Acton Gardens facility scheduled to open in January 2019

Work has started on a new community centre for the Acton Gardens Estate.

The centre replaces existing facilities and has been designed in consultation with local residents and community groups.

Once completed, the centre will be based over two floors and will provide a flexible space for rent by community and voluntary organisations, social enterprises and commercial hire with three halls and two commercial kitchens on the ground floor, meeting rooms and office space on the first floor.

1,346 new homes have been built or are currently under construction in Acton Gardens to date, replacing 1,800 old council owned properties of the South Acton estate. 

Acton Gardens LLP has submitted an updated masterplan which proposes a further 1,954 new homes which will consist of properties available through London affordable rent, shared ownership, open market sale and private rent. 

The massive redevelopment programme has 11 phases, which started in 2011 and is due for completion by the end of 2028.

David Stevenson, Head of Joint Ventures, Development and Regeneration – North Region at L&Q, said of the new community centre, “It supports the transformation of Acton Gardens into a place where local people will want to live for many years to come.  The local community have been consulted at every step of the way and fully involved in the inception and development of the Community Centre and we hope it will provide a focal point for community activity and a much needed facility for local voluntary organisations to operate, providing a range of flexible spaces to cater for all occasions and groups.”

Mike Woolliscroft, Managing Director for West London at Countryside Partnerships South, said, "The delivery of a new community centre forms a crucial part of the entire Acton Gardens development, providing residents with a wide range of facilities and opportunities for community collaboration and wellbeing. Determining the design brief for the building involved working with the 18 active community groups in the area, together with the Acton Gardens community board, ensuring that we provided the local community with a fantastic space to suit their needs.

''We look forward to construction completing later this year, and seeing the facility used as a positive and dynamic space for local residents.” 

The new centre is due to open in January 2019 and Acton Gardens LLP is currently working to have an operator in place by September 2018.

3rd July 2018