Teviot Watch

Teviot Watch

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The Teviot Estate is to be mostly demolished (535 units), replaced by 1,928 units over the next 17 years. We will monitor progress and try to ensure fairness.

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An interesting detail from the recent RSG meeting, all site traffic coming in to the estate will turn left into Teviot St. from the A12. That means up to 64 construction vehicles a day, of which 48 HGVs, going down this narrow estate road. Around 250,000 trips over 15 years.

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The demolition schedule says that Chadbourn St. is scheduled to be demolished "October 2026 to February 2027". It also marks it as being for private sale, but with "right to return / social" in brackets.

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The first demolition site (Chadbourn St. 1-79 odd) has now been emptied of its residents and enclosed in hoardings. No info yet on what the actual demolition start date is The site is Chadbourn St. site B01, two new linked cores, up to 10 storeys. 115 units, all for private sale

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The first demolition site (Chadbourn St. 1-79 odd) has now been emptied of its residents and enclosed in hoardings. No info yet on what the actual demolition start date is The site is Chadbourn St. site B01, two new linked cores, up to 10 storeys. 115 units, all for private sale

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This is shocking: Barratt Homes built Poplar's Neutron Tower in 2008, scene of a fatal fire on 12 Sep (causes as yet unknown) It has insulation panels filled with combustible PIR, which releases toxic gases when it burns 1/2 @peteapps.bsky.social | peteapps.substack.com/p/a-fire-in-...

peteapps.substack.comA fire in PoplarA fire at a building awaiting cladding remediation claimed the life of a man at the weekend. What do we know about this blaze, and what do we still need to know? PLUS - thoughts on the new PAS 9980
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Isle of Dogs developer Ilona Limited tries to cut £35M affordable housing commitment A 835-home co-living tower on Marsh Wall had a £49.9m affordable housing element, they want to cut it to around £15m citing "worsening market conditions" Is this common? towerhamletsslice.co.uk/poplar/isle-...

towerhamletsslice.co.ukIsle of Dogs developer seeks £35m cut to affordable housing payment | Poplar News | Tower Hamlets SliceA developer behind an 835-home Isle of Dogs tower wants to cut its affordable housing contribution to Tower Hamlets Council by around £35m.
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Plans for a new housing union to be launched at TUC Congress today Suzanne Muna from @shacaction.bsky.social said "We expect a big fightback but if it doesn’t happen here we are not going to stop […] this is going to happen and it’s just a matter of when" www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hous...

morningstaronline.co.ukPlans for first-ever housing union to be launched at TUC CongressPLANS for a new housing union, complete with rent strikes and legal advocacy, will be launched at TUC Congress tomorrow.Volunteers at the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) will present their 70-pa...
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When was the Teviot Estate transferred to Poplar HARCA from Tower Hamlets Council? 6/6/2007 Cabinet approved transfers of Aberfeldy, Brownfield and some of Teviot, but transfer of the parts of the Teviot Estate covered by the current regeneration scheme was later Anyone know?

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I had this wrong - the Teviot Estate units involved in the current regeneration scheme were transferred in 1998, part of the initial transfer that formed Poplar HARCA And rather than given free or for a peppercorn, LBTH actually paid Poplar HARCA £19k for each property (ave.)

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Interesting article from 2013 on LBTH and Poplar HARCA’s policies displacing long‑term working‑class residents from the area All Balfron Tower social tenants were told they could return after refurbishment, but the promise was later reversed novaramedia.com/2013/08/20/s...

novaramedia.comSocial Cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower EvicteeJames Butler speaks to a Balfron Tower evictee about social cleansing and mistreatment by Tower Hamlets council
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It was good to see so many people from different campaigns and groups at the demonstration at Parliament Square today to demand: * Fix the Housing Crisis * Rent Controls & Council Housing Now

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All blocks - 1 to 27 - are to be demolished under the Teviot Estate "regeneration" scheme Isn't this an estate replacement scheme, not regeneration? Replacing a mostly-social housing estate with a mostly-private sale estate

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SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign
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SHAC Article: I Thought I Was Just Checking My Service Charges shaction.org/2026/09/05/i... Olivia started out checking figures on a service charge letters & ended up building resident power: a journey she never expected to take, but her experience will be familiar to many. #EndServiceChargeAbuse

shaction.orgSocial Housing Action CampaignI Thought I Was Just Checking My Service ChargesBy Olivia Virag An Ordinary Question When I moved into my shared ownership home in July 2020, I wasn’t looking for a campaign or preparing for a legal dispute. Like most people, I simply want…
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R-Urban Poplar, which will sadly be lost under the regeneration scheme, is an ecology hub on the Teviot estate "Since 2017 we have transformed a disused car park and vacant garages into a thriving community, nature and work space" More information here: r-urban-poplar.net/ABOUT

r-urban-poplar.netABOUT — R-Urban Poplar︎︎︎R-Urban Poplar is an ecology hub on the edge of the Teviot estate, in Poplar, London. Since 2017 we have transformed a disused car park...
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An interesting detail from from a council officer at the Strategic Development Committee which approved the Teviot Estate development Estate regeneration schemes are not subject to the 35% affordability targets that other schemes are. Instead tenure mix is based on "viability"

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The main details of the Teviot Estate development are set out in the "Teviot Neighbourhood Masterplan Design and Access Statement May 2024". This is available as a single document here (the version published by LBTH is broken into 11 parts): 1/3 substack.com/home/post/p-...

substack.comTeviot Estate development Design and Access StatementThe Teviot Estate is to be mostly demolished (535 units), replaced by 1,928 units over the next 17 years. We will monitor progress and try to ensure fairness.
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Hamlets planning website entry for the planning application PA/24/00922/A1 here: 3/3 development.towerhamlets.gov.uk/online-appli...

development.towerhamlets.gov.ukPA/24/00922/A1 | Full Planning Permission for : 1 Phased site-wide demolition of all existing buildings and structures, site preparation and enabling works (including excavation); and 2 Phased construction of buildings comprising residential units (Use Class C3); flexible commercial business and service floorspace (Use Class E); hard and soft landscaping works including public open space, access and highway alterations, car and cycle parking provision, and all other associated ancillary works (the "detailed" element - Phase 1a); Outline Planning Permission (with all matters reserved) for: 3 Phased construction of buildings (including basements) comprising residential units (Use Class C3); flexible commercial; business and service floorspace (Use Class E); place of worship (Use Class F1); local community floorspace (Use Class F2); Public House (Sui Generis); hard and soft landscaping works including public open space, access and highway alterations, car and cycle parking provision, and all other associated ancillary works (the "outline element" - Phases 1b, 2, 3 and 4). This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment. | Teviot Estate, London, E14 6QUThere are 0 cases associated with this application.

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