All social and intermediate rent tenants at existing estate granted subsidised council tax and service charges for 10 years
Riverside and Vistry have been given permission for a 478-home regeneration scheme in north London.
Following the submission of a full planning application to Camden Council last summer, the pair will provide new green spaces, dedicated children’s play areas and improved pedestrian routes at the Juniper Crescent Estate in Chalk Farm.
At least 44% of all homes will be for affordable housing, with 73% of the affordable provision ringfenced for social rent and 27% for intermediate rent. This tenure split exceeds the council’s 60/40 target mix.
The 208 homes will also deliver 59% of Camden’s annual affordable housing target.
All existing Juniper Crescent residents on social or intermediate rent contracts have a guaranteed right to return to a new home in the development once completed. These households will also receive a 10-year subsidy package for council tax and service charges.
The scheme’s housing has been designed by PRP Architects. Alexandra Andone, director at PRP, said it will consist of “innovative multi-generational flats and flexible family duplexes.”
The project will replace an existing 120-home estate built in 1997 with eight blocks of between five and 15 storeys on the 1.5ha site, which is located between railway lines on part of the former Camden Goods Yard.
An initial version of the redevelopment was submitted in 2020, containing plans for 680 homes before being withdrawn and the number of homes revised down.
The project team includes Price and Myers on structure and civils, Aecom on sustainability and energy, Heyne Tillett Steel on transport, Ashton Fire on fire safety and Quod on planning.
Construction will begin this summer with the first homes due to be handed over in 2030.
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