The first of three major housing regeneration plans in Newham is going to a vote of local residents at the end of October.

The Council’s offer to Carpenters Estate residents in Stratford is being sent to around 700 voters covering tenants, homeowners, and people in temporary accommodation as well as people who have left the estate, but are eligible to return. Residents will be able to cast their vote during November.

The Carpenters Estate is a 28-acre site next to Stratford Station and the Olympic Park, with 710 existing homes, including three tower blocks, which are largely empty.

The future of the estate has been debated for almost 20 years and over the last three years the council has developed a £700 million restoration and regeneration programme to be carried out over the next 15 years.

Two further votes are planned next year on a similar housing offer to residents affected by major redevelopment plans for, firstly, Custom House and, later in the year, for Canning Town.

Newham Council is obliged to hold a ballot where it plans to build more than 150 homes and in order to secure funding support from the Greater London Authority.

The ballots are organised by an independent organisation. Voters on the Carpenters Estate have been warned that the masterplan for regeneration of the area will not proceed in the event of a No vote.

Redevelopment of the estate has been the subject of a number of controversial planning proposals over the past 20 years.

Further information is available from the Council’s regeneration team on regeneration@newham.gov.uk or by telephone 07971 950420.

At Carpenters the community liaison officer is Saudat Adinani on 07389 821819.

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