New plans for the Gascoigne neighbourhood revealed

The Council’s regeneration organisation, Be First, has released new designs for new homes around the Coverdales and Ripple Corner in the latest round of consultation about the redevelopment of the Gascoigne estate.

A newly released video has been created to introduce some of the thinking behind the proposed homes and community centre opposite Lidl on Ripple Road, and the outline designs for around 350 houses and flats further south towards the A13.

The new homes in the Coverdales area include three attractive, tree-lined streets of townhouses flanked by mansion blocks rising to 10 storeys overlooking an attractive new park area near Greatfields school.

In response to an earlier consultation, there’ll also be a community space designed to be large and flexible, and capable of hosting a large range of community activities and events.

Councillor Cameron Geddes, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing, said: “We had a very encouraging response to our initial consultation with local people who were very positive about a flexible community space and more green space to relax in. So, we’ve drawn up some firmer ideas for each of these, and developed plans and sketches to show how they would look.

“We’re inviting people to have another look so that we can finalise the designs and layout of these exciting new homes.”

Be First is distributing almost 4,000 leaflets to residents in the surrounding areas, and there will be a £25 prize draw for respondents returning the survey forms by the 24 March.

The website, which hosts the video and a range of information about the project, including the survey and ideas platform, is at https://yourcall.befirst.london/gascoigne-coverdales.

Be First expects to submit a planning application for The Coverdales and for Ripple Corner in the summer.