Haringey Council Leader Cllr Peray Ahmet, Deputy Leader Cllr Sarah Williams and Deputy Mayor of London for Housing Tom Copley joined Peabody and development partner The Hill Group to mark the milestone at the former St Ann’s hospital site on Friday 28 February.
Last year, the Cabinet agreed the acquisition of 38 homes at the scheme with the option to buy 116 additional properties, ranging from 1-bed flats to 4-bed houses, subject to further approval by councillors.
Tenants will benefit from a raft of energy efficiency measures in their new homes, extensive urban greening, solar panels and almost 2000 cycle spaces and safe pedestrian and cycle routes.
The homes will be centred around an extended Peace Garden, with the redevelopment including new retail and affordable workspaces.
Cllr Sarah Williams, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning, said:
We are very happy to celebrate this milestone, which marks significant progress in the delivery of this important redevelopment project.
This thriving new neighbourhood will deliver hundreds of genuinely affordable homes, 154 of which will be owned by the council, alongside facilities that provide lasting benefits for the whole community.
These high quality, energy efficient homes for local people are set in a landscape-led masterplan with hundreds of new trees and enhanced spaces, and it’s been a fantastic opportunity to see the transformation of the site first hand.
We are on track to deliver 3,000 new council homes by 2031, built to the very best environmental and design standards, with work already completed or started on more than 2,000.
The Peabody Group scheme, called North Gate Park, is set to deliver up to 995 homes overall, 60 percent of which will be affordable.
The first phase, currently under construction, will provide 240 homes, including 94 affordable, along with new green spaces and commercial premises.
The first homes are expected to be complete this summer, with the final development expected to be finished in 2031.
