Welcome to the Middlesex Street Estate Project

Dear Resident, 

The purpose of the recent Section 105 Consultation was for the City of London Corporation’s Department of Community and Children’s Services to consider whether parts of the basement car park, ground floor service yard and Gravel Lane shop unit areas proposed for alternative use at the Middlesex Street Estate are still required for housing purposes.

The Section 105 Consultation ran from 4 to 31 July 2022. There was a public event at the Artizan Street Library on 12 July, which was attended by 23 residents and commercial tenants.

The consultation generated 53 separate pieces of feedback; a mix of questionnaires submitted online, on paper at the public event, by post, via email and direct phone calls.

The Residents Response Document

The document issued to all residents and commercial tenants of the Middlesex Street Estate on 12 August 2022 seeks to answer, wherever possible, questions that have been asked as part of the consultation. The sole purpose of the Section 105 Consultation is to determine whether the proposed space is surplus to housing use.

Unfortunately, this means that we cannot provide detailed information on potential alternative proposals for the use of the surplus space and we understand this will cause some frustration.

If proposals for alternative use of the surplus space were to proceed, further responses to the questions asked and information requested would be expected to be made available as part of a planning application and associated planning consultation process. Please be assured that no decision has yet been made on any alternative proposal.

The Residents Response document can be viewed HERE