Saturday 31st July 2021 saw the start of three face to face consultation events with residents of West Kentish Town Estate following the lifting of lockdown. Residents were provided information by the Camden project team and architects that helped residents to understand the process of master planning and the phasing strategy.

Presentation material was produced by the design team led by AHMM and including HNNA, BBUK, Gerald Eve, Elliott Wood, Atelier Ten, Coffey Architects and BHA.

West Kentish Town Estate set for £565M investment as Cabinet asked to agree redevelopment masterplan

The council’s Cabinet are to be asked to agree a masterplan and strategy for delivering a £565million investment for the West Kentish Town Estate that will build larger, modern homes for residents and at least 276 council homes.

The masterplan has been developed together with residents and follows an estate ballot held in March 2020 that saw 93% of residents vote in favour of new homes, streets, and open spaces.

The council’s Cabinet will be asked to agree plans to build an estimated 885 new homes over eight phases including at least 276 larger, modern council homes and 78 homes available at Camden Living rent.

HNNA are working in collaboration with AHMM, BBUK, Gerald Eve, Elliott Wood, Atelier Ten, Coffey Architects and BHA to deliver the masterplan.

“Residents of West Kentish Town Estate voted overwhelmingly in favour of a comprehensive redevelopment in March 2020.”

AHMM leading a collaborative team featuring Coffey Architects, Burd Haward Architects and HNNA – defeated four unnamed rivals to win the commission to create a masterplan for 880 new homes and new commercial and community spaces on the site of the 1964 housing development.

Having won a publicly tendered contract for a £321 million redevelopment of Camden Council’s West Kentish Town Estate will now develop a masterplan. The regeneration is expected to re-provide the site’s existing 316 council homes and include a minimum of 40 per cent affordable new units. The scheme will also provide homes for private sale to cross-subsidise the affordable elements, a key mechanism used across Camden’s borough-wide Community Investment Programme.

West Kentish Town Estate

Having been shortlisted in August, HNNA have submitted with AHMM, Coffey Architects, BHA, BBUK, Elliot Wood, Atelier Ten, Gerald Eve, Vectos and LCA and invitation to tender for the masterplanner and multidisciplinary team for the £321 million redevelopment of its West Kentish Town Estate [RIBA stages 1-4].

The masterplan for 880 new homes will include new commercial and community spaces on the site of the 1964 estate where residents voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of a comprehensive redevelopment in March.