The blocks were approved as two phases, known together as the Kents Moat Project. The first phase, which included three 8 storey flats with a total of 48 flats, was approved in 1955. The second phase was approved in 1956 and included a 7 storey block and a 6 storey block with 42 and 36 flats, respectively. The blocks were completed in 1959 by Wimpey using the no fines concrete construction method. The blocks consisted of 222 flats (74 x 1 bed and 148 x 2 bed). The Poolway shopping centre on the estate consisted of 33 retail units and 70 flats. To the west of the Poolway, The Lea Estate was constructed in the 1960s.