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Oldchurch Park Romford

Redevelopment of the former Oldchurch Hospital site in Havering.
Size
2.15 ha, 457 residential units
Location
Romford, Essex
Status
Complete
Contractor
Designers
Chetwoods Architects
Client
Swan Housing Group
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The development added a new character to the area, with the rigorous application of good urban design principles including the maximisation of public and private amenity space, home-zones to give equal priority to vehicles and pedestrians, internal courtyards, raised courtyards, balconies and roof terraces. The site layout comprises a desegregated network of streets permeating the relatively disconnected site to the two main roads to the north and south. Some existing buildings of merit were retained and incorporated into the new scheme.

The new buildings include two perimeter blocks to the southern part of the site rising from three to five-storeys, with a row of four higher-density blocks positioned to the north. The east and west bounding blocks have six-storeys, with two central blocks rising from six to nine-storeys.

The scheme was designed to Lifetime Homes Standards.

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Project Highlights
  • Redevelopment of the former Oldchurch Hospital
  • Existing buildings of merit were retained
  • Designed to Lifetime Homes Standards
  • Maximisation of public and private amenity space

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