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Clements Road

September 27, 2018

Redbridge Citizens campaigned for CLT homes in their area. New homes will be taken on by London CLT.

The first scheme at Clements Road in Ilford will be taking 12 intermediate homes linked to local incomes from an 80-unit development by the council’s Redbridge Living company. The local steering group are involved in consultation about the scheme, which was submitted for planning permission. The partnership is set to take on further homes in forthcoming developments.

How we are helping
We will be supporting legal arrangements with leaseholders and resident management.

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Westminster Housing Co-op

September 27, 2018

The Drive Expansion

September 27, 2018

The Drive Housing Co-operative is an 11-bedroom intentional community offering a sustainable, collectively-run way of life.

They have plans to build a new 8 bedroom building on their site, and refurbish the existing building with environmental improvements.

How we’re helping
We provided advice on becoming an RP and applying for GLA revenue funding.

 
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Earlsfield CLT

September 27, 2018

People involved in local community spaces and organisations, such as Paradise Co-op garden and Kimber Skate Park coming together to form a Community Land Trust. They have identified a site and are working on a partnership with a private developer.

How we’re helping
We have offered support and advice for incorporation and membership building.

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Copper Lane Cohousing

September 27, 2018

London’s first cohousing project shows how sharing some spaces supports community life and makes the houses more compact.

 

Number of homes 6 market value homes
Location Stoke Newington
Project Stage Built 2014

How they formed
The residents came together to do things collectively, sharing things such as gardens and laundry and workshop facilities.

The founding members of the group formed a non-profit company limited by guarantee. The site and common parts are owned by the company. Individual homes are owned on 999-year leases by leaseholders who are also directors of the company. They meet once a month to sort out collective business.

Site
The site had an abandoned set of buildings formerly used as a nursery, surrounded by the backs of terraced houses on all sides. Three of the current residents who lived nearby, spotted the site for sale without planning permission and bought the site together.

Finance
The group sold their homes to finance the purchase of the land and moved into rented accommodation. Once planning permission was secured, they were able to obtain individual mortgages from Ecology Building Society.

Design and Construction
Clustered around a raised central courtyard with a communal space beneath, five of the six houses have internal doors to a shared laundry, workshop and hall which saves space in individual houses and encourages a neighbourly community, surrounded by communal gardens.

The scheme was designed by Henley Halebrown. The homes are sunk 1.2 metres into the ground meaning they do not overshadow neighbouring houses. The orientation of buildings and placement of windows also minimise overlooking.

Trees on the site were kept where possible and high-grade timber and brick cladding were used to blend in with the vegetation and surrounding back gardens. High levels of energy efficiency are achieved with a well-insulated structure, triple glazing, heat recovery ventilation, solar thermal water heating and airtight construction techniques.

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