The Masterplan
A vision for regeneration
The key vision of the project is to provide Clapham Park tenants with good quality, well managed and maintained homes at affordable rents, in an area revitalised with a network of new parks and open spaces, cleaner and safer streets, better transport, good schools, a wide range of community facilities, decent services and more local jobs – in short, a place to be proud of.
Currently, there is a large amount of wasted open space within the estates that is poorly used and difficult to manage.
The new Masterplan provides a network of well-landscaped areas with each area having a local play and recreation space and the whole neighbourhood enjoying new and safer parks covering five acres.
Block M3/M2, 33 – 47 Streatham Place, London, SW2.
Block N1, 42 – 46 Clarence Avenue, London, SW4.
Clapham Park Today
The Clapham Park area covers some 150 acres on a site between Brixton, Streatham, Balham and Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Approximately 6,100 people live within the site area. There are 1,977 homes on the Council estates, of which 1,445 are tenanted and 532 are owned by leaseholders (figures correct at July 2007).
The area has declined through decades of neglect, reaching a critical state five years ago. 75% of residents were afraid to go out of their homes after dark, the estate was a known centre for drugs, and the vast majority of the publicly owned housing stock was in a poor state.
Whilst some issues have eased considerably through the efforts of the community and their partners, the physical form of the estate remains a problem.
Busy roads divide the estate and isolate one part of the community from another.
There is a lack of space for physical activity, with few sports or play facilities. Outdoor areas are dominated by disorganised parking.
Entrances to residential blocks are unsafe. There is a lack of secure or private space.
Resident surveys have confirmed that the majority of the housing stock suffers from substandard heating, lack of thermal insulation and sound separation between dwellings, old kitchens and bathrooms, and electrical wiring that needs replacing.
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