Co-living and affordable homes at Land at Wansbeck Road, Fish Island, Hackney, London E3

“The proposal seeks full planning permission for the redevelopment of the site to provide Purpose Built Shared Living Accommodation (Co-Living) (Sui Generis) and affordable housing (Class C3), along with new public realm improvements. The development would be delivered across two buildings, with the Co-Living building comprising of 10 storeys and the affordable housing building comprising of 7 storeys.”

“SITE AND SURROUNDINGS 1.1 The application site is situated in the central part of Fish Island, within an area that was formerly under the planning jurisdiction of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) from 2012 until 1 st December 2024. The site is ‘L’ shaped, extending to approximately 0.44 hectares in size and currently comprises predominantly open hard standing used for vehicular storage and rental operations, with minimal built structures.”

“The site is situated within the Hackney Wick and Fish Island sub-area 1 and within Site Allocation SA1.4 (Neptune Wharf) of the LLDC Local Plan. The site is located within the Neptune Wharf masterplan permission ref. 12/00210/OUT which was granted on 27 March 2014 and comprises the land of Phase 4 of the permission. The site is the only remaining undeveloped plot in the wider Neptune Wharf masterplan and was originally earmarked for the provision of a school.”

“Overall, there are aspects of the proposals that would not comply with policies within the development plan. However, there are considerable benefits arising from the development which outweigh the policy deviations. Significant weight is attributed to the provision of 40% affordable housing, the effective use of brownfield land to meet identified need; and the new publicly accessible landscaped courtyard.”

“Officers recommend that planning permission should be granted subject to conditions, obligations and any direction from the Mayor of London.”

“Transport for London (TfL) 5.26 TfL raises no objection in principle to the proposed development and accepts that the forecast transport impacts are relatively modest, such that no contribution towards additional public transport capacity or service frequency is required. However, TfL considers that the transport assessment may overestimate Underground usage, with a greater proportion of trips likely to be made via Hackney Wick Overground Station and local bus services.”

“Given the site's proximity to the A12, and the assessment's reliance on filtration for certain elevations, the mechanical ventilation and NOx/particulate filtration strategy should be secured by planning condition to ensure the mitigation proposed within the assessment is delivered. No objections raised subject to conditions relating to dust management and monitoring, emergency generators and details of mechanical ventilation.”

“That planning permission for PA/26/00765/A1, Land at Wansbeck Road, Fish Island, London, E3 2NF be GRANTED subject to conditions, obligations and any direction from the Mayor of London, as set out in the main report and revised at committee as detailed in the minutes.”