A group of South London residents are being asked for their views on plans which could see their Victorian homes flattened and replaced with hundreds of new flats.
On Monday, September 29, a resident ballot will launch as part of Hyde Housing’s regeneration proposals for Bellevue Gardens Mansions in Clapham Road, Lambeth.
Hyde Housing’s proposals include the demolition of 62 homes, which date back to 1839, so it can build up to 450 new flats. Under the plans, Hyde Housing would also build a new, pedestrianised street as well as a new nursery and shops and cafés.
The housing association has said at least 50per cent of the homes delivered will be social rent, and has pledged that every current Bellevue Gardens resident will have the right to move into a new flat if there’s a ‘yes’ vote for regeneration.
Subject to the ballot returning with a ‘yes’, Hyde Housing has said it will compensate residents for having to move with a “one-off home loss payment” of £15,000 and promised that residents will move into a new flat with the same number of bedrooms they have now.
Hyde Housing has also said rent will stay the same as it is now, but will increase annually in line with inflation. As part of its landlord offer to Bellevue Mansions leaseholders, Hyde Housing has said it will buy their homes at full market value with an additional 10per cent compensation.
Hyde Housing has said leaseholders who are interested in buying a home as part of the new development can either do this through shared ownership or an open market purchase. Those who don’t want to move into the new development can move “permanently” into another Hyde Housing property in Lambeth or elsewhere.
Hyde Housing has said tenants will be able to move “directly” from their current home into a new one as construction has been proposed in phases. The resident ballot will open at 5pm on September 29 and will run until Thursday, October 23 at 5pm. Residents are expected to find out the outcome of the vote on Thursday, October 30.
