Newham Character Study
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Newham Character Study December 2017 1 Character Area 2: South western part of the borough – including much of Canning Town and Custom House, parts of Contents Plaistow and West Ham ......................................................... 26 Character Area 3: Lower Lea Valley, north of the District Line including parts of Stratford and West Ham (currently within EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................ 4 LLDC) ..................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER 1 - Introduction ............................................................ 8 Character Area 4: Lower Lea Valley: South of the District Line Newham’s design context ............................................................ 8 towards the Thames including parts of Canning Town ............ 29 The link with character ................................................................. 9 Character Area 5: Southern part of the borough, around the Purpose of this study ................................................................... 9 Royal Docks (Silvertown, North Woolwich, Royal Victoria, Methodology .............................................................................. 10 Royal Albert, and south part of Gallions Reach). .................... 30 Structure of the study ................................................................ 10 Character Area 6: Beckton housing estate (between Prince CHAPTER 2 – Newham-wide components of character ........... 11 Regent Lane, Newham Way, Royal Albert Way and Royal Topography and Ecology ........................................................... 11 Docks Road). .......................................................................... 32 Historical-Geography and Urban Morphology ............................ 12 Character Area 7: Beckton, east of Royal Docks Road, Newham Today: regional context and identity - challenges and including Beckton Sewage Treatment Plant, former Gasworks, opportunities .............................................................................. 14 industry and Gallions Reach out of centre retail park. ............. 32 CHAPTER 3 Local Character ...................................................... 15 CHAPTER 4: DESIGN CUES........................................................ 34 Built form character typologies: summary components .............. 15 Urban Design Principles ............................................................. 34 Victorian, Edwardian .............................................................. 15 Performance of typologies against urban design principles and Garden City and Art Deco, early post-war and inter-war resultant design cues and priorities for places ............................ 36 terraced ................................................................................. 16 Overview ................................................................................ 36 Post-war 1960s-70s ............................................................... 17 Victorian and Edwardian ......................................................... 38 1980s- Mid 1990s .................................................................. 19 Garden City and Art Deco, early post-war and inter-war Late 1990s to 2010 ................................................................ 20 terraced .................................................................................. 38 Post-2010 .............................................................................. 22 Post-war 1960s-70s ................................................................ 39 The distribution and combination of typologies across Newham 24 1980s-mid 1990s .................................................................... 39 Character Area 1: Northern part of Newham: Manor Park, East Late 1990s to 2010 ................................................................. 39 Ham, Forest Gate, Green Street, parts of Stratford and West Post-2010 ............................................................................... 40 Ham, and Plaistow. ................................................................ 24 Tall Buildings ............................................................................. 41 Priorities for Places .................................................................... 45 2 Character Area 1: Northern part of Newham M(anor Park, East Archaeological Priority Areas .................................................. 52 Ham, Forest Gate, Green Street, parts of Stratford and West Design Cues in relation to heritage assets .............................. 52 Ham, and Plaistow) ................................................................ 45 What does this mean for different parts of Newham in relation to Character Area 2: South western part of the borough (including their sensitivity to, and capacity to absorb, change and much of Canning Town and Custom House, parts of Plaistow innovation, including tall buildings? ............................................ 54 and West Ham) ...................................................................... 46 CHAPTER 5 – Conclusions and Recommendations ................. 57 Character Area 3: Lower Lea Valley, north of the District Line General Design Policy and Practice ........................................... 57 including parts of Stratford and West Ham (currently within Character Typologies and Areas ................................................ 58 LLDC) .................................................................................... 46 Key Priorities – Connectivity, Coherence and ............................ 58 Character Area 4: Lower Lea Valley: South of the District Line Integration .................................................................................. 58 towards the Thames including parts of Canning Town ........... 46 Connectivity ............................................................................ 58 Character Area 5: Southern part of the borough, around the Coherence and Integration ..................................................... 59 Royal Docks (Silvertown, North Woolwich, Royal Victoria, Capacity for, and Sensitivity to, Change and Innovation............. 59 Royal Albert, and south part of Gallions Reach) ..................... 47 Tall Buildings ............................................................................. 60 Character Area 6: Beckton housing estate (between Prince Heritage and Other Assets ......................................................... 61 Regent Lane, Newham Way, Royal Albert Way and Royal Summary of Recommendations ................................................. 62 Docks Road). ......................................................................... 47 Appendices .................................................................................. 64 Character Area 7: Beckton industrial and utility area ( mostly Appendix 1 - Table of Typologies: strategic (borough-wide) ....... 82 east of Royal Docks Road, including Beckton Sewage Appendix 2 - Community Forum Area Analysis of Typologies and Treatment Plant, former Gasworks, industry and Gallions Character ................................................................................. 124 Reach out of centre retail park) .............................................. 48 Appendix 3 - Historic Development of Newham ....................... 182 Other Design Cues: The Heritage Dimension ............................ 48 Appendix 4 - References .......................................................... 186 The National Planning Policy Framework at paragraph 126 states that local planning authorities should recognise that heritage assets are an irreplaceable resource and conserve them in a manner appropriate to their significance. In developing this strategy, local planning authorities should take into account: ................ 48 Listed and other important buildings, parks and gardens, monuments and structures ..................................................... 48 Conservation Areas, Areas of Townscape Value and other groups of Heritage Assets ...................................................... 50 3 - Understand Newham-wide components of character; 00 (Chapter 2) Executive Summary - Identify character typologies comprising the key features of different types of development in the borough (Chapter 3); - Identify how these relate to different parts of the borough Good urban design, taking into account important cues contributing to local distinctiveness (Chapter 3); from the local context or ‘development canvas’ is a - Assess them against principles of good design and other fundamental building block for regeneration and the components of quality through SWOT analysis to draw out development of sustainable communities. Such cues cues for development to address as part of good design include things that don’t work and things that do, assets (Chapter 4); and opportunities, and weaknesses and threats: all things - Help understand where there are local heritage assets which that together add up to the identity of a place, or its could be further protected and enhanced (Chapter 4); character. - Help understand where and how taller buildings may be suitably located (Chapter 4); and - Make appropriate recommendations for further work, new The Character Study provides an assessment of the quality of the policy directions and guidance (Chapter 5). topography, historic development, urban form, individual townscapes, landscapes and views distinctive to the