Lambeth Council and EDAROTH – a subsidiary of Atkins, a member of SNC-Lavalin Group – have officially unveiled a new housing development which promises to provide a blueprint for the future delivery of social housing across the UK.
The Hillside Gardens development in Streatham Hill comprises four family homes which will provide high quality, affordable accommodation close to local amenities and transport links.
The project was delivered as a pilot scheme for EDAROTH’s MetroHome housing product, which is built using the latest off-site manufacturing techniques before being assembled on-site. This approach delivers new homes at speed, volume and at a significantly reduced cost compared to traditional new builds, and also unlocks brownfield sites and underutilised land with constrained access.
The Hillside Gardens development – which is situated at the rear of existing council owned properties on the Hillside Gardens Estate - was previously occupied by a derelict garage block but now adds four new homes to Lambeth Council’s housing stock which will be rented at council level rents.
Cllr Matthew Bennett, Cabinet Member for Planning, Investment and New Homes, said: “Lambeth Council is committed to delivering a new generation of social housing in the borough, to tackle Lambeth’s housing crisis and support the thousands of families on our waiting list.
“I’m delighted to see the completion of this latest project which contributes to meeting that goal. The Hillside Gardens development demonstrates how despite restrictions in funding, restrictions on council borrowing and challenges in the development market the council is finding ways of provide much needed new family homes at council level rents.”
Mark Powell, EDAROTH Managing Director, said: “Social housing is a long-standing national problem, which will not be solved without innovation and positive disruption.
“As such, the Hillside Gardens development represents an early milestone for EDAROTH as we look to work in partnership with public sector clients across the UK to unlock the latent social and economic value of under-utilised land.”
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Notes to editors:
Atkins, a member of SNC-Lavalin Group (www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, employing over 18,300 people across the UK, North America, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. You can view Atkins’ recent projects here.
About EDAROTH EDAROTH (www.edaroth.co.uk) provides end-to-end development solutions which focus on delivering social and affordable housing at the point of need. This approach prioritises brownfield and under-utilised land within existing communities – which are often considered too difficult or expensive to develop – and sees the landowner typically retain the land, assets and ongoing rental income. EDAROTH brings together design and engineering expertise, the latest off-site manufacturing techniques and construction partnerships to deliver new houses at speed, volume and at a significantly reduced cost compared to traditional new builds. MetroHome is part of a suite of EDAROTH products which includes houses and apartments of different typologies designed to suit varying client requirements.
About Lambeth Council Lambeth Council has directly completed nine new homes at Akerman Road and the further four units in Hillside Gardens. In addition, the council has used its land in partnership with developers to deliver additional council homes across the borough, including 70 at Lollard Street, eight at Vauxhall City Farm and dozens more as part of the Your New Town Hall scheme in Brixton. Across the borough, over 300 new council homes have been built since 2014 and the council has an ambitious pipeline of 1,000 new homes (including homes built, in construction or planned). This includes at Somerleyton Road, Brixton, Olive Morris House, Brixton, on a range of small sites across the borough and on six estate regeneration schemes.
About SNC-Lavalin Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world. SNC-Lavalin connects people, technology and data to help shape and deliver world-leading concepts and projects, while offering comprehensive innovative solutions across the asset lifecycle. Our expertise is wide-ranging — consulting & advisory, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and sustaining capital — and delivered to clients in four strategic sectors: EDPM (engineering, design and project management), Infrastructure, Nuclear and Resources, supported by Capital. People. Drive. Results. www.snclavalin.com
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