Connecting Hoxton: Tyssen Street

We asked you to comment on updated proposals for improvements to the courtyard between Rosalind House and Cordelia House on the Arden Estate, Hoxton. Designs were based on earlier conversations with Hoxton residents and visitors to the area.

In general you said you liked plans for more planting and trees. Proposed improvements to the walking and cycling route along Tyssen Street (running between Rosalind and Cordelia House) were also welcomed.

Five residents of Rosalind and Cordelia House highlighted current problems with lack of parking directly outside Cordelia House and would prefer to increase it rather than relocate it.

Conversely, 11 respondents (only one a resident of either block)  and one campaign group lobbied for the removal of parking completely. This was due to the negative environmental impacts of car use and suggestions that the space occupied by cars could be put to better use. 

When we spoke to people in the area in Autumn 2025, the majority were supportive of project ambitions for this area. They agreed that relocating parking spaces to the periphery and moving existing or new play features into the centre would be a positive improvement. Manoeuvring into the three parking spaces in the central route posed a danger of hitting children and pedestrians moving through and playing in this space.

Narrowing the path was also popular amongst residents as a way of preventing vehicles entering this space.

Proposals to relocate the Rosalind House bin store raised concerns from three residents about potential pests and odours.

Antisocial behaviour (ASB) spilling over from Hoxton Street drew concerns about including benches or relocating the playground closer to Stanway Street or the Tyssen Street entrance to the estate. We found previously that existing play areas in the north and south are under used due to their location hidden behind and next to bins. They are currently padlocked from 6pm to 9am to deter ASB.

Dog fouling on open areas of grass was also reported as an issue.

The revised designs strike a middle ground between the opposed views on parking and seek to maintain the same number of parking spaces currently in the courtyard. In order to introduce more green space, the parking spaces in front of Cordelia House are relocated to the south of the courtyard. Three parking spaces remain adjacent to Cordelia House; these could be used as blue badge parking. There is potential for dedicated disabled bays to be installed if required - please see https://www.hackney.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/support-disabled-people/personalised-permit-bays-blue-badge-holders

The bin store has now been rotated 90 degrees and away from residents’ windows, meaning the unit is moved away from the block slightly and the entrance now faces away from the main entrance. Green spaces and hedges, already present in the previous design, screen the bins screens from the south. 

The relocated playground is fenced and gated with the entrance positioned away from the main path.