedicated to exploring all funding choices to supply a lot wanted properties for the 12,500 folks on our ready record in determined want of safe, good high quality and genuinely inexpensive properties. On this case, I’m notably happy that we have been profitable in securing a excessive grant from the GLA – demonstrating their confidence in our bold programme.”

The event will present new entrances into Down Lane Park, with 74 extra bushes planted on the positioning and shrubbery that can enhance the panorama and help wildlife. Responsibly sourced and environmentally pleasant supplies will probably be used within the building of the properties and excessive insulation and photo voltaic panels will hold vitality prices low for tenants.

Along with this, the brand new properties could have excessive ranges of insulation and incorporate different options similar to photo voltaic roof panels and air supply warmth pumps that can hold operating prices at a minimal for residents.

The council was profitable in securing extra funding from the Better London Authority  – the very best charge per property secured by any supplier by the Mayor’s Constructing Council Houses for Londoners scheme – permitting the unique proposal of fifty% Council hire to be elevated to 100% council properties at London Reasonably priced Hire.