UCLH tries to wriggle out of agreement to provide affordable housing at workhouse

Camden Council refuse permission to amend 106 agreement for affordable housing and £1 penalty clause

Camden Council has refused an application by UCLH NHS Foundation Trust to modify a section 106 agreement to provide affordable housing on the site of the former Strand Union Workhouse and Middlesex Hospital Annex on Cleveland Street. UCLH had applied under section 106BA of the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act to remove its obligation to provide around 44 socially-rented homes and to remove the penalty clause that enables the council to acquire the site for £1 if the obligations are not met.

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