Block Naming - The results are in!

Thank you to everyone who took part in voting for the block names on Site A. It was really good to hear your thoughts and contributions both at our engagement and online.

After the initial six themes were presented to the Church Street Regeneration Community Group, it was then down to the three most popular. The team is
pleased to announce that the theme of ‘Nature Linked to the Local Community’ has been selected to name the new blocks. This theme won with over half of the votes cast by you, our Church Street residents.

What happens next?

We now need to come up with a shortlist that will include trees, shrubs and botanicals reflecting the diversity of the local community. The finalised list will also be shared with essential services to approve these names. We will of course keep you updated in future editions of this newsletter.

To find out more about all the projects on Church Street, you can visit the website at www.churchstreet.org

Refurbishing Kennet House sports pitch

The long-planned works to refurbish the sports pitch with new fencing, lighting and a new surface and goals is ready to get under way in the coming weeks.

The contractor Play Innovation will be carrying out the works. They will be setting up their compound area between Windrush House and the sports pitch.

The works will commence on 18^th August and will take up to 8 weeks to complete, so ending on 11^th October 2025.

If you have any questions or concerns whilst the works are on site, the contractor will have the phone number of their site manager displayed on a sign on the site compound, and you can also email the resident advocacy team at [email protected] and myself or a colleague would be able to respond to your questions.

There will be some noisy work removing the old playing surface and fencing and digging holes for the new fencing posts, but these noisier parts of the work should be completed within a few weeks, so I hope you are not unduly inconvenienced by the works.

Proposal Launched For More Affordable Homes And Health and Wellbeing Hub

The regeneration of Lisson Grove aims to replace the council building in Orchardson Street which is also the home of WAES (labelled 1 on the map below) and the cluster of buildings on Lilestone Street (which include 6 -12 Lilestone, Gayhurst House, Penn House and Greenside Community Centre labelled 2 below) with a mix of up to 300 homes, 50% will be either social housing or intermediate homes, improved and safer public spaces and a Health & Wellbeing Hub at Lilestone Street. These sites were identified as part of the Church Street Masterplan Consultation.

Why are we doing this?

The Lisson Grove programme aims to deliver new affordable homes for people waiting on the Councils housing waiting list. Currently over 430 Church Street residents are waiting on this list for a home that meets their needs. The project will also deliver a new fully accessible Health and Wellbeing hub and high-quality public landscaping.

Earlier this week, we launched our proposals for the Lisson Grove Regeneration Programme. The below shows what the new homes and Health & Wellbeing Hub on Lilestone Street could look like.

Artistic Impression – Hoarding Artwork Unveiling

Wherever building work takes place, the safety of our communities is our top priority. You will have seen the large wooden hoarding that surround sites that are put in place to keep pedestrians safe from the work taking place within. While predominantly for safety, they also provide a blank canvas for local people to display their artistic creations.

So when local schools and community groups were asked to contribute their art to the Church Street Site A hoarding, they jumped at the chance. The theme of the artwork was ‘what does Church Street mean to you?’ We put out an open call to schools and the local community to submit.

Children from the Gateway Academy and St Edwards Primary School alongside MBS Youth, Daniel Leon, Anjalee Salter and the Dende Collective all contributed to the project.

On Thursday 26 June, the schools and artists along with Church Street Regeneration project team, Cllrs Ormsby and Mount Anvil CEO Darrah Hurley attend an unveiling of community artwork on Broadley Street as part of Site A hoarding.

Thank you to all the of the community artwork project and a special thank you  to one of our traders Anwar Tailors who helped with the big reveal.

Pop along and have a look at this fabulous communality art installation.

This notice is to inform you about the work involved in demolishing the old buildings on Site A. Morrison Water Services will be undertaking planned excavation works on behalf of Thames Water on:

Sunday 7 July, 8am to 5pm and the following Sunday 13 July, if required, pending progress.

Westminster City Council is launching the co-design phase for Sites B and C

We want the regeneration plans for Church Street to deliver the new homes and community facilities the neighbourhood needs. At the same time, we want to review the existing designs and work with the community to make sure they meet the expectations of residents. Working alongside our newly appointed design team we’re inviting you to shape how these sites evolve, this includes revisiting aspects of the current designs and, where needed, exploring revised options that reflect shared ambitions. You can get involved in several ways, including attending workshops that will look in detail at different parts of the design for Sites B and C. We are putting together a programme of these workshops, with the initial set running from September to December. People who participate in these workshops will be remunerated for their time. Along with these workshops, there will be many different ways for you to have your say.

During the Check-in (conducted from February to May 2025) residents shared a wide range of views. While many support regeneration in principle, they want to ensure it genuinely benefits current residents and preserves Church Street's unique identity. 854 residents took part, generating over 9,000 individual qualitative responses and more than 650 quantitative responses.

We’ll be holding a series of local events to introduce the project, meet the team, and talk about how you can get involved: 

• THURSDAY 10 JULY | 11am – 2pm | Church Street Market 
• FRIDAY 11 JULY | 3:30pm - 5:30pm | Come and see us at King Solomon Academy Summer Fair Younger Years Site, Crompton Street entrance, W2 1ND 
• WEDNESDAY 16 JULY | 2pm - 5pm | Come and see us outside 56 Church Street on the Church Street Triangle 
• SATURDAY 19 JULY | 11am - 2pm | Come and see us outside 56 Church Street on the Church Street Triangle 

What's in a Name - Site A Block Naming

You will hopefully have seen members of the Regeneration Team carrying out consultations on the new names for the Site A Blocks. We’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to contribute their ideas. We had some really good engagement both at the HAFS Summer Festival and Church Street Market monthly community stall as well as people submitting online.