Harriott, Apsley and Pattison Houses
Newsletter September 2025
Dear Residents,
You’ll have noticed that there’s been a lot of activity around your estate since the early summer. The pram sheds have now all be vacated and the council’s development partner Vistry have installed site hoarding around the pram sheds and the former adult care centre, making the area safe for the demolition of these buildings. The estate Residents Panel met with the project team, staff from Vistry as well as the council’s Neighbourhood Housing Officer for your estate on 10th September to share updates and hear any live issues facing residents
Come and hear the latest news on the scheme
The council and Vistry would like to invite all residents of the estate to an engagement event, to give you the chance to hear from the team about all areas of the project and ask any questions you may have. Attendees will include:
• Representatives from Vistry will be on hand to discuss construction matters,
• the Council’s appointed valuer Tim Surry (from JLL) will be available for leaseholders to progress their buyback conversations,
• colleagues from the council’s Housing Options team will be there for Tenants to address any concerns or discuss any changes in circumstance.
It would be great to see you at either the Saturday 11th or Tuesday 14th at Stepney City Farm.
Event date:
Saturday 11th Oct at 10am – 1pm
and
Tuesday 14th Oct at 4 – 7pm
Venue: Stepney City Farm, Stepney Way September 2025
Construction Update
Since the last newsletter, you will have noticed less on-site activity, while Vistry completed site surveys for pre-commencement planning conditions. Vistry has also been working to get dates from the statutory authorities to disconnect services to the adult care building. Once the services have been disconnected and planning conditions approved, demolition can start. A newsletter will be shared with residents ahead of demolition starting to confirm timescales.
There have been a few issues of concern raised by residents with the project team to do with rubbish collections and concernsregarding anti-social behaviour. Residents of the estate were very quick to contact the council so that we could act on this with expediency. We very much appreciate residents getting in touch with us so we can address issues quickly and appropriately to lessen the impact of the works.
Residents Engagement Event Venue
Vistry Site Contact
Stefan Taylor - stefan.taylor@vistry.co.uk
Council Officers
Sabaj Uddin – Sabaj.uddin@towerhamlets.gov.uk or 0207 364 2534
Imelda Burke – Imelda.Burke@towerhamlets.gov.uk or 07966023672
Your Independent Tenant & Leaseholder Advisor
Mo Ali – M.ali@ppcr.org.uk or 07940 431503
Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 - Confirmation
HAP Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 – Inquiry Documents
HAP Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 - Core Documents
You can view London Plan (CD 3.2) and the Local Plan (CD 3.3) via the following links: Local Plan part 1, Local Plan part 2, and London Plan.
Phases
Newsletter April 2025
Newsletter April 2025
Dear Residents,
Since the last newsletter, a lot has been happening in the background to push forward the regeneration of the estate. Countryside, the Council’s delivery partner for the scheme, have been progressing their detailed design work and preparing to begin enabling works on site over the summer. Residents will begin to see activity on the estate from May 2025 as Countryside erect hoardings around the phase 1 site (see indicative plan overleaf), to pave the way for demolition of the vacant adult social care building and then shortly after, the estate pram sheds.
Meet the Developer Event
The Council will be hosting two drop-in sessions at the end of April, which will be a chance for residents to come and meet the Countryside team and hear about their role in the scheme. Council staff from the Lettings department will also be there to give rehousing advice to Council Tenants. JLL surveyors will also be present to talk to any leaseholders who would like to explore selling their property back to the Council.
The event details are:
Saturday 26th April from 10am – 1pm
Wednesday 30th April from 4pm – 7pm
Venue: 260 Stepney Way (former social care building)
CPO Letters
We want to advise residents and leaseholders they will soon be receiving a legal pack of information about the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO), which we expect to be delivered by the end of April. The pack is quite large as the Council is required by law to serve a number of key legal notices relating to the CPO process. Please do not be alarmed or worry as there are no immediate implications for residents or leaseholders. However, any residents or leaseholders who wish to formally make representation or object to the CPO will be able to do so during the statutory notice period. Project officers will also be available at the upcoming events to discuss any concerns.
Parking, pram sheds and hoarding
Many residents will remember from our discussions around the design of the new homes, that all parking and pram sheds will need to be removed on the estate, for the new homes to be built. In the coming weeks residents who rent a parking bay or shed will receive formal notice from the Council letting them know the timeline for terminating your rental agreement and taking back these parking spaces and sheds. This is necessary to allow for the erection of site hoarding around the estate in preparation for demolition of buildings within the first
phase of the scheme. See the image above for an indicative plan showing where the hoarding line (in blue) will likely be erected. Full details of the site plans will be available at the events being held on the estate at the end of April.
Waste Management
Once the hoarding goes up, there will be minor changes to the existing refuse collection route. This may impact you due to a change in location of the bin stores. Waste management colleagues will write to you nearer to the time with further information.
Other Information
For the latest scheme updates and information about the regeneration proposals, please visit the dedicated HAP webpage on https://talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/hap or scan the QR code.