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South Oxhey Initiative

South Oxhey Initiative gets the go-ahead

PictureYour local Labour team in the precinct.
The long-awaited refurbishment of the precinct area and Station Approach has finally got the go ahead.
 
On 17 March, Three Rivers Council’s Planning Committee agreed to plans submitted by Countryside Properties to regenerate the heart of the estate with new homes, supermarket and shops.
 
A total of 514 new homes are planned across the estate, the vast majority of which, 458, will go in the redeveloped precinct area that currently contains 126 flats.   
 
The former Crescent Club in Hallowes Crescent will accommodate 22 flats and the open space in Maylands Road will see 24 flats constructed and two houses.  
 
Lidl has been chosen as the operator of the new supermarket which, at 1,745sqm, will now be 250% larger than the existing Co-op and enable the discount chain to stock a “full range of products”.
 
Affordable housing let down
 
However, a row is brewing over the number of homes to be available at affordable rent levels.   Your Labour team is pressing for an increase on the figure of just 19% (96 properties) being offered by the developer. 
 
It has also emerged that of those, only 48 would remain at the lowest possible rent after the first tenant moves out because of the Conservative government’s changes to funding arrangements. 
 
Real affordable housing is needed 
 
The council is spending £1.5m to buy a block of 21 flats, claiming it will be for affordable housing.  That view is disputed by Labour, who point out the homes will be in shared ownership and not “truly affordable housing at below market rents”.
 
“Money the council had in its coffers could have been put towards the scheme, topped up with other sources of funding and cash it gets in from the project, to provide the homes at really affordable rents.  It’s a Lib Dem let down for South Oxhey, I’m afraid,” said local Labour Councillor Joan King


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    • Bulb planting in South Oxhey
    • Labour Action At Danger Junction
    • Remembrance Sunday & Care Home Plans 2020
    • Latest care home plans revealed & Councillor's 'Covid Hell'
    • New Pool And Leisure Centre Autumn Opening
    • Pipeline Programme Predicts Problems
    • Pot Hole Patrol Gets Tele Attention
    • Stephen Cox's Keir Welcome
    • Local Elections 2019
    • School places
    • Cash Boost for Children
    • Warren Dell New Garden
    • Joan helps the helpers
  • Councillors
    • Councillor Joan King
    • Councillor Stephen Cox
    • Councillor Stephen King
  • Campaigns
    • Lib Dem threat to Golf Course
    • Voter registration
    • Lib Dems Backed Tory Police Cuts
    • Car Park in Oxhey Drive
    • South Oxhey Initiative
    • Cut Speeding
    • Street Lights Switch Off
    • Secondary Education Choices
    • Housing in South Oxhey
    • PO Move Off
  • Our streets
    • Heysham Drive
    • Gosforth Lane
    • Sleaford Green
    • Woodhall School crossing patrol
    • Hoylake Gardens
    • Foxgrove Path
    • Hallowes Crescent
    • Prestwick Meadows Access
    • Cherry Hills Petition
    • Ashridge Drive road safety
  • Directory
    • Trains from Carpenders Park
    • Bus Timetables for South Oxhey and Oxhey Hall
    • William Morris Labour Club
    • South Oxhey and Oxhey Hall Weather
    • Links to South Oxhey and Oxhey Hall Organisations >
      • South Oxhey Children's Centre
      • Watford Rural Parish Council
      • Step-up Learning and Well-being Centre
      • Watford Credit Union
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