Cherbury Court Development Proposal - Stage 3

Overview

Hackney Council is delivering a new housing programme aimed at building around 400 new homes across 14 locations. 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

We are proposing to build 32 council homes for social rent at Cherbury Court. The new homes would be built on the site of the current St John’s Estate Community Hall and Community Garden in Hoxton.

A new community building and community garden would be created nearby, on the site of the former Florence Bennett Centre. The project would also deliver wider improvements to the estate’s landscaping and public spaces.
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. 

Why your views matter

Hackney Council’s Housing Regeneration & Delivery team wants to hear your views on the proposals for Cherbury Court site that will be submitted for planning submission before the end of 2026.

These plans have been developed from the conversations held to date, including the public engagement events held in November 2024, June 2025, June 2026 and August 2026.

This survey accompanies public drop-in exhibitions on:

• Saturday 17 October 2026, 10am to 1pm at St John's Hall, New North Road N1 6TL
• Tuesday 20 October 2026, 5pm to 8pm at St John's Hall, New North Road N1 6TL

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.