Regeneration scheme planned for Dalston and Hackney council sites

Several council-owned sites are expected to get a revamp, as Hackney Council has appointed a team to oversee the regeneration project.  

Adam Khan Architects have been picked to lead the scheme, with collaboration from muf archiecture/art, Apparata, Freehaus, JA Projects and Landolt + Brown. 

The project will involve the mixed-use development of nine sites in Dalston and Hackney Central, with feasibility studies to take place to ensure plans go ahead.  

Residents of could soon see new community facilities, commercial spaces and a revitalised Hackney Central station, while the project could also put Hackney Council closer to achieving its aim of 1000 new council homes by 2026.  

Hackney deputy mayor Guy Nicholson said: ‘Despite more than a decade of government-imposed austerity, we have made sure that the council is in a unique position having kept the ownership of publicly owned land in Dalston and Hackney Central town centres and not sold it all off. 

‘This means that the council can work with the community to shape new development in the town centres to meet our collective needs.’ 

He added: ‘Regeneration and new development can generate anxiety and uncertainty. But by taking more control of what is built in the town centres and what any new development can deliver for our communities, we can ensure it puts local needs first. The brief to the architects is to make sure that these Council owned sites can deliver new affordable homes, greener town centres and attractive and accessible places for residents and businesses.’ 

Levelling up funding worth £19m has been secured for the nine sites, which include an Iceland, Hackney Town Hall car park and the former CLR Hames Library.  

Hackney Central has also previously received £2m from the Mayor of London’s Regeneration Fund to transform the areas which was particularly damaged by the riots in 2011.  

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