Develop the Daubeney Road car park into a thriving community hub

The Issue

Hackney Council has put in a planning application to develop a row of housing on the Daubeney Road car park. 

Local residents back the provision of affordable housing. But this development would destroy a beautiful community garden, a wonderful heritage mural and much-loved growing space. Our garden provides a local oasis of calm – a welcome antidote to the stresses of modern life.

The need for housing must be balanced against the need for attractive neighbourhoods for local people. We need facilities to improve well-being and provide opportunities for work and meaningful activity.

The space is best developed as a thriving neighbourhood hub that would help bring our communities together. We have developed an alternative proposal that provides a mix of housing, workshops and natural growing space. However, Hackney Council has refused to meet with us to co-design the space. 

We call on Hackney Council to reconsider its proposals and work with us to come up with a new plan.

 

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The Issue

Hackney Council has put in a planning application to develop a row of housing on the Daubeney Road car park. 

Local residents back the provision of affordable housing. But this development would destroy a beautiful community garden, a wonderful heritage mural and much-loved growing space. Our garden provides a local oasis of calm – a welcome antidote to the stresses of modern life.

The need for housing must be balanced against the need for attractive neighbourhoods for local people. We need facilities to improve well-being and provide opportunities for work and meaningful activity.

The space is best developed as a thriving neighbourhood hub that would help bring our communities together. We have developed an alternative proposal that provides a mix of housing, workshops and natural growing space. However, Hackney Council has refused to meet with us to co-design the space. 

We call on Hackney Council to reconsider its proposals and work with us to come up with a new plan.

 

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The Decision Makers

Chris Trowell
Chris Trowell
Head of Housing Supply Programme, London Borough of Hackney
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“Thank you for your interest in the Council’s plans for the garages at Daubeney Road. While I am sorry to hear your concerns about these proposals, I am pleased to see that the petition acknowledges the need for new Council housing at social rents in Hackney and am keen to reassure you about the Council’s commitment to keeping community growing alongside genuinely affordable new homes for local people. With 13,000 families on the Council’s housing waiting list and 3,000 households living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, we need to do all we can to build the new Council homes Hackney needs. The site on Daubeney Road has been identified as being able to accommodate 11 much needed new Council houses for social rent and shared ownership, with none for outright sale. These would be high quality new Council homes meeting modern space and sustainability standards, and designed in keeping with the local area to minimise the impact on neighbouring properties. This is part of the Council’s wider Housing Supply Programme, which currently includes almost 500 new Council homes on underused Council-owned land including garages, car parks and depots. These developments are all Council-led and not-for-profit, with no involvement from private developers – a small number of homes for outright sale on other sites will help pay for the Council homes for social rent and shared ownership in the absence of any government funding. However, we of course recognise that building successful neighbourhoods is about more than just bricks and mortar, and the Council strongly supports green spaces and community growing. The existing community garden has always been a temporary use pending redevelopment of the garages. This is why we have been working with the current users and gathering input from local people, to look at the best way of providing permanent space for community gardening as part of the development. If you would like to get involved in these discussions, please contact Lucia Liddle on lucia.liddle@hackney.gov.uk We were very pleased with the input of residents and the wider local community at our first engagement event in November, and look forward to continuing to work together to develop plans that enhance the local neighbourhood, provide space for community growing, and contribute towards the critical need for genuinely affordable new Council homes in the area.”

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Petition created on 25 October 2017