Policy information sourced from Hackney Local Plan 2033

SHX2 St Leonards Hospital, Hoxton Street, London

Allocation: Mixed-use community and residential

Development Principles:

This site occupies a block between Hoxton High Street and Kingsland Road. It has the potential to accommodate a more intensive mixed-use development to support Hoxton High Street as a commercial and employment destination. The site potentially has the capacity to accommodate significant community infrastructure, (which could include health and education uses), space for a range of businesses and a mix of housing types and tenures, including genuinely affordable new homes.

Publicly accessible open space should be provided on the site for use by new and existing residents and to support local biodiversity. Development should have a clear and legible, street-based layout and buildings should have clear fronts and backs. Connections should be made across and through the site to improve links between Hoxton Street and Kingsland Road.

Historic hospital buildings should be re-used and reconfigured and development should enhance the setting of Christ Apostolic Church. Development should respond to the predominant scale, materiality and character of the local area.

Indicative Capacity: Site capacities will be obtained through detailed masterplanning and an associated development brief for the site

For more information please see the Hackney Local Plan 2033