Hackney E8 GDV Calculator

Hackney E8 GDV 720 to 1120 £/sqft. Borough CIL 305 £/sqm. Mayoral CIL2 zone Z2. Workbench prefills with London BCIS Q2-2026 build cost and the borough mid-band GDV.

GDV and CIL working numbers

  • GDV: 720 to 1120 £/sqft
  • Mid GDV: 880 £/sqft
  • Borough CIL: 305 £/sqm
  • Mayoral CIL2: Z2

Hackney CIL Zone 2 residential. 35 percent affordable threshold applies on schemes of 10+ units.

Local context

  • E8 (Dalston, London Fields). 35 percent affordable threshold above 10 units.
  • Class O office-to-resi schemes pencil where commercial GDV gap is wide enough.
  • Hackney has historically scrutinised viability submissions; expect challenge on 17.5 percent PoGDV.
  • Mayoral CIL2 Zone 2 £60/sqm stacks on borough rate.

Open the workbench

Inputs
MAX LAND BID£2,266,843At 20% profit on cost, 9 units, 950 sqft GIA each.
MARGINAL
GDV£6,395,400
Build cost£2,422,678
Prof fees£290,721
s106/CIL/BNG£192,150
Contingency£217,916
Finance interest£222,547
Target profit£669,202
Total costs (excl land)£3,346,012
Senior debt @ LTGDV£4,157,010
PoC13.9%
PoGDV12.2%
LTC74.1%
Sensitivity (PoC %)
Build -5%Build +5%Build +10%Build +15%Build +20%
GDV -15%15%16%17%17%18%
GDV -10%15%16%16%17%17%
GDV -5%14%15%15%16%16%
GDV 0%13%14%15%15%16%
GDV +5%13%14%14%15%15%

Cells show profit-on-cost percentage at each GDV stress / build-cost shock pair. Cells below your target PoC turn amber-warm; cells below 10 percent abort.

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