Rectory Park Estate

Current status and next steps

Network Housing Group consulted residents about the design of the communal spaces and buildings on the redeveloped estate, throughout 2011.

This culminated in the submission in November 2011 of an outline planning application for the whole estate and a detailed planning application for the first two phases.

Phase 1 is completed providing 101 new homes for social rent, shared ownership and private sale.

Phase 2 completed by in 2015 and will providing 59 new homes.

The tenure mix being 54 social rent, 10 shared ownership and 96 private sale over the first two phases.

A full planning application was submitted by Network Housing in September 2015 for the final phases of the project. The application increased the total number of homes of the original scheme 24 to 449.

Phase 3a completed end of August 2018 providing 91 new homes – 45 social rent, 23 shared ownership and 23 private sale and the new estate community centre.

All existing residents of the estate have now been rehoused.

Phases 3b, 3c and 4 properties have been demolished and the remaining 198 properties are under construction.

Next steps

Complete regeneration of the whole estate will be achieved with the hand over of the final new builds expected by summer 2020.