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Argenta House

Welcome to our Community Hub to display an overview of our proposals for Argenta House

We are committed to consultation with residents and the local community, and will continue through the development and beyond. We are keen to hear any questions you might have and to know what you think about the emerging proposals.

Latimer by Clarion Housing Group, in partnership with Cervidae, are the owners and have been working on plans for the site.

We look forward to receiving your feedback and sharing further details throughout the process.

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Site Context

  • The site covers 0.15 Hectares, with land restrictions dictating the building forms along the southern and eastern boundaries.
  • The site has an approved planning consent for a 26-storey building comprising 141 dwellings. Adjacent to the site, the approved Wembley Point masterplan features a 32-storey tower (Building A) located 19.5 metres northeast of the approved scheme.
  • The Wembley Brook flows across the site from north west to south west. Whilst the site is located in flood zone 3, a construction management plan will be created to mitigate flooding.
  • There are noise and air quality considerations from adjacent rail infrastructure and the North Circular Road.
August 2020

Planning secured for 24 storey scheme comprising 130 units

August 2020
April 2022

Revised planning secured for 26 storey scheme comprising 141 units

April 2022
June 2022

Latimer & Londonewcastle enter into JV and purchase the site

June 2022
September 2022

Affordable increased to 43% Henry Construction start on site

September 2022
June 2023

Henry Construction enters administration, Construction stalls

June 2023
May 2024

New JV formed between Latimer & Cervidae, Londonewcastle exit JV

May 2024

The Vision

Scheme benefits

Throughout the planning process we have been in extensive conversation with the London Borough of Brent and have been gathering feedback from local residents and neighbours.

Taking into account the feedback we have received to date, our plans will:

Homes:

  • Deliver high-quality 100% affordable homes
  • Ensure privacy for all homes
  • Introduce a wider community programme to support inter-generational opportunities with Clarion Futures

Ground Floor:

  • Improve the public realm and create a positive sense of arrival
  • Improve station legibility and wayfinding
  • Enhance economy and biodiversity of the Wembley Brook
  • Include active community and play uses
  • Allow for opportunity for a commercial offering along the route to the station

Design:

  • Complete and ‘bookend’ the urban block
  • Add to the building composition by stepping down towards the station

Ground Floor

Positive public realm and arrival

We aim to create a vibrant public space that connects people with nature and invites relaxation, play, and exploration. Defined by planting and seating, the public realm will maximise urban greening and include playful landscape features.

Large canopy trees will provide shade and serve as natural wayfinding elements, while sensory and durable plants will add year-round vibrancy.

Interactive seating, informal play areas and a nature spotting platform will encourage engagement, creating an inclusive and inviting environment that blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings.

  • 100% social rent homes
  • 51% will be larger 3- and 4-bedroom family homes
  • Reprovision of a new community centre
  • New play facilities and gardens
  • Jasmine Park upgraded
  • Built to modern safety and space standards
  • All residents have the right to return
  • 10% Wheelchair Adaptable homes

Main principles:

ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM EXPERIENCE

ENHANCE AND INCREASE BIODIVERSITY AT LEAST 10% BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN

INCREASE TREE CANOPY, DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE AT LEAST 0.4 URBAN GREENING FACTOR

ASSIST WITH FLOOD MITIGATION

MINIMISE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR GAP

CREATE A PLAYFUL AND INCLUSIVE LANDSCAPE

Public realm masterplan

  1. Renaturalised Brook
  2. Gabion terraces
  3. Planted sloped terraces
  4. Biodiverse wetland planting
  5. Wetland scrapes
  6. Brook viewing platform
  7. Green wall
  8. Nature trail

Play Plaza & Public realm

Active play areas: Play Plaza

  • Active and vibrant Play Plaza with a new public square providing a variety of spaces for local people of all ages
  • Features included for children to explore along walkways and open areas
  • Interactive and accessible seating for all, offering spots for people to rest, chat and play
  • Nature spotting platform overlooking the Brook, creating a sense of connection with nature

Existing Plan of Clare House & Jasmine Park

  1. Play plaza
  2. Nature hunt plaques and boards
  3. Fluted Natural Stone spandrel panel
  4. Stepping slabs – in planting, in ground
  5. Social seating – accessible, tables, varied sizing
  6. Timber climbing poles
  7. Brook viewing platform
  8. Artwork / mural
  9. Wave walk edging
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Section through plaza

The Nest

Active play areas: The Nest

  • The Play Nest offers views of the brook, fostering engagement with nature.
  • Access to nature boosts children’s health, creativity, and social skills, with surrounding trees and greenery enhancing play.
  • A nature trail encourages wildlife discovery and learning about habitats.

The Play Nest

Precedent images: St Paul’s school

Commitment to the community

Social impact in action

Building Community Through Events

  • The Clarion Futures have developed a strategic framework for community engagement, alongside a comprehensive programme of events for Argenta House.
  • This framework follows a four-step workflow currently in progress, designed to result in a range of carefully considered and relevant funding, support, and community initiatives.
  • Engagement with Keep Rolling is actively underway.
  • A “Day in the Life” perspective at Argenta House illustrates how social impact initiatives foster a sense of community, acting as the cohesive thread that links the play and amenity offerings.
  • The design includes a variety of play and amenity spaces, informed by the toolkit outlined in the Residential amenity space and place quality SPD.

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Community needs analysis

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Stakeholder engagement

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Youth voice workshops with TETH Youth services

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Local context shaping Clarions funding commitment to local youth provision in the community

Funding examples

Skateboarding sessions at Monks Skatepark

Heritage project linked to Community mural

1:1 mentoring delivered in the community room

New netball and dance sessions delivered from Bridge Park Leisure Centre

A day in the life

Explore the innovative play nest with friends

Skate with Keep Rolling in the Play Plaza

Check out the community-led Argenta House mural

Learn about habitats on the nature trail overlooking the brook

Informal play activities led by Resident Play Champions

Exploring play on the way in the play plaza

Residential

A good place to live

As part of our plans, we will be providing circa. 180 high-quality and 100% affordable homes, including both social rented and shared ownership apartments. The majority of these will be 2 and 3 bed family-sized units.

Every detail has been carefully considered to ensure comfort and convenience:

  • Each floor is served by three lifts and two staircases for easy access
  • All apartments feature external inset balconies, enhancing comfort and outdoor living
  • Dual-aspect living spaces maximise natural light and ventilation
  • Practical features include plant rooms, a secure cycle store, and Class E use spaces to support mixed activities

Amount

180 Apartments

  • 60 1B2P Bedroom (33%)
  • 80 2B4P Bedroom (45%)
  • 40 3B5P Bedroom (22%)
  • 90% Apartments M4 (2) Compliant
  • 10% Apartments M4 (3) Compliant

Design

FACADE DESIGN

Our design of the building includes a step down in height towards the station, offering a more complete bookend to the masterplan.

The building consists of three main sections:

  • A three storey base, expressed through finer grain detailing
  • A middle, with strong brick piers, bolt on balconies and metal spandrel panels
  • A top, with a change in detailing

Horizontality is expressed with elegant metal banding, which protrudes from the primary brick facade.

Alignment of stack bonded bricks creates a strong edge. Brick detailing creates a finer grain which defines the base of the building.

Balcony balustrades have been designed to mitigate wind conditions and the stepped profile helps to improve privacy and create a solid feel to the lower section.

There is a refined material palette ensuring the building is simple and true to the form.

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Buff brick

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Pearl gold metal

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Ivory metal

Sustainability & Environmental

Clare House, Hawthorn Avenue, Bow, has 129 flats over 22 floors. 

As part of the planning submission, an Overheating, Whole Life Carbon, Circular Economy and energy strategy will be developed to maintain a comfortable environment for all new residents.

Environmental

Urban Greening Factor

  • Targeting 0.4 Urban Greening Factor score, increasing the quantum of trees and landscaping across the site
  • Hard Landscaping, like paving, minimised wherever possible.
  • 63% of the site is naturalised landscaping, with the brook meandering through collections of shady plants, scrub plants and meadow planting.
  • No trees to be removed
  • 18 trees to be planted

Biodiversity Net Gain

  • Targeting minimum 10% Biodiversity Net Gain
  • Native plant species could create habitat for local fauna within the green space

Ground floor plan

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About Us

THE TEAM

Who We Are: A joint venture partnership committed to bringing forward Argenta

Latimer:

  • Latimer is the development arm of Clarion Housing Group, developing homes in thriving, mixed-use communities
  • Clarion Housing Group is the UK’s biggest housing association. Our business is driven by its social purpose – to provide homes for those that need them the most
  • For the past 100 years we’ve been building communities that work for the long term and are committed to investing billions of pounds in new housing over the next decade
  • What sets us apart is our commitment to the people who live in our homes; our social & environmental sustainability focus; our commitment to high quality, low carbon homes

Cervidae:

  • Cervidae is a family led real estate business based in neighbouring borough of Barnet
  • We have a strong track record with over 50 years’ experience and support the development of North West London
  • We are a committed partner for Argenta House
  • Our principles are completely aligned with those of Latimer & Clarion
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Thank you for viewing our proposals for the new development. We appreciate you taking the time to visit our community hub and would be grateful if you could complete this feedback form.

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Welcome

Welcome to our Community Hub to display an overview of our proposals for Argenta House

Latimer by Clarion Housing Group, in partnership with Cervidae, are the owners and have been working on plans for the site.

We are committed to consultation with residents and the local community, and will continue through the development and beyond. We are keen to hear any questions you might have and to know what you think about the emerging proposals.

We look forward to receiving your feedback and sharing further details throughout the process.

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