Planning permission has been granted for the ambitious regeneration of the Douglas Bader Park estate in Colindale.  Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group together with leading housing provider Home Group, will deliver the transformation of this 1970's estate to provide over 750 homes, ensuring existing residents benefit from new high-quality homes.  This 10-year programme will start imminently with the delivery of the first phase of 38 affordable homes.

Andy Hill, Group Chief Executive of The Hill Group comments: “As one of the schemes to be balloted under Mayor Sadiq Khan's mandate to allow residents a vote on estate regeneration, achieving planning success for the Douglas Bader Park estate is a significant achievement. We will utilise our extensive experience in regeneration, and continue to work closely with current and future residents, to deliver an exemplar development.”

Will Gardner, Executive Director of Development at Home Group, said: “Having listened and consulted with customers throughout the planning process we can be confident that this development has the full backing of the local community. We will engage throughout the lifetime of the development to ensure the regeneration of Douglas Bader Park benefits everybody.”

Designed by leading architects Levitt Bernstein, the 3.9 hectare site will create a green neighbourhood centred around a new urban square.  It will feature a play area, expansive undulating lawns and a central courtyard, which will become a new focal point for the community. Extensive outdoor space will include balconies, roof terraces and courtyards, exceeding the requirements of the London Plan.

Construction will take place in three phases and include the demolition of all current residential units on site. In total 272 affordable units will be delivered alongside 481 homes for private sale. The affordable homes will be delivered as part of the first two phases and will include houses, maisonettes and apartments to cater for all members of the existing local community.

Sustainability and well-being will be a key focus of the development. 20% of all parking spaces will be provided as Electric Vehicle Charging points and there will be over 1,500 high quality cycle parking places. All homes will benefit from photovoltaic panels and air source heat pumps.

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About The Hill Group

Hill is an award-winning housebuilder and one of the leading developers in London, the home counties, and the south, delivering both private for sale and affordable homes.  

Now in its 24th year, this family-owned and operated company has grown to establish itself as the UK's second-largest privately-owned housebuilder, with an impressive and diverse portfolio of schemes ranging from landmark mixed-use regeneration schemes and inner-city apartments to homes in rural communities. 

Employing over 730 staff, the company operates from five strategically located regional offices, with its head office based in Waltham Abbey. 

Hill anticipates completing over 2,800 homes in 2022 and has a controlled land bank with planning consent of over 3,300 units. Around half of the development portfolio is in joint venture to deliver a range of mixed tenure developments, reflecting Hill's commitment to partnerships with government, local authorities, housing associations and private clients.

Hill has won over 460 industry awards in the past 23 years, including Best Medium Housebuilder at the Housebuilder Awards in 2020 and 2021. Hill also won Best Home, Best Sustainable Development and Best Medium Housebuilder at the WhatHouse? Awards 2021 and has won WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year twice. In conjunction with Building with Nature, Hill was awarded a 2021 Housing Design Award for its highly sustainable Knights Park development in Eddington, Cambridge. In addition, Hill has been awarded the 5-star status in the Home Builders Federation's annual Customer Satisfaction Survey for the past four years. 

The Hill Group is donating 200 fully equipped modular homes to local authorities and homeless charities as part of a £15m pledge through its Foundation 200 programme, launched in 2019 to mark Hill's 20th anniversary.

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About Home Group:

Home Group is one of the UK's largest providers of housing, health and care. Our 2,600 colleagues support over 115,000 customers across 55,000 properties in England and Scotland, which includes around 15,000 people with mental and physical health issues.

The North-East based social enterprise, set up in 1935, has a strategic goal to build 'the right homes in the right places', and is being supported by Persona Homes, its own outright sale and shared ownership arm which it launched in 2018. All profits from Persona Homes are reinvested to build more social and affordable homes.

Home Group facts and figures

We have a turnover of around £406m

We have a G1/V1 rating

We returned a surplus of £42m in 2019/20

We invested £192m to build new homes in 2019/20

We are a Homes England Wave One strategic partner

In 2020 we were ranked 10th in the UK for large organisations in the Great Place to Work survey

We are ranked 18th in the Stonewall Top 100 Employer Index

We are running a unique two-year research project into modern methods of construction at Gateshead Innovation Village