Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033

HC2 55 Morning Lane

Allocation: Mixed use

Development Principles:

There is potential for redevelopment of the existing Tesco superstore and car park for the provision of new commercial (retail/workspace) floorspace, including a potential new Tesco store and residential development, including genuinely affordable homes, with taller building elements to facilitate legibility and wayfinding. This provides an opportunity to create improved permeability through the town centre by the creation of pedestrian routes through the site and through the railway arches at Bohemia Place, including new uses in the arches on the Tesco site, creating active frontages. Appropriate indicative heights are 2-10 storeys alongside taller elements which should be sited to minimise overshadowing and create visual connection with existing taller buildings that act as landmarks along the north south routes. Any taller buildings must have regard to and address heritage assets in the vicinity.

Consideration will need to be given to transport infrastructure improvements, including to Hackney Central Overground Station and improvements to bus stop facilities, and to CCTV provision to increase surveillance and safety.

Option 1 – Phased Approach for Mixed-Use Development

A phased development which considers the redevelopment of the car park portion of the site for a mixed use development, commercial (retail, including a potential new Tesco store/workspace) and residential, including genuinely affordable homes, to allow the existing Tesco store to remain operational during construction, and then redevelopment of the existing store for mixed use development commercial (retail/workspace) floorspace and residential.

Option 2 – Comprehensive Approach for Mixed-Use Development

A comprehensive development of the entire site, with the Tesco store closed during the construction period, for the provision of a potential new Tesco store, commercial (retail/ workspace) floorspace and residential, including genuinely affordable homes. Existing underground infrastructure includes:

  • The Channel Tunnel Railway Link which runs east-west across thesite, whose tunnel crown level is estimated at approximately 32mbelow ground.
  • The North London Flood Relief Sewer which runs diagonally acrossthe site at a depth of approximately 18m.
  • A Thames Water combined sewer which runs across the site whosecrown level is estimated at approximately 3.3m below ground level.

Indicative Capacity: 420 residential units and 15,550sqm of commercial floorspace

For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033