HOUSING
Copley Hanwell W7
daughter Angela on one of
the redeveloped sections of
Copley. She bought a 25%
share of a new two-bedroom
flat there and, in so doing,
became a homeowner for
the very first time. “I love the
green space in the area and
the homes are safe, secure
and elegant,” Susan added.
Rectory Park Avenue estate
RECTORY PARK AVENUE
ESTATE, NORTHOLT
Working in partnership with Network
Housing Association, the council
has comprehensively redeveloped
the Rectory Park site, with phased
demolition of 270 homes to make way
for 425 new properties for affordable
rent or sale, including shared
ownership. The work, which also
includes a new community centre, is
expected to be completed in 2020.
SOUTH ACTON – ACTON GARDENS
Acton Gardens, formerly South Acton
estate, is a collaboration with housing
association L&Q and house-builder
Countryside Properties. It began
in 2008 and will continue over the
next nine years, eventually creating
2,500 homes for social rent, shared
ownership and sale.
There will be four distinct new
neighbourhoods, each centred around
a new or existing park or open space.
A new ‘community hub’ will have two
halls, a youth centre with a music
studio, a GP and dental surgery,
training kitchens for aspiring chefs
and a shop.
GREEN MAN LANE ESTATE,
WEST EALING
This estate was originally built in the
1970s and, as well as suffering from
anti-social behaviour, its flats did not
suit tenants’ needs.
Work to renew the estate is about
half way through. As well as creating
more modern, spacious homes, the
project will see the total number of
homes at the site jump from 474 to
770. St John’s Primary School has
also been rebuilt and enlarged.
replacing dilapidated housing
stock with good quality, safe
and genuinely affordable
homes, creating communities
where people can thrive.
“Over the lifetime of the
regeneration programme, the
council and its partners will
invest £1.3billion in housing
– a figure that will continue to
rise over the coming years. As
well as creating new homes
for social rent, we are also offering other
affordable options like shared ownership
and also providing award-winning
homes for sale on the open market. The
money generated from sales will play a
vital role in offsetting the cost of building
more genuinely affordable homes.
“Estate ballots will help us further
improve the way we consult residents.
They offer us the opportunity to
strengthen the role residents will have in
shaping the future of their communities.”
For more information on
housing, visit
www.ealing.gov.uk/housing
‘COMMUNITIES WHERE
PEOPLE THRIVE’
Councillor Peter Mason,
the council’s cabinet
member for housing,
planning and
transformation, said:
“The council is the
borough’s biggest
landlord, with almost
16,000 properties leased
or tenanted. Our estate
regeneration programme is
Councillor Mason with Susan Packwood
and her daughter Angela
around ealing December 2018
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