Student housing developer Scape has been given the green light to develop the first co-living scheme in Hackney at its 121-bedroom scheme on Kingsland Road, E8.
The development, called Pause, comes under Scape’s residential arm Bode Properties.
Plans designed by pH+ architects propose a development of up to seven storeys at the Travis Perkins site fronting Kingsland Basin. Each floor contains around 26 co-living rooms, in clusters of three to eight units with two shared kitchens. The rooms are either 19 sq m or 24 sq m.
The approval comes after the council rejected Rainbow Properties’ co-living application last year.
The council’s aversion to co-living has caused other developers in Hackney to walk away from the use class in favour of other residential and hotel uses.
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