Islington Council has appointed housing developer Lovell for a £21.8m regeneration programme which will transform part of the Dover Court estate in North London with 70 much-needed new high-quality homes and a range of other improvements.
The regeneration programme will create new homes for social rent and homes for sale on council-owned land as well as provide an improved ball court, open spaces, estates paths, play areas and community facilities.
The new energy-efficient housing – 36 apartments and 34 houses – will be built on nine sites at the estate, including former garages and car parking. The existing Romford House will also be replaced with a new purpose-built development for residents aged over 55. Lovell is set to start work on the three-year construction programme from February.
Fifty-one of the new homes – 25 one-bedroom and nine two-bedroom apartments and 15 three-bedroom and two five-bedroom houses – will be for council rent. Nineteen of the new homes – 17 two-bedroom houses, one one-bedroom and one two-bedroom apartment – will be for sale through the council.
Islington Council’s executive member for housing and development Cllr James Murray said: “In Islington, like the rest of London, we’re facing a huge housing crisis. We desperately need more genuinely-affordable housing and that’s why we’re building 51 new council homes at Dover Court for local people. Alongside the new homes, the new play areas and green spaces will improve the estate for all its residents.”