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Meridian Water
Edmonton
N18

Official Website:
http://www.meridianwater.co.uk

Partners: BNP Paribas | Atkins | LDA Design



Development Facts

Site area: 200 acres

Scope: 5000 new homes, 3000 new jobs



 
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LDA Design's £1.3bn Meridian Water scheme launched
Building | 6 August 2013
Masterplan for 5,000 home Meridian Water scheme alongside North London’s Lee Valley Regional Park inlcudes waterfront living

Plans for a £1.3bn regeneration development have been unveiled by Enfield council.

The masterplan for the 200 acre Meridian Water scheme alongside North London’s Lee Valley Regional Park was designed by LDA Design and was launched last week

The scheme comprises up to 5,000 new homes and includes waterfront living with open spaces, leisure facilities and a new high street that will offer community shopping, health facilities, a library, three schools and a technical college.


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With 5000 homes they might have to increase frequency of trains from Angel Road to Tottenham Hale, it's just three an hour atm.

Looks like existing Tesco there will be built over as part of the plans.

I actually quite like the bright colours. At Stratford the best looking of the new builds is clearly Icona because of its use of bright balconies. One of reasons Neo Bankside looks so good is the bright painted beams, etc.

I'm a little skeptical of who would want to live here though: no direct links into central London, area has a bad reputation, renders look like the flats will be quite expensive. It screams to me of a Thamesmead type development: on the edges of London, with bad transport links, but water as a redeeming factor. Only thing that would tempt me is being able to eat at the Ikea restaurant daily.
 
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It will be on Crossrail 2 if they follow through with the proposed route. That would be a massive improvement in terms of frequency, speed and connections. Long time to wait though, 2030 at the earliest I'd guess before it's in operation (unless they build in stages and start with the northern section).
 
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I worked on an industrial estate in this area for 2 years, and let me say that parts of it have got to be among some of the most deprived environments in all of London. People living in tents next to the A406 in brownfield sites where horses feed. Gypsy camps with aggressive dogs left to run loose on pedestrian footpaths. People who catch and eat fish to survive from the River Lea, and sleep underneath concrete overpasses. Factories where every morning a horde of Eastern European immigrants will turn up in hope of a chance of work (at a terrible rate of pay). A gigantic chimney which bellows smoke into the air 24/7. There are parts of the Eley Trading Estate that effectively resemble scenes from Chernobyl.

A proper old-school remnant of Londons industrial heartland. It's amazing to think anyone wants to take this on, but I commend them for trying. What they'll do about that chimney though is anyone's guess, can't exactly see the whole entire factory plant moving out. It really does dominate the area to be honest. Personally I can't help but feel it's a shame that our business centres and industrial units in London are being rapidly closed up and moved further out of the city, but it's not too surprising. These places often support a strong community where workers and firms are able to network, whilst still benefiting from being in relative close proximity to Central London. It'd be nice to think the developers will work with the existing firms and businesses to help them grow and stay in the area, rather than force them to uproot and move further out, but we all know this is just a dream. The businesses are only there in the first place simply for the low rents after all, and it's hard to think they'll stay low after this. Oh well, such is life.
 
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Designers appointed to roll out phase one of Meridian Water plans
Enfield Independent | 11 March 2014
Specialist designers have been appointed to help deliver the £1.5billion Meridian Water development in Edmonton.

CH2M Hill has been commissioned to prepare a detailed feasibility study and business case for phase one of the Meridian Water plans and subsequent improvements to the proposed Causeway, which will run through the development.

Meridian Water will provide 5,000 homes and 3,000 jobs in the borough.

Councillor Del Goddard, cabinet member for business and regeneration, said: “Meridian Water is a fantastic opportunity for us to regenerate a key site in this borough and the development of the Causeway is one of the most crucial aspects of this development.

“It will help create linked communities and bring the different aspects of the site together in an effective and attractive way, and help make sure all parts of the development are equally accessible.”

Enfield Council recently secured £74million to improve rail links to the development, which will deliver a four-train-an-hour service at Angel Road Station, soon to be renamed Meridian Water Station.

The first section to be remodelled will be Glover Drive, between Tesco and IKEA.

John McNicholas, regional business group manager of Urban Programmes, Europe, at CH2M HILL, said: “CH2M HILL’s Urban Environment Group was set up in 2011 with the purpose of helping clients to revitalise their neighbourhoods through the creation of interconnected, liveable, vibrant communities. This is the kind of neighbourhood that we look forward to creating for Enfield.”
 
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Enfield Council to rule on £1.5 billion development
Enfield Council | 20 October 2014
Enfield Council will decide at its meeting on Wednesday (22 October) whether to forge ahead with the first phase of the £1.5 billion eco-development Meridian Water which will provide thousands of homes and jobs when completed.

The local authority’s cabinet will decide whether or not to agree the route of the development’s central causeway and give senior officers within the council the powers to drive forward the development of the scheme - one of the largest green developments in the United Kingdom.

Once completed Meridian Water will create up to 8,420 new homes, 3,000 new jobs, better public transport links and infrastructure including schools, shops and a police station. The central Causeway “Meridian Boulevard” is a high quality tree lined corridor which would act as the gateway into the heart of Meridian Water and will be demonstrate the council has moved from planning the project to delivery on the ground.

Provision of the causeway would open up land for development and help to bring forward the construction of 2,700 new home.

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First phase of London eco development approved
Inside Housing | 24 October 2014
Enfield Council has approved the first phase of a development that will provide 2,000 affordable and social homes.

The council approved the first stage of the £1.5bn eco-mixed-use development Meridien Water, which is part of the Lee Valley regeneration project, is expected to deliver 5,000 homes.

The first phase, Meridian Boulevard, will include 2,700 new homes in four and five storey blocks with construction due to start in April next year.

The development will include a £14m decentralised energy network, which could deliver heat to Meridian Water from 2015 onwards.
 
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Meridian Water: a vision for Enfield
Enfield Council | 13 November 2014
Enfield Council decided last week to forge ahead with the latest phase of our landmark £1.5 billion eco-development Meridian Water.

We are very excited about this scheme, which is one of the biggest green developments in the United Kingdom. It will create up to 8,420 new homes, 3,000 new jobs, better public transport links and infrastructure including schools, shops and a police station.

There is absolutely no doubt that Meridian Water will almost single-handedly drive the expansion of North London and provide a massive boost to the region.

A key part the scheme is the provision of a four train an hour service through the Lee Valley which was achieved by Enfield Council successfully lobbying transport chiefs and the Mayor of London.

Meridian Water demonstrates this council's commitment to residents - through the provision of thousands of good quality houses to ease demand and reduce prices - and business, by improving infrastructure and creating the conditions to enable them to thrive.

The next phase of Meridian Water will see work starting on the central causeway - Meridian Boulevard which will would open up land for development and help to bring forward the construction of 2,700 new homes.

The bottom line is that Enfield Council is forging ahead with a truly landmark scheme that will transform North London and create a vibrant waterside community in an unrivalled setting.

We are ready to unlock large scale housing developments on the site and start the transformation of the area from Glover Drive to the Lee Navigation, hopefully with construction starting next year.

Cllr Doug Taylor
Leader Enfield Council
 
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Council recruiting new architect for Meridian Water to take £1.5bn scheme forward
Local London | March 2015
Council bosses are calling for an architect to work on the next stage of plans for £1.5billion redevelopment.

Enfield Borough Council says the Meridian Water scheme will create up to 8,420 new homes, 3,000 new jobs, public transport links and infrastructure including schools, shops and a police station.

The local authority is now looking for an architect to take on the next level of designs.

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Funding deal for £1.5bn Meridian Water scheme
Construction Enquirer | 14 May 2015
London’s Enfield Council has secured £80m funding to kick-start the first phase of the £1.5bn eco-mixed-use development Meridian Water.

The cash from the European Investment Bank will help the council also deliver several major other projects, including the Lee Valley Heat Network and Enfield’s schools expansion programme.

Meridian Water is a proposed location for one of the London Mayor’s innovative ‘Housing Zones.’ It will also be the largest development of residential and commercial tenants to connect to a district heat network making its a trail-blazer for city-scale heat networks.

In phases, the developments will deliver 5,000 homes, with the potential for this to rise to 8,000 homes at a later stage. Meridian Water will create 15 MW of heat demand, and the District Heating Energy Centre on the Eco Park is being designed to have a capacity of approximately 70 MW.

Tendering for a design, build and operate firm is well advanced with a winner set to be announced in September.

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via PortoNuts in the city summaries forum

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2016/05/26/barratt-segro-set-for-2bn-meridian-water-site/

Barratt & Segro confirmed for £3.5bn Meridian Water site

A joint venture of Barratt & Segro has won the race to become development partner on Enfield Council’s £3.5bn Meridian Water scheme.

The news was confirmed by the council today after the winners were revealed by the Enquirer this morning.

Barratt will be master developer for the project, who will work with Segro as a development partner on the urban logistics element. The project will provide 10,000 homes 10,000 construction jobs during a 20-year build period.
 
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Barratt exits £6bn London Meridian Water scheme
Construction Enquirer | 26 October 2017
Barratt London has pulled out of its development partnership with Enfield Council to deliver the vast 10,000-home Meridian Water regeneration scheme in North London.

The council will now retender the huge redevelopment scheme and has reassured enabling works contractors that it will press on with plans to deliver a new railway station and remediate land.

Barratt London was named as the preferred development partner 18 months ago and was due to sign off the development agreement in the Spring, ahead of making a start on the first homes early next year.

But Enfield Council confirmed that discussions with Barratt have been terminated because Barratt’s proposed terms amounted to a “poor deal” for residents.

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Richard Li poised to take over £6 billion north London project, in his first foray into UK property

Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD), controlled by Richard Li Tzar-kai, the younger son of Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoon, is in talks to take over as the master developer of the £6 billion (US$7.9 billion) Meridian Water mixed development project in north London after the previous developer of the project withdrew, sources said.

http://www.scmp.com/business/articl...er-ps6-billion-north-london-project-his-first
 
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