Bellevue Mansions FAQs

• Social tenants named as a tenant on a tenancy agreement dated on or before the date the Landlord Offer is published
• Resident leaseholders who’ve lived in Bellevue Mansions as their main home for at least one year before the date the Landlord Offer is published
• Any resident whose main home is in Bellevue Mansions and has been on Lambeth’s Housing register for at least one year.

If you have queries about whether or not you are eligible to vote, please feel free to contact our Regeneration Team.

We’ll continue to work with residents and other local stakeholders to develop our proposals, with the aim of submitting a planning application in May 2026.

We won’t be able to build the proposed new homes and deliver the community and individual benefits the regeneration would bring. We’ll continue to manage and maintain your homes as usual.

The proposals include 50% affordable housing, which means there will be at least 200 affordable homes as part of the development.

We’re working hard to retain as many of the trees as possible (including the mature trees along Clapham Road). We’ll plant a significant number of new, native trees across the development.

The proposals will be car-free, with the exception of blue badge car parking and some parking for returning residents. All residents who currently benefit from a parking permit at Bellevue Mansions will be able to have one on the new estate.

Yes. We’ll provide a new, improved facility with better outdoor space for the nursery to move into. We’re exploring options to deliver the nursery in the first phase of development, so it can undergo a single phased move to help minimise disruption.

As we head to a ballot in October, our focus is on speaking to all of the residents of the estate to ensure they fully understand the proposals and the offer being made to them.

Following the ballot process, and if we receive a yes vote, we will need to consult with the wider neighbourhood on the planning application. Therefore, we’ll regularly speak to local residents to keep them informed and ensure they have opportunities to provide their feedback at key stages.

No. Your rent will stay the same and increase annually in line with inflation, as it does now.

If you move to a new home with more bedrooms because you’re overcrowded, your rent will increase to match what you’d pay if you had a home with that number of bedrooms in Bellevue Mansions currently.

We’ll cap your service charges at what you’re paying at the moment, and these will increase annually with inflation for five years, giving you cost certainty.

Yes. You’ll be offered a new home that meets your household’s needs.

We’ll offer you a home with the same number of bedrooms as you have now. If you choose to downsize, your rent will reduce to match what you’d pay if you had a home with that number of bedrooms in Bellevue Mansions at the moment. You’ll also be entitled to £5,000 compensation in addition to the compensation payment outlined below.

Yes.

We’ll pay you £15,000 in compensation when you leave your current home. Joint tenants will be entitled to one compensation payment to share between them.

We’ll pay your reasonable moving costs, including things like removals and phone and internet connections. This will be on top of the £15,000 compensation payment.

We expect to start building in autumn 2028*.

* These dates are not guaranteed and may change. We will keep you updated on timings throughout the design and planning process

Your new home will be in Building A, the first building to be completed. We’ll work with you to make sure your new home meets your preferences for floor levels, aspect and outlook.

If you’d prefer to have a home on another part of the development we’d be happy to discuss this with you.

We expect Building A to be ready by autumn 2030*.

* These dates are not guaranteed and may change. We will keep you updated on timings throughout the design and planning process

No. You’ll be able to move directly from your existing home to your new home in one move.

In the event of a ‘yes’ vote, we’ll prioritise you for a move to another Hyde home if you would prefer to move away from Bellevue Mansions.

Your new home can be in the local area, or further away – it’s up to you – and your rent, service charges and tenancy terms will stay the same.

We’ll also ask you to sign a waiver to confirm you don’t want to use your right to return.

We’ll start looking for a new home for you as soon as possible after the ballot. This could take some time, as we’ll need to wait for a suitable home to become available.

We’ll start the process as soon as possible after a ‘yes’ vote.

We’ll appoint – and pay for – an independent valuer to visit you and carry out a valuation. We’ll share the valuation with you and make you a written offer.

You can arrange your own valuation by an independent chartered surveyor, who must be a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. We’ll pay for this valuation.

We’ll offer you 10% of the market value of your home in compensation. This will increase to 15% of the market value, if the sale is completed by 31 October 2026.

We’ll also pay you an amount equal to the stamp duty on the purchase of a home at the same market value as your current home.

Improvement works should be reflected in the market value of your home. We will be open to negotiation in exceptional circumstances.

We’ll pay your reasonable moving costs, including things like removals, and phone and internet connections. This will be on top of the compensation based on the value of your home.

We’ll pay your reasonable legal, surveying and valuation fees.

As soon as possible and by the end of October 2027.

We’ll consider requests to do this on a case-by-case basis.

No, we won’t cover these costs.

You’ll have priority access to buying a new home on the development on the following terms:

• Through shared ownership (subject to eligibility criteria determined by the Greater London Authority)
• Open market purchase.

Leases will run for 999 years.

We’re happy to discuss this with you, if the situation arises

We’ll start the process as soon as possible after a ‘yes’ vote.

We’ll appoint – and pay for – an independent valuer to visit you and carry out a valuation.

We’ll share the valuation with you and make you a written offer.

You can arrange your own valuation by an independent chartered surveyor, who must be a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. We’ll pay for this valuation.

We’ll offer you 7.5% of the market value of your home in compensation. You must have owned your home for at least one year.

We’ll pay your reasonable legal, surveying and valuation fees.

As soon as possible and by the end of October 2027.