McCann Homes - New £3.2 million housing scheme to replace Albert
Road Flats
As part of an on going urban regeneration programme,
Luton Borough Council have given the go ahead for the
demolition of the run-down tower block estate at Albert
Road, and the redevelopment of the entire neighbourhood
with a £3.2 million housing scheme.
The contract to redevelop the Albert Road site, which
will take place over the next 12 months, was won by
house builders McCann Homes, housing association Jephson
Homes, and architects PRP.
“We considered tenders from no fewer than twelve other
partnerships” says a council spokesman, “but what
especially appealed to us about their proposals was the
in-depth research they had conducted with local
residents, police and charitable groups into the needs
of the community”.
“In particular, the scheme takes into account the urgent
local need for large family dwellings and the
regeneration and social re-engineering of the whole
environment. In place of the tower blocks, planning
permission has been granted to build an estate of
twenty-six 2, 3 & 4 bedroom family homes with landscaped
amenity areas. All will be eco-homes of a high standard
achieving 10% renewable energy”.
Amongst the challenges raised by the project and
addressed by the McCann-Jephson-PRP partnership have
been the relocation of existing tenants – undertaken in
association with NOAH (New Opportunities And Horizons),
a Luton based charity set up to assist the disadvantaged
and disabled. This involved the negotiation and purchase
of 3 right-to-buy leases and one freehold garage from
existing occupants, the re-siting of an electricity
sub-station, and the purchase of a 125 year lease for
the scheme from the Council.
The scheme is scheduled for completion by March 2008.
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