Building new homes for Marks Gate

A planning application has been made by Bellway Homes Ltd to the London Borough of Redbridge, proposing to carry out enabling works (ground stabilisation and levelling) across Parcels A & B of the wider 'Land at Billet Road' opportunity site.

Residents can raise issues and comment on the application online here until Tuesday 22nd November.

Be First is hoping to engage with the developers and Redbridge Council to find out further information about the detailed proposals. 

What we know so far is:

• The site has a housing allocation in the Redbridge Local Plan and is no longer in the Green Belt.
• Current proposals are for enabling work to get the site ready for future housing development.
•  A planning application with detailed proposals for the housing development have not yet been submitted to the London Borough of Redbridge.

Hi Nighat,

Thank you for your question.

30% of the homes are London Affordable Rent Tenure, which are available to people on the housing register.

The other 70% is Affordable Rent, which people will need to apply to the Housing association (Reside) to get and there are caps on household incomes to be eligible for Affordable Rent. https://bdreside.org

The council is looking at a local lettings policy and we have recommended that priority for the new homes is given to existing Marks Gate and Chadwell Heath residents in need of housing. Details of how this will work are still being drawn up and residents for social rent homes would still have to be on the Housing Register to qualify. As soon as there is further information about how this priority will be awarded fairly, we will share it on this webpage and via our newsletter.

With regards to how much the homes will cost, rents will start at £161 a week (at 2021/22 London Affordable Rent rates) this is classed as a Social Rent level, for about 90* of the homes.:

o    1b - £161 a week

o    2b - £171 a week

o    3b - £180 a week

o    4b - £190 a week

About 210* homes will be let at rents that are below market rent levels (up to 80% of market value – ‘Affordable Rent’).  At current levels these are:

o    1b - £180w

o    2b - £221/w

o    3b - £249/w

*Nb: Unit numbers are based on delivering the full 300 homes permitted

Hi Aleena,

Thank you for your question.

30% of the homes are London Affordable Rent Tenure, which are available to people on the housing register.

The other 70% is Affordable Rent, which people will need to apply to the Housing association (Reside) to get and there are caps on household incomes to be eligible for Affordable Rent. https://bdreside.org

The council is looking at a local lettings policy and we have recommended that priority for the new homes is given to existing Marks Gate and Chadwell Heath residents in need of housing. Details of how this will work are still being drawn up and residents for social rent homes would still have to be on the Housing Register to qualify. As soon as there is further information about how this priority will be awarded fairly, we will share it on this webpage and via our newsletter.

Hi,

Thanks for your question.
This is not sand but low fertility topsoil that has been laid all around the lake and will be planted with wildflower and amenity grass seeds. Final seeding is due to be completed by the end of August and can take up to eight weeks to start growing.

We'd be interested to know who told you that as it sounds like a bit of mischief-making. We can confirm that we have no plans to demolish your home.  

We reported this to the council yesterday, and we believe they have been removed today.  We’d love to stop people doing this in future though, so it would be great if you could help the council. You can confidentially report any suspicious activity by emailing grimecrime@lbbd.gov.uk or calling 020 8724 8898.

The first of the new homes will be available in the winter 2023, but they are all be for rent rather than sale.

We do not expect to provide any commercial spaces as part of this development. It will include homes and a community space, which might host things like a nursery, educational facilities or a library or public hall. In planning terms, these are known as 'D1 uses'  for non-residential institutions. 

The simple answer to this is that we plan to build a green buffer between the homes and the road, incorporating most of the existing trees and hedgerows (this is important because half of pollutants drop within the first 5 metres from a road).  And, in addition, new homes will have specialist ventilation to remove other particles from the air, and ventilate the flats from the North. The specialist ventilation also means noise pollution is reduced to the new homes as road-facing windows can be non-openable and acoustically glazed.

To apply for one of the new homes you will either need to sign up on the council’s housing register or, there will also be homes available through Reside, the Council’s affordable housing organisation.  If you have been accepted onto the register you can start to bid for properties when they become available. We expect the new homes at Padnall Lake to be available at the beginning of 2023. More information about how to apply through Resdie will be available in the New Year.