Morris Blitz Court- Future Development

Overview

Morris Blitz Court housing office site is one of 14 locations across Hackney that will make up a new programme to build around 400 new homes. 75% of the new homes across the programme, and 100% of the new homes at Morris Blitz Court, will be council homes for social rent. These homes will be prioritised for local residents through our local lettings policy – which means current residents in the local area with established housing needs would get first preference for new Council rented homes. This is part of the Council’s commitment to start building, or supporting partners to build, 1,000 new homes for social rent by 2026 to help tackle the housing shortage and provide a high-quality, genuinely affordable home to those who need it. 

The site of the former housing office at Morris Blitz Court has been identified as having the potential to accommodate new homes without the demolition of existing homes as well as wider improvements to the estate and neighbourhood. 

In summer 2022, we talked with local residents about proposals to replace the old housing office building on Morris Blitz Court with new homes. Since then, the Council’s Cabinet has given us the go-ahead to work with a design team and residents to develop plans for the new homes on these estates.

We’ve appointed a design team and specialist consultants to develop proposals for the Morris Blitz Court housing office site, including: 

Architects: Archio

Landscape: Studio ONB

Cost Consultant: Bristow

Planning Consultant: HTA Planning

Multi Disciplinary Engineering Consultant: XCO2

Most of the design team have lived or worked in Hackney for many years. They have a broad mix of backgrounds and cultures and are excited by the opportunity to work with the community on these much-needed new homes and surrounding improvements.

Your feedback

The Hackney Council’s Housing Regeneration & Delivery team wants to hear your views on the external areas, shared spaces and public realm on the estate. Your feedback will inform the design of the new homes and the surrounding neighbourhood. This survey follows the public drop-in event held on 18th June 2024.

Please complete the following survey questions and let us know your thoughts. Please share any additional ideas and opinions in the free text boxes provided