Hospital car park site bought by Mayor for new affordable homes in London

The Mayor of London has used £12.8 million from his Land Fund to purchase a 1.4 hectare site at the North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) in Edmonton for new build affordable homes. The site currently comprises of a car park, offices, and hospital testing facilities. These facilities will be relocated to other parts of the hospital ensuring no loss of services to patients. The Mayor Sadiq Khan expects the site to deliver at least 200 homes, with 50% of those being social rented or other genuinely affordable housing, in line with his Housing Strategy and construction is scheduled to begin before March 2022.