Related Argent teams up with SNG for Brent Cross homes

Related Argent has teamed up with Sovereign Network Group to deliver 50 social rented homes at Brent Cross Town, NW2.  This will be the second phase of affordable homes at Brent Cross Town, following on from 120 affordable homes that are due to complete this year and will be managed by L&Q. Jointly funded by SNG and the Greater London Authority, the 50 new social rented homes will be tenure-blind, sitting alongside a new build-to-rent  development at the heart of the 180-acre, £8bn town being delivered by Related Argent and Barnet Council. Grant funding for SNG came from the GLA Affordable Housing Programme 2021-26. Barnet Council helped to secure the grant funding and will have an ongoing role in the allocation of the affordable homes to those living in the borough. The four buildings comprising the 50 social rented homes have been designed by dRMM Architects and will create a two-sided high street along the southern side of Merchant Street and opposite Audley Group’s later living homes.   Work will start on site early next year with Midgard appointed as the main construction contractor. Occupation is expected to begin in mid-2027. Ross Houston, cabinet member for homes and regeneration at Barnet Council, said: “We are committed to doing everything we can to deliver high-quality affordable housing options for people living in the borough. The first housing to be completed anywhere across the scheme provides homes for council tenants and we now welcome the delivery of a further 50 much-needed new homes for social rent. We look forward to them getting under way next year with more to come in the future.” Tom Goodall, chief executive director at Related Argent, added: “This partnership with Sovereign Network Group to deliver 50 new social rented homes demonstrates our ongoing commitment to create a genuinely mixed, multi-generational and multi-tenure community at Brent Cross Town. At a time when the delivery of genuinely affordable homes in London is proving such a challenge for all parties, we are delighted to have worked with the GLA, Barnet Council and SNG to bring forward these much-needed new social rented homes. “It is hugely important to us to create a thriving neighbourhood that is accessible to everyone and functions as more than just a place to live. We continue to deliver at an ambitious pace and look forward to seeing these homes and communities come to fruition.” Image © dRMM