Policy information sourced from Redbridge Local Plan

LP1Ba: King George and Goodmayes Hospital

The Council expects a comprehensive housing led mixed use development at King George and Goodmayes Hospitals in accordance with the following criteria:

  • Land in and around King George and Goodmayes Hospitals will be developed to provide around 500 high quality new homes (including afordable and family housing);
  • Optimising densities compatible with local context, sustainable design principles and public transport capacity, in line with the Density Matrix of the London Plan;
  • The conversion and reuse of non-designated historic assets will enable provision of new homes. This will include conversion of the former mental health asylum buildings unless it can be demonstrated that this is nether feasible or practical;
  • On site provision for a new secondary school;
  • Delivery of a new health hub;
  • A permeable design – a walkable neighbourhood with routes and spaces defned by buildings and landscape;
  • Enhanced open space provision, including the protection and enhancement of land designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation;
  • Improved east-west pedestrian and cycle routes to link the new neighbourhoods together;
  • Development to be of the highest quality design, respecting the nature and character of the area;
  • At King George and Goodmayes Hospitals development should maximise the opportunity to create a centerpiece for the new neighbourhood with opportunities to enhance the setting of the former mental health asylum;
  • The provision for decentralised energy networks, subject to technical feasibility and viability. Any provision that is secured on this site must comply with policy LP29 in order to limit impacts on residential amenity;
  • Development of this site should also comply with all other relevant policy requirements of this plan; and
  • The phased development of land in separate ownership should be considered in the context of a Planning Brief/Masterplan for the site as a whole.

For more information please see the Local Plan