Clayton Road Homes in Hayes, Hillingdon Housing, West London Residential Building News
Clayton Road canalside homes, Hayes
9 Dec 2020
Hayes Housing on Clayton Road
Location: Clayton Road, Hayes, UB3 1AX, UK – west London
Clayton Road canalside homes development
A2Dominion and Assael Architecture secure planning consent for 400 canalside homes
• A2Dominion and Assael Architecture have been given the go-ahead by the London Borough of Hillingdon for 400 new homes at Clayton Road, close to Hayes Town Centre
• The proposals respond to the borough’s local plan and the council’s aspirations to open the Grand Union Canal up to the public
• Assael’s design draws on the site’s industrial history and responds directly to the opportunity to redevelop a brownfield site immediately next to the Grand Union Canal; the scheme invites and encourages the public to the waterfront, injecting life and footfall to an area currently undergoing significant change
A2Dominion, a G15 residential property group that operates across London and southern England, and award-winning Assael Architecture have been given the green light for 400 new homes at Clayton Road in Hayes, immediately adjacent to the Grand Union Canal.
The design has undergone extensive consultation with Hillingdon Borough Council, and an appropriate scale of redevelopment for the site has been mutually agreed. The scheme has also been designed as part of a wider masterplan that includes the neighbouring Crown Trading Estate site.
The development includes a variety of new homes across a range of tenures, with a particular focus on affordable family homes comprising four-bedroom townhouses, and three-bedroom duplexes and apartments. The scheme also includes a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments for sale, each with its own private amenity in the form of projecting or inset balconies.
The site benefits from being close to the new Crossrail train station, offering quick access to central London. Other benefits include electric car parking spaces, biodiverse green roofs with renewable energy in the form of PV panels, ASHP hybrid heating strategy and over 1,300 sq m of commercial space.
A key objective of the design and a significant benefit to the broader masterplan, the scheme at Clayton Road achieves public connectivity to the Grand Union Canal where it was previously inaccessible. In addition to the canal edge, the project sees a large amount of additional public amenity being introduced in the form of parks, lawns, seating and gardens, with the landscape and public realm designed in partnership with the Crown Trading Estate site to ensure a cohesive place.
The individual buildings have been orientated to maximise views to the canal with a high number of apartments and houses being dual aspect. Residents will also benefit from large communal podium gardens, in excess of 3,200 sq m, that include children’s play areas with views to the Grand Union Canal and the newly designed waterfront edge.
The architectural design comprises three character areas: the ‘industrial’ buildings reference the site’s history with features from the existing warehouses transferred to the new buildings, such as generous window openings and transom bars; the ‘residential’ buildings respond to the existing architecture on Clayton Road, with building heights lowered to a more appropriate scale and identifiable front doors accessed directly from the street; and the ‘canalside’ buildings respond directly to the waterside with full height windows to maximise views and a contemporary design that includes sash windows, recessed panels and a clear horizontal datum banding.
Danny Lynch, Director of Land and Development, A2Dominion said: “Having worked with Assael on a number of excellent developments in recent years, we were always confident in their ability to create a design that best utilised the space around Clayton Road. Everything that we envisaged in these plans, from the new canal side access to the high-quality designs of the homes themselves, is there. This scheme will give a real lift to the area and provide excellent homes and facilities for a diverse mix of people, including local families and young professionals.”
Tim Chapman- Cavanagh, Director at Assael Architecture says: “It is always a pleasure to work with A2Dominion, bringing forward this type of regeneration project that offers significant benefits to the local area and much-needed new homes. Working closely with Hillingdon Borough Council, we have collectively designed a scheme that aligns with their local aspirations and links well with the adjacent Crown Trading Estate development. As one of our key objectives for the design, we’re proud to be part of the process that will see the community and developing area reconnected to the important Grand Union Canal.
About Assael Architecture
Assael is an award-winning, London-based practice that offers a cohesive suite of architecture, interior design and landscape architecture services to a range of developers, investors and local authorities. Established in 1994, Assael has over 25 years of experience in the design and delivery of successful residentially-led mixed-use schemes. They have become one of the leaders in the design of Build to Rent communities and have recently been using this expertise in the design of many co-living developments across London.
Notable buildings designed by Assael include Queen’s Wharf and Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, 21 Young Street in Kensington and Chelsea, Union Wharf in Greenwich, and Garratt Mills in Wandsworth.
For more information please visit: assael.co.uk
About A2Dominion
A2Dominion is a leading UK housing association with over 38,000 homes across London and southern England, and thousands more in the development pipeline. The Group provides affordable, private and social rented homes, student, NHS and temporary accommodation, as well as supported housing and homes for older people. It also offers high-quality sustainable homes for sale and shared ownership, available through its FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.
Whilst the Group takes a commercial approach to housebuilding, all of its profits are used for a social purpose, with millions of pounds reinvested into delivering more new homes and better services for customers. A2Dominion is part of the G15, a group of the largest housing providers in London.
For more information please visit: a2dominiongroup.co.uk / www.a2dominion.co.uk
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