Kim Williams next to the ongoing construction site

IT is one of Camden’s most celebrated housing developments, but one corner of the Agar Grove estate feels “neglected” and bearing the brunt of the noisy construction site.

Agar Grove was the first large-scale inner-city residential Passivhaus – well-insulated homes that require very little energy for heating – development in the UK and the biggest project under Camden’s Community Investment Programme.

But towards the Camley Street end of the estate there are a small number of homes that belong to Origin Housing association: the Ferndown and Cranbourne blocks. And residents in them say they have “had enough” of being forgotten amid years of disruption from construction.

Kim Williams, who has lived on the estate for five years, said: “The roads are filthy. We’re not getting the road swept. Our bins are missed and the pavements have been des­troyed by the big lorries.

“People with walking sticks or wheelchairs where they’ve damaged the pavements – it’s very dangerous for them. They’ve caused potholes and dips from the work so when it rains it’s literally ponds. If it’s raining it’s wet cement you’re walking in.”

She added: “There’s one way in, one way out of the estate so to get to Lulworth, the big tower block, if there was ever a fire in the day time that would be it. Fire engines wouldn’t be able to get past.”

She said people living in the blocks haven’t been invited to consultations about the building site, whereas other Agar Grove residents have been included.

Ms Williams said: “It’s like we’ve been left there. We’ve been forgotten about.”

Meanwhile, a resident at Cranbourne, who can’t be named for legal reasons, said: “My son is in a wheelchair. The other day my son’s bus couldn’t get on the estate because of the amount of lorries and big cement mixers.

“Why are we paying our council taxes, what are we paying it for? Our bit of road doesn’t get cleaned up unless Keir Starmer or council leaders are coming to town to see the new build. We were promised four hours of cleaning a week, what about our side?”

A spokesperson from Camden Council said: “We apologise to residents who have been affected by the building work. Construction near these blocks which are managed by Origin homes is due to finish in May.

“Our team have ensured there is full fire access to the estate whilst construction is being completed and we have had a road sweeper clearing the streets each week, which will continue until the job is done. Other issues regarding maintenance of these blocks, rubbish and other day to day services are undertaken by the landlord of these blocks, Origin housing association.”