Landmark Development Site With Planning Consent For 116 Residential Units - Glyn Hopkin Nissan London E10

The subject site is prominently located on the north side of Ruckholt Road A106 with east return frontage to Oliver Road an important route that runs north to south. Dunedin Road forms the northern boundary of the site a residential side turning off Oliver Road. Ruckholt Road is the primary thoroughfare into the borough and connects Leyton to the London 2012 Olympic Park which is only 750 metres to the south of the site.

The site is excellently served for the public transport network with main bus routes available and Leyton Underground station (Central Line) is just 500 metres to the east with a journey time to Liverpool Street of only 15 minutes. 

Stratford Regional and Stratford International stations are approximately a mile to the south with access to the Central Line (links to the north-east to Epping and to the west to Ealing via London), Jubilee Line (routes through London via Canary Wharf, London Bridge & Waterloo), London Overground - North London Line and Docklands Light Railway (serving Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal, Docklands, Greenwich and Lewisham) . 

National Rail service destinations from Stratford Regional station include East Anglia, north-east London and Liverpool Street. Other destinations served include Shenfield, Stansted, Norwich and Harwich Town.

Stratford International has high speed services connecting directly to London St Pancras (for the Eurostar) and stations in Kent via the high speed rail line. Eurostar are due to review stopping at Stratford Station after the 2012 Olympics.

Comprehensive main road networks provide easy links to Central London, High Road Leytonstone A11, East Cross Route A12, A13, High Road Leyton A112, M11 and M25 motorways. 

The newly opened Westfield Stratford City shopping centre is within walking distance to the south being one of the largest urban shopping centres in Europe comprising 175,000 square metres of retail floor space with 224 stores as well as Vue Cinema complex. Westfield Stratford City is adjacent to the London Olympic Park, Stratford Regional and Stratford International stations. 

Leyton Town Centre provides more localised shopping facilities within short walking distance.

This strategic 'Olympic & Leyton Gateway' site extends to 1.90 acres, being approximately triangular in plan. It currently houses a Glyn Hopkin Nissan car showroom and car repair workshop, with extensive hard surfaced sales display forecourts and parking.

Planning consent was unanimously approved for the proposed redevelopment of the site by Waltham Forest Council's planning committee on 4th October 2011. They recognised the strateic importance of delivery of this landmark residential and mixed used scheme, in a 'Gateway' location key to the regeneration of Leyton and environs.

The approved scheme comprises 116 units including 106 apartments and 10 houses together with 1,000 square metres of artist studio workspaces. The development is configured in a perimeter block arrangement with; a three to six storey apartment building to Ruckholt Road, a three to four storey building to Oliver Road incorporating the artist studio space to the southern edge & apartments to the north and a terrace of three storey family houses to Dunedin Road.

Additional Development Opportunity

We are also pleased to be able to offer on behalf of separate clients Site B a site approximately 20 metres to the west also identified in the North Olympic Fringe Master Plan as suitable for redevelopment. Site B is shown on the site plan edged 'green'.

The site has an approximate area of 1.12 acres and based on the site capacity indicated by the resolution to grant Planning Permission for the Glyn Hopkin site (Site A) would potentially accommodate 73 dwellings (circa 216 habitable rooms) in a mix of 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom units subject to planning permission.

The sellers are inviting expressions of interest.

The sale of the Glyn Hopkin site is not to be treated as interdependent with Site B.