Cherbury Court Development Proposal - Stage 2

Overview

Hackney Council is excited to announce a new housing programme aimed at building around 400 new homes across 14 locations, including Cherbury Court. Seventy-five percent of these new homes will be council homes for social rent, prioritised for local residents with established housing needs. This initiative is part of our commitment to start building or support the construction of 1,000 new homes for social rent by 2026. Our goal is to address the housing shortage and provide high-quality, genuinely affordable homes to those in need.

Project Overview

Cherbury Court, the former Florence Bennett Centre and garages has been identified as a potential location for new homes without the demolition of existing ones, alongside wider improvements to the estate and neighbourhood.

In November 2024, we informed residents of the intention to include this site in the NHP programme (following Graham Road being removed). There was a public event on the estate to do this.

We have appointed the following design team and specialist consultants:

Architects: Nooma

Landscape Designers: Mark Lemanski

Cost Consultant: Exigere

Planning Consultant: HTA Planning

Multi-disciplinary Engineering Consultant: XCO2

Most of our design team members have lived or worked in Hackney for many years. They bring diverse backgrounds and cultures and are excited to collaborate with the community on these much-needed new homes and improvements. 

Your Feedback

Hackney Council Housing and Regeneration & Delivery team want to hear your views on the current proposals for Cherbury Court and the Design Principles that will inform the next stage of design development following the first round of public engagement event held on the 21st June 2025.

The Design Principles have been developed from the conversations held to date with the feedback that was gathered from the last consultation event on 21st June 2025. Their issues, concerns and aspirations raised plus the vision of the design team based on their in depth research of the sites and, the design skills they bring as well as reflecting the Council’s goals, policies and regulations that all shape the plans.

This survey accompanies a public drop-in exhibitions on:

• 3rd June 2026 from 6:30pm- 8pm at St John’s Community Centre, New North Road 
• 6th June 2026 from 10am – 2pm on the communal green space at Cherbury Court

Please read through the exhibition boards and complete the following survey questions and share any additional ideas and opinions in the free text boxes provided.