Harriott, Apsley and Pattison Houses

Newsletter August 2025

Dear Residents,

You may have noticed increased activity on the estate over recent weeks by the Council’s development partner, Vistry (formerly Countryside). This newsletter is to update you on the current works. We will continue to provide regular updates as the scheme progresses.

Enabling Works

The installation of hoarding around the boundary of the construction site is now almost complete (see image below). We recognise that walking routes around the estate have been altered. These changes are in place to ensure everyone’s safety, and we are working with residents to minimise any inconvenience. For the duration of the enabling works a pedestrian path has been maintained to the south of the site, on the east side of Apsley House.

As part of the hoarding works to the south of the site, adjacent to Aylward Street, some small trees have been removed (shown in red on the image). We understand that this may be a concern. The completed scheme will include improved landscaping, with new planting to replace and enhance the current loss of trees and green space.

Next Steps

Before demolition begins, Vistry has been carrying out surveys of the pram sheds and the adult social care unit to enable safe demolition to meet statutory requirements such as the pre-demolition planning conditions. This is sent to the council’s planning team for approval of the Demolition Construction Management Plan. This plan sets out the demolition methodology, working hours, vehicle movements, and waste management approach.

While these approvals are being agreed, there will be less on-site activity. Demolition works are expected to start in early November 2025 and will take approximately three months to complete.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation while these important works are carried out.

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.

Update December 2024

New Preferred Developer Partner Appointed!

Update August 2024

Planning Application

The Council’s Development Committee passed a resolution to award planning consent for regeneration to proceed on 21^st March 2022, subject to confirmation by Greater London Authority (GLA).

The planning reference for this application is PA/21/02703 should you wish to view the planning application and associated documents on the council's planning portal.

Rehousing Documents

Following a series of tenure specific consultation workshops held in December 2020, please view the document section to view the tenure specific rehousing guides. If you have any questions on these, please contact a member of the team by emailing clichyestate@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Update March 2024

Revised planning application submitted

We are pleased to announce that a revised application for the HAP Regeneration Scheme was submitted to the Local Planning Authority on 1st March 2024. If you would like to view the planning application and any of its associated documents, its reference number is PA/24/00368. The planning portal can be accessed via the council’s planning portal using this weblink https://development.towerhamlets.gov.uk/online-applications/

What we showed you in February 2024

In our last public consultation, we brought you the below material.

https://talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/5813/widgets/90348/documents/56444

Updated Buy-Back Guides

We have now updated our buy-back guides and copies of these can be found within the Documents section of this page. The new updated guides are for Resident and Non-resident Leaseholders. The buy-back process has commenced and the Council has appointed JLL as the Valuers for your property. Please contact JLL directly, who have written to you separately, with any queries.

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Harriott, Apsley, Pattison Houses - Newsletter December 2022

This year has been one of change in Tower Hamlets with the election of a new Mayor and administration which brought some new councillors and Cabinet members on board who are also keen to deliver much needed new housing in the borough. It may not feel like there has been a lot going on, but behind the scenes the team has been progressing towards securing full planning approval, bringing the newly elected Mayor up to date on scheme progress and considering alternative designs for the mosque and community centre.

Residents Panel

The Residents’ Panel has remained engaged throughout the past year, with meetings in January, May, June, September and November. They have worked hard on behalf of residents by providing useful feedback to the project team on communications with the community as well as informing officers of feelings on the estate during the ups and downs of the last year. The project team heard from the Panel about their concerns regarding the recent delay to securing planning permission and officers are pushing hard to see this confirmed in the early part of 2023.

Looking ahead to 2023

Leaseholders will be contacted in January to announce the launch of the buy-back package in February and the commencement of voluntary negotiations to acquire homes on the estate, particularly for those not wishing/eligible to take-up one of the new homes to be built. An external valuer is currently being appointed and this process is expected to be finished in January 2023; this will enable individual meetings to start with leaseholders on the valuation of their properties. For further background information on the rehousing/buy-back programme please see the ‘Key Documents’ section of the scheme’s webpage using the link below. We will be writing to you closer to the time to confirm the start of the buy-back programme and providing full details.

Upon confirmation of the planning decision in 2023, the project will move into another new phase, when we will be able to launch the rehousing programme for secure tenants. Decant status has already been approved in principle by the Common Housing Register Forum and will go live once all planning approvals are agreed between the Council and the Greater London Authority (GLA). Once the council has the seal of approval from the GLA, colleagues in the Housing Options Team will start their liaison with tenants to discuss individual decant options.

The average cost of renting a flat in Tower Hamlets is now more than the average household income. There are already more than 19,000 households on the housing register in need of an affordable home and more than 2,000 households are living in temporary accommodation. Although more new homes were built in Tower Hamlets in 2018 than anywhere else in the UK, the average price is now 22 times the average salary, so our residents often can’t afford to buy them.

In response, the council has committed to delivering 2,000 new council homes. These genuinely affordable homes will include properties big enough for families. One in ten will be wheelchair accessible.

At just eight square miles, space to build in Tower Hamlets is in short supply. We’re making the most of land that we already own, including buildings no longer used as they once were.

But that isn’t enough. We also need to look closely at whether there is room for us to increase the number of homes on existing estates.

We can do this by finding ‘infill sites’ or gaps on estates where new buildings can go. We’re also looking carefully to see if we can redevelop existing estates to replace older buildings with ones that are modern, better designed and crucially, that provide more council homes for our residents.

Read next: why Harriott,Apsley and Pattison (HAP) houses

We have looked closely at all the estates across the borough to identify where there is the best opportunity to increase the amount of council housing. We found that not only does the area around Harriott, Apsley and Pattison (HAP) Houses have room to accommodate new homes, there will be space for a new mosque and improved open spaces.

Read next: Our promise to residents

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• We will keep the community together.
• More council homes for social rent.
• Reduced crime and anti-social behaviour through better design.
• New homes at social rents for all existing council tenants.
• Options to suit every leaseholder.
• Addressing overcrowding on the estate through the provision of new affordable homes.
• One move to a new home, wherever possible.
• Financial compensation and all reasonable moving costs paid.
• Current street parking permits guaranteed.
• Residents’ Panel representing residents in decision making and shaping the future of their estate.
• Door-to-door moving support for older and vulnerable residents.

Read next: Design principles for the new development

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The council is committed to providing high quality, well designed homes and surroundings to create healthy and sustainable environments where people want to live. We will deliver a mix of home sizes to meet the local housing need, with a combination of flats and duplexes and a mix of tenures for families with children and for small and single person households.

Landscaped spaces will include trees, planting, grassed areas and children’s play areas. Biodiversity will be key in planning planting, buildings will be laid out to maximise daylight and sunlight, while homes will be energy efficient. Developments will be well connected, with safe and active streets designed to reduce antisocial behaviour. We will enhance and continue to build a strong sense of community and belonging in any development.

Read next: What regeneration will deliver

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• A mixed, cohesive and sustainable community.

• Good quality and well-designed homes that will meet residents housing needs.

• More social rented homes.

• More family sized homes.

• Private amenity space to all properties with a gap between homes and public areas to provide privacy for ground floor properties.

• Safer streets and homes through good design and improved lighting.

• New, usable communal areas creating attractive green spaces for residents.

• Energy efficient homes.

• Homes built to minimise noise nuisance.

• Improved and secure provision for bins and bike stores.

• Maximised green space by keeping car use to a minimum.

• A home adapted to your needs, if you have a disability.

• All homes will benefit from at least the national standard required for storage.

• Family units with three or more bedrooms will have separate kitchens.

• Wherever possible, two bedroom homes will have options for separate or open plan kitchens and living space.