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.