Aberfeldy Village

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Aberfeldy Village
View of the new Aberfeldy Village apartments from Oban Street (geograph 4984210).jpg
View of Aberfeldy Village apartments from Oban Street
Aberfeldy Village
Alternative namesAberfeldy Estate
General information
Location Poplar
Town or city London
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°30′47″N0°00′22″W / 51.513°N 0.006°W / 51.513; -0.006
Landlord Poplar HARCA
Website
Poplar HARCA: Aberfeldy

Aberfeldy Village is an urban village in Poplar, London, England, which is in the process of being redeveloped in a joint venture between Poplar HARCA and Willmott Dixon. It was known as the Aberfeldy Estate, a housing estate but has expanded. It is sometimes referred to as Aberfeldy New Village in planning documents. [1]

Contents

History

Redevelopment

A former building in the Aberfeldy Estate viewed from East India Dock Road in March 2006. Flats in South Bromley, London Docklands - geograph.org.uk - 140334.jpg
A former building in the Aberfeldy Estate viewed from East India Dock Road in March 2006.

The area was originally developed with small terraced houses from 1864 to 1885, first by David Mclntosh, who named several streets after places in Scotland, and from 1873 by the chemist turned developer John Abbott.

The site of the estate was located on what was the northern boundary of the Import Dock, famous for the importing of exotic goods during the 18th and 19th century. However it was heavily bombed during the Second World War and subsequently redeveloped into the Aberfeldy Estate. [2]

It was built in various phases starting in the 1930s and continued after the surrounding area suffered wartime damage, being completed in the late 1970s. The estate and surrounding area suffered from severe social disadvantage with high levels of unemployment, low incomes, poor health and anti-social behaviour problems.

Poplar HARCA took over the running of the estate following its transfer into their ownership in two tranches, one in 1998 and another in 2007, as part of the council's Housing Choice programme. It has owned and managed the estate since the transfers. [3] In July 2012, Poplar HARCA and Willmott Dixon obtained planning permission for a joint redevelopment of the Aberfeldy Estate.

The plans included the demolition of 297 housing units (211 units at social rent and the rest leasehold) and their replacement with 1,100 new homes (of which 170 will be for social rent, with 20 for intermediate rent and nearly 1,000 for market rent) and improved amenities to be provided over twelve years. [4] [5] [6]

Geography

Aberfeldy Village is situated on a triangular site bounded by the A12, A13 East India Dock Road and Abbott Road. It has in excess of 1,000 new homes and an energy centre, retail, community and health amenities, with public and green spaces. [7]

The new homes are arranged around this linear green space in medium rise, high density buildings ranging from four to ten storeys. Lower, more domestic scale buildings sit adjacent to the neighbouring estate, whilst higher buildings along the A13 provide a degree of protection to this urban edge. [2] [8]

Occupancy

The rental homes in the new development zone of Aberfeldy Village was at almost at full occupancy by residents in July 2016, who have an average income of £39,000 p.a. and an average age of 28. [9]

Culture

Bow Arts Studios has two studios, called the Aberfeldy Street Studios, which are converted out of two street front shops on Aberfeldy Street; the studios are designed to provide affordable working space for artists, designer makers or a public facing arts group. [10]

Education

The Culloden Primary Academy is a primary school located to the west of Aberfeldy Street on Dee Street and governed by the Paradigm Trust. [11]

Transport

Route 309 bus passing Aberfeldy Street within Aberfeldy Village next to the local art mural adorning all the shops in June 2022. HCT Group Optare Solo on TfL route 309 passing Aberfeldy Estate art mural, Tower Hamlets.jpg
Route 309 bus passing Aberfeldy Street within Aberfeldy Village next to the local art mural adorning all the shops in June 2022.

Aberfeldy Village is connected to central London via East India DLR station that serves Bank as well as Tower Gateway stations. It is also close to Canning Town Underground station served by Jubilee line as well as the DLR. Aberfeldy Village is connected to London Buses routes 309 on Aberfeldy Street and Blair Street and 115, N15, N550, N551 on East India Dock Road and D8 on the A12 Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Aberfeldy Estate – Levitt Bernstein". www.levittbernstein.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Aberfeldy Estate (Phases 3 - 6) Compulsory Purchase Order 2016 - Statement of the Council's Reasons for Making the Order" (PDF). towerhamlets.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Gavriel Hollander, East London regen project given green light Archived 17 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Housing, 13 July 2012
  5. ↑ Aberfeldy Village Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Casey Fierro Architects
  6. ↑ Greater London Authority (7 December 2011). "Aberfeldy Estate Planning Application no.PA/11/02716" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2019.
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  10. ↑ "Aberfeldy Street Studios - Bow Arts". www.bowarts.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Contact us". cullodenacademy.paradigmtrust.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
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