Architect Patel Taylor is developing proposals for hundreds of homes on the site of the former Metropolitan Police training centre and driving school in Colindale, north-west London.

Housing association Optivo and housebuilder Countryside have been selected by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime to deliver the 873-home scheme through City Hall’s London Development Panel framework.

In addition to the new homes, the development will also deliver a nursery, new shops, new recreational space and a drop-in Bikeworks centre.

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