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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS PROJECT REPORT


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A development onsite in London’s Tower Hamlets creates a new neighbourhood on where Suff ragette Sylvia Pankhurst fi rst proposed improvements to conditions in the East End, over a century ago. Roseanne Field reports.


n Bromley-By-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, a new development has brought more than just new homes to the community. The joint venture between Muse and housing association Poplar HARCA has rescued a derelict site and created an entirely new neighbourhood, which has been designed by architects RM_A and is being constructed by McAleer & Rushe. The Stroudley Walk scheme sits on a relatively dense urban site that had previously been earmarked for redevelopment, and as part of that process existing buildings had been vacated, and left empty. Despite receiving approval, the plans were ultimately undeliverable, leaving the site half empty and lacking in activity, which in turn led to neglect and abuse.


In 201 use, in collaboration with the East London-based “housing and regeneration community association,” began working on a concept to regenerate


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the site, which had become “disjointed and disconnected,” says the developer.


A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY With the previous attempt at developing the site having fallen  at, and the consequential dilapidation of the area, it was more important than ever that the team’s plans were robust and viable. They therefore held conversations with local residents, businesses and the wider community to get feedback on potential proposals and what locals wanted – and needed – from a new development. Before designs were fi nalised, over 500 people gave feedback and helped in uence the fi nal proposals that the architects put forward for planning. With the site located adjacent to some of London’s most deprived communities, it was imperative to the project team that locals views were not just heard, but actively taken into consideration. The site has a intriguing history, linked


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