Park Collection Planning / Development / WDCO

Phase 4 - consultation / strategy in name only?

There is currently a consultation taking place about the Berkeley Homes proposals for Phase 4 of the development here at Woodberry Down.

Phase 4 is the term Hackney/Berkeley/WDCO use to describe the development that will take place soon on the other

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WDCO - the estate's Community Organisation

WDCO is the residents' group that is recognised by Hackney Council, Berkeley Homes and others as reflecting the 'voice' of residents across the entire development. WDCO has an Executive and a larger Board of representatives for different constituenc

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How high is a Tower Block?

Dr Who has regenerated 12 times, as I write, the Woodberry Down Estate only once, but in numerous phases.

What is happening right now, the big building site alongside Seven Sisters Road, behind Sainsbury's, is Phase 3.

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The Commonplace and the very special

The Woodberry Down development is very important to Hackney and to Berkely Homes, and underlying all their thinking about it is the claim that they take the opinion of residents past, present and future, local and from nearby, into account when makin

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An Outline of the works on the Children's Centre - may till August

According to https://gulliverstravels.fandom.com/wiki/Lilliputians  - The Lilliputians are a society of people around six inches in average height, but with all the arrogance and sense of self-importance associated with full-sized men. Typically gree

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