The site of the former Holloway Prison in London is to be transformed into a new major housing development.

Local housing association Peabody acquired the site, with plans in place to bring over 1,000 new homes to the area.

The 10-acre site will also include green spaces, places to play, local shops on Parkhurst Road and Camden Road, and a Women's Centre.

Peabody and architects AHMM will work with a wide range of local resident and community groups to discuss how best to deliver the new space.

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London Square will also be working in partnership with Peabody to complete the project.

Subject to planning consent, building work will begin by 2022 with the first affordable homes ready in 2026.

Peabody Chief Executive Brendan Sarsfield said: "We are committed to working with LB Islington and the GLA to deliver an exceptional new housing scheme on this historic site. We are pleased to confirm we will deliver 60 per cent level of genuinely-affordable homes integrating existing Islington communities with a new Peabody estate.

"As well as providing new homes we will also ensure social infrastructure and placemaking are at the heart of our proposals. We are pleased to be working with London Square which is a continuation of our longer term relationship across a number of sites in London."

(CM)