• ON Saturday, I visited the exhibition at Whittington Education Centre about the redevelopment of the old Archway Campus site. I am concerned that this was the last consultation before the plans go to Islington Council’s planning committee.

The developer, Peabody Enterprises, was vague about the amount of social housing planned for this massive development. The exhibition talks about 40 per cent of the planned housing being “affordable”, of which some is social and some is part-rent, part-buy.

The government definition of affordable when it comes to renting is that it would cost no more that 80 per cent of the average local market rent. In Islington, that would be about £420 a week for a two-bedroom flat. Hardly affordable for the average family.

Such a big development as the Archway Campus site should contain 50 per cent social housing in accordance with the Labour council’s requirements. Also, it looks to me that the site is being overdeveloped. I would like to see more green space planned that would be for public use.

TRICIA CLARKE
Yerbury Road, N19