London Borough of Waltham Forest Affordable Housing Opportunity Land adjacent to 73 Kings Road, E11 1AU

Introduction Description and Location The Greater Authority Small Sites for The site is located next to 73 Kings Road E11. Small Builders programme welcomes small It is a former garage site and the garages were innovative developers, addressing challenging demolished some years ago. St John Ambulance sites, with creativity and a desire to deliver new have a lease on part of the site for access to the homes. The GLA encourage a range of new rear of their 66 Queens Road operational hub, entrants to the market, including community and they are temporarily using the proposed land trusts, co-operatives, co-housing groups, development site for parking. and custom/self-builders, as well as registered The site is situated on King’s Road in providers who may be looking to develop new Leytonstone - a predominantly residential area. housing. The site has a PTAL (Public Transport London Borough of Waltham Forest is releasing Accessibility Level) of 5, indicating a very good sites into the programme for development level of public transport accessibility. for affordable housing and will be prioritising community-led housing, so the Council Leytonstone underground station is located a particularly encourages Community-Led Housing 5 minute walk (400m) to the south of the site. groups to submit bids. The station is served by the Central line. The nearest bus stops to the site are located adjacent to Leytonstone underground station. These stops are served by routes W15 (Higham Hill to Hackney), W16 ( Mount to Leytonstone) and W19 ( to Ilford). Site Details Viewings Planning Potential bidders are free to view the site, which is currently fenced and gated, from the outer l There are no site allocations, it is not within a perimeter of the site. Please note that the site is conservation area. currently in use and as such access is restricted. l The sites context and surrounding area is The Council is not proposing to grant access to primarily two storey terraced properties, which the site to potential bidders, and will also not be means the site is not an appropriate location providing accompanied viewings. for taller buildings. l All new developments would be car free and Special Condition required to accommodate one cycle parking The site must be delivered as Affordable Housing space for one bed units and two cycle parking and the Council will prioritise community-led spaces for two (plus) bed units, in line with housing. Bidders are therefore required to Policy DM16 of the DMP (2013). complete a Community-led Housing Application l Massing, height and design will need to be as part of their bid submission. Guidance on consistent with the immediate context of the community-led housing application is included in surrounding area taking account of typology, the bid pack. building lines and area. Contact Further information Potential bidders are requested to make any Detailed technical and legal information on the enquires by email to the London Borough of site can be downloaded from the GLA Small Waltham Forest email address below. The Sites marketing portal, including: Council reserves the right to share enquiry responses with all bidders. l Archaeological desktop appraisal Email: l Ecological assessment [email protected] l Flood risk review l Geotechnical and geo-environmental desk study l Highways due diligence report l Noise and vibration desk study l Party wall assessment l Rights of light/ daylight & sunlight l Preliminary desk-top assessment l Report on title l Topographical and utility mapping survey l Unexploded ordnance survey