London Legacy Development Corporation has approved plans for the new homes around Hackney Wick Station.

Notting Hill Genesis submitted a Reserved Matters Application (RMA) in January, outlining how they would transform the sites into a new neighbourhood centre, which was granted permission on Tuesday 26th July 2022.

The 190 homes will be across four buildings and will provide a mix of London Affordable Rent, shared ownership and private sale housing. All will be five per cent larger than national size standards, while half will be affordable housing.

Creatives and small businesses will benefit from more than 4,000m2 of commercial space, a quarter of which will be low-cost.

The land is owned by London Legacy Development Corporation, which is committed to the transformation of the area into a thriving town centre, supporting existing communities, developing high-quality new homes and providing affordable workspaces.

There will also be more than 4,000m2 of high-quality public space, alongside residential play areas, roof terraces and podium amenity. The plan is compliant with the New London Plan for cycle parking provision and has a focus on sustainability, with no fossil fuels needed to power either the homes or commercial space.

John Hughes, group director of development for Notting Hill Genesis, commented: “We are very proud of the plans we put forward for new homes, public realm and commercial space at Hackney Wick and are pleased the LLDC shared our enthusiasm for the proposal.

This is such an exciting area, with fantastic transport links to the rest of London and beyond and we look forward to providing more of the quality, affordable homes so needed in this area."

Rosanna Lawes, executive director of development at LLDC, said: “This is fantastic news for the next chapter for Hackney Wick neighbourhood centre. This site, adjacent to Hackney Wick station will deliver new homes, 50 per cent affordable, the retention of affordable workspace, employment space and high-quality public realm. This is going to be a high quality, well-designed, mixed use development that will fit with its surroundings and will bring real benefits for local people and businesses.”

Notting Hill Genesis was chosen as a development partner in March 2021, while the design team is led by Hawkins\Brown, with Delvendahl Martin and Studio Weave.

Work will begin in late 2022, with the buildings and public realm expected to be completed in 2025.

Related planning application No. 22/00095/REM.
Application for the Approval of Reserved Matters of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping for Plot E/F, Plot J East and Plot K2 North of the Hackney Wick Masterplan, pursuant to Conditions 19, 21, 22, 27, 34, 38, 42, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 69 & 70 of outline planning permission reference: 16/00166/OUT (dated 18th March 2019) to provide 190 residential units (Use Class C3) (80 x 1 bed, 75 x 2 bed and 35 x 3 bed), 3,984 sqm GIA commercial space (Use Class E) and 180 sqm GIA community/leisure space (Use Class E/F), together with associated amenity and child play space, cycle parking, refuse storage, access, servicing and landscaped public realm.