Two blocks of council homes, along with a health centre and community centre in Abbey Road, Camden, can be knocked down and redeveloped to build new homes.
More than 90 families in West Hampstead, Camden, will endure building works for a development which Camden councillors had no planning authority to reject.
The Hoo building in Hampstead.
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Plans for three luxury family homes in the Royal Free s old mental health building in Lyndhurst Gardens were approved on Thursday.
Planning committee chair Cllr Heather Johnson used her casting vote to approve the scheme after the committee was deadlocked at four votes in favour, four against, and two abstentions.
Developer Jaga Developments is to convert the listed building - formerly known as The Hoo - into two five-bedroom homes and one four-bedroom home.
After disputes over the value of the land at the site, the developer said it accepted it would pay a higher community infrastructure levy (CIL) fee as part of the plans. But it said this and other rising costs meant providing an up-front affordable housing contribution was not viable .
Designs of the new hostel
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Camden Council has approved a new hostel for homeless families in Dartmouth Park.
The town hall’s planning committee signed off the demolition and redevelopment of the hostel in 2 Chester Road on Thursday (April 22).
Objections were lodged on the grounds of “poor” design, its massing and the quality of accommodation.
The new three to four storey building, across three blocks, will have 50 flats including 30 studios, 16 one-beds and two wheelchair accessible units.
The homes will all be accessed from a central communal courtyard.
The existing building at 2 Chester Road
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