Current status and next steps
In 2010-11, the council and Acton Gardens started one of the most thorough consultation programmes of its type to develop a masterplan to guide the regeneration. This received planning approval in 2012.
Between 2012 and 2024 Acton Gardens:
- 2,098 homes have been completed, 1,000 of which have been affordable and the majority are genuinely affordable
- the scheme contributed just under a quarter of all the genuinely affordable homes to the 2,500 target to 2022
- the Central Plaza, new community centre, and a number of playgrounds and retail units have also been completed and open to the public for use
Next steps
Over the last year, the council and Acton Gardens have been working on amendments to future phases of the scheme to deliver improvements to the programme.
Between 2024 and 2026 Acton Gardens plan to:
- finalise vacant possession of all blocks within phases 8.1.2 (Ludlow and Carisbrooke Court)
- complete demolition of phases 9.3.5.6 (Jerome Tower, Doyle and Osbourne House)
- begin construction of the 1,000th affordable home being delivered
- begin decanting of the future phases in the Acton Gardens program, located in the north of the site, subject to cabinet approval in early 2025