What’s happening?
Billet Works and Kimberley Industrial Estate (including the Tyco site) are old industrial estates on Billet Road in the north of the Blackhorse Lane area offering a very poor business environment and street frontage. The site is in a good position overlooking playing fields and the Lee Valley Regional Park to the north and with excellent access to the North Circular Road.
Vision
The Council’s vision for this area is for a new residential led, mixed use development which is well placed next to open space and near a number of local schools. The redeveloped site should also feature flexible space for a mix of activities such as workspace or showroom space. The development should make it easier to walk or cycle through the site from Billet Road to Cheney Row Open Space, which the Council would like to improve, for example by creating new recreational facilities, particularly for young people.
Banbury Park proposed development
In October 2008 the Hadley Homes Group submitted a planning application (application number 2008/1709) for the redevelopment of the Billet works/Kimberley/Tyco site. This application was refused planning permission for a number of reasons and planning appeals were subsequently not allowed. We are now in the process of negotiating revised proposals that will try and address the previous reasons for refusal.
