Welcome to our consultation website for the Barnsbury Estate Transformation.
New Barnsbury Masterplan consultation event
Come and join representatives from Newlon and Mount Anvil to find out about the New Barnsbury Masterplan at the Barnsbury Community Centre on Tuesday 10th December at 4pm-7.30pm and Saturday 14th December at 10am-1.30pm.
As always, we’ll keep talking and listening to you. If you have any questions, please email BEST@newlon.org.uk.
New Barnsbury update
A government announcement in August 2023 proposed an introduction of additional safety regulations for new residential buildings which has meant we have had to put a hold on the estate transformation pending further information about the new requirements.
The regulations will bring in a key change that requires the inclusion of an additional staircase in the design of buildings over seven storeys. This will apply to most of the new buildings on the estate and therefore will require a change to the planning approval we received in March 23. Introducing a second staircase to the buildings will affect the number and/or size of homes we can build and we will be liaising with Islington planners to see how we can best achieve the changes once the government issue the guidance about the new regulations.
There are transitional arrangements that permit schemes with planning permission to proceed under the existing permission so we are exploring the possibility of starting Phase 1a to minimise the delay to the whole development.
We hope to be able to provide an update early next year. In the meantime more details can be found in our recent letter.
Old Barnsbury update
We hope you all had a nice autumn and are looking forward to the festive season.
As you may remember from our last update, we discussed the planned kitchen and bathroom refurbishment at Fisher House. Since then the team has worked diligently on this and we are now pleased to announce that the works at Fisher House will commence in the new year. These improvements aim to enhance your living spaces and increase comfort.
What will be upgraded?
The refurbishment will include modernisation of kitchen cabinets, worktops and bathrooms, including new sanitary ware.
- Kitchen and bathroom improvements
The option to combine the separate toilet with the bathroom to create a more spacious layout. Please note that in a few flats this may not be possible. If this is the case, it will be discussed with residents. - New entrance doors
Solid core doors will be installed at individual flat entrances. - Other essential works
Drainage improvement works which have already started.
Upcoming events
We hope to hold a ‘Meet the contractor’ event at the community centre in December. Fisher House residents will be invited there to see some samples and make choices. A date and time for this will follow shortly.
A series of workshops will also be held in early 2025 to discuss and show some of the planned landscape improvements.
About the Barnsbury Estate
The Barnsbury Estate is owned by Newlon Housing Trust, a not-for-profit social housing company, who took over management of the Estate from Islington Council in 1999.
The Estate is made up of two areas; Old Barnsbury is the red brick housing blocks between Charlotte Terrace and Barnsbury Road built in the 1930s and New Barnsbury is between Caledonian Road and Charlotte Terrace, which was built in the 1950s and 70s.
Illustration of what the Barnsbury Estate could look like on completion
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