Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033

HC15 Tesco Metro, Well Street

Allocation: Mixed-use residential with retail at ground floor level

Development Principles:

The site currently comprises a single storey retail space (Tesco) fronting onto Well Street and Terrace Road. There is potential for the intensification of the site and the introduction of other uses. The airspace above the store would be suitable for residential use, including maximising the provision of genuinely affordable new homes. The existing quantum of retail floorspace must be retained. Any new development needs to be in keeping with the scale of existing buildings to the east and west, and appropriate distances especially privacy, outlook and daylight/sunlight of existing occupiers maintained. The civic space to the north apex should be maintained and improved.

The southern side of the site faces a designated green link and development should contribute towards the setting of the green link for example through vertical greening.

Indicative capacity: 50 residential units and retention of retail

For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033