The Friary Park regeneration project is set to deliver 1,228 much-needed new homes.
Across the scheme, 455 homes will be affordable, 315 of which will be social rent and London affordable rent.
Read more about the project.
How we’re allocating new homes
All existing Peabody residents on Friary Park have the option of being rehoused in the new development if they want to. Most of these residents will be able to move straight into a new home on the redeveloped Friary Park.
However, to allow homes to be demolished so that new ones can be built, some residents in the first phase will need to move off Friary Park, either until a suitable new home is available in a later phase of the redevelopment, if they want to return to Friary Park, or permanently if they prefer.
Any tenants of Ealing Council who have a temporary tenancy on Friary Park will be rehoused by the council. Anyone renting a home on Friary Park through a housing co-op will need to work with their co-op to find a new home.
How we’re minimising disruption
We understand residents’ concerns about the disruption that demolition and construction work bring. Throughout the project, we have control measures in place to keep this to a minimum.
When we’re carrying out work that causes dust, we’ll be spraying the area with a mist of water to dampen down the dust in the air. We’ll also spray water directly at the point of work to further reduce the dust spreading.
To minimise dust produced by construction vehicles moving around the site, we’ll be washing vehicles’ wheels when leaving the site, and where necessary, we’ll wash the whole vehicle.
To minimise the noise when demolishing buildings, we’re using equipment and techniques that have the least impact. We have noise monitors located around the edge of the site to check so we don’t exceed permitted levels. The site management team continually monitors levels of dust, noise and vibrations and takes action if these become too high.
Pest control
As part of our commitment to residents, we have an ongoing programme of pest control within site boundaries before demolition and throughout construction.
Considerate Constructors Scheme
Friary Park is part of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, demonstrating our commitment to minimising environmental impacts, raising standards and working with the local community.
How we’re managing traffic and security
The regeneration of Friary Park will be carried out in three phases. Below, we’ve put together a computer-generated image showing you the demolition area for phase 1A in red, which is now complete.
Along Friary Road at the top you can see two yellow circles, these are the construction vehicle entrance and exit points. The blue circles along Friary Road show the resident vehicle and pedestrian entry and exit points. Public vehicle access to Friary Park is on Friary Road through Joseph Avenue. Pedestrian access is through Joseph Avenue and on Friary Road opposite Friars Green.
Along Joseph Avenue you can see a red truck, this shows you where the emergency vehicle entrance to the site is. At the bottom of the image is a yellow box between the houses on Emanuel Avenue, this is the welfare office for site operatives.
Traffic management
During the regeneration work, there will be a clear traffic management plan in place:
- There are 2 traffic marshals, who are part of the on-site team. The number of traffic marshals will increase as site traffic increases. Their job is to control and limit site traffic
- Traffic marshals use an online booking system, meaning that all vehicles will need to book a timed slot 48 hours before arriving to site. This means we can control the number of vehicles on the surrounding roads, ensuring deliveries can enter the site on time and not congest the surrounding area.
- Construction vehicle access and exit routes are for construction use only and are not open to the public or those living on the estate, minimising risk to pedestrians and ensuring construction vehicles are not causing traffic within other parts of Friary Park
- We have created a one way system for site traffic. Using a one way system allows the traffic marshals to control and limit site traffic, as well as limiting risk to pedestrians as they are not using the same access points. Two diagrams below show the entrance and exit points in more detail.
Vehicles enter by the gate that has been built between The Drive and Joseph Avenue. The route into the site is shown by the green arrows. This image is looking at Friary Park from the railway line side of Friary Road. Acton Mainline station would be to the right of the image, and Friars Green to the left.
Vehicles exit along the drive and out on to Friary Road. This system will be in place once the haul road within the site boundary is complete.
This image is looking at Friary Park from the railway line side of Friary Road. Acton Mainline station would be to the right of the image, and Friars Green to the left.
Security
- All vehicles are inspected as safe before leaving the site
- security guards have been employed to patrol the site perimeter 24 hours a day. This ensures that the construction area remains secure.
Security guards patrol the construction site perimeter 24 hours a day.
