As a model of modern affordable housing, this project epitomises the government’s housing agenda: high density with accommodation split between shared ownership, key worker and rental provision.

The scheme consists of 65 units of housing on a restricted urban site, located within an active area of residential, retail and commercial uses. The unit sizes range from one bedroom flats to large family houses; and includes an element part-sponsored by the Rough Sleepers Initiative, supporting this disadvantaged sector of the community to live independently.

New communal facilities, including a Tenant’s Meeting Room and an all-weather play court, unite the new development with the adjacent 1912 Peabody housing estate. There is a strong sustainability agenda with the building fabric providing a high thermal and acoustic performance.