CITY IN THE EAST CITY IN THE EAST 260,000 homes Enfield 360,000 jobs Barnet 625,000 Londoners Harrow Haringey Waltham Redbridge In mid-2000 Richard Rogers, who lead the Forest Mayor’s Architecture and Urbanism Unit, felt Havering Brent that what was needed in the Thames Gateway so wasn’t founded in the statutory planning Barking & Hackney was a big idea, to capture the imagination, system it was looking to challenge. Which Camden Islington Dagenham something that seemed to be absent from the meant it couldn’t influence development. It was Greenford Newham Tower Hamlets debate about its future. This resulted in City also in its own way like the borough plans a Hillingdon Ealing Westminster East, a plan for the Royal Docks that radically world of its own, rather than a part of the wider K&C changed its land use. Gone was the Victorian city. Southwark Tate and Lyle syrup and canning factory, the Ten years later London’s growth is driving H&F Greenwich Hounslow meat rendering plant and City Airport (to allow a renewed interest in the east, and the Lambeth Lewisham Bexley greater building heights). The Royals was potential exists to plan for it as part of the Wandsworth re-imagined as a city in its own right. A plan city rather than apart from the city. This Richmond upon Thames that at the time was not a million miles from plan is necessary to efficiently manage the Wimbledon the plans that developers like Ballymore, who allocation of commercial, industrial, retail and Kingston had purchased extensive riverside sites had housing land across the wider east of London upon Merton Thames commissioned for themselves. and to consider relationships beyond the Bromley GLA boundary into Thurrock and Dartford. Sutton There was a reasonable frustration about the Importantly, we have the opportunity to Croydon London Cancer slowness of the statutory planning system, achieve a better fit between transport plans Hub by both AUU and developers, to actively and spatial plans and to use the GLA’s and plan for change rather than just describing borough’s land holdings to speed up delivery. and protecting the present status quo. The Thames Gateway never lacked for visions Until recently London could rely on existing 0 5 10 km and masterplans of all shapes and sizes, infrastructure provision but as the population County of London boundary (1943) but it always seemed to lack any coherent increases this is no longer the case. City in the East - development areas Abercrombie’s 1943 County of London plan overlaid idea about its purpose within the wider city. Experience with the Vauxhall Nine Elms City in the East - Opportunity Areas As a consequence the plans didn’t really Development Infrastructure Funding Study on the 2015 Greater London Authority coverage area City in the West - Opportunity Areas gel together. Understandable given that in (DIFs), and subsequently at White City and Old 2005 the planning of London and planners in Oak show the benefit of providing spatial plans London were still trying to get used to the idea with a firm foundation in viability and costed of planning the city as a whole rather than as programmes for transport, social and utilities work progresses on the frameworks, and more The timing to plan as an integrated part of 32 separate boroughs. infrastructure. detailed physical planning is carried out, more the wider city couldn’t be better. The majority development capacity is usually found. of borough plan core strategies are about The consequences of trying to resolve land The Infrastructure Plan and its associated to be reviewed, the London Plan review allocation, and particularly housing and Board has provided the locus and means But this isn’t just about numbers. The GLA is will commence in 2016 and TfL’s plans are industrial allocation within individual borough to get the buy in and involvement of utility working with its partners to deliver a suite of progressing at pace. There is developer boundary red lines were significant. Newham, providers at a senior level in the plan making Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks that interest, there are significant public land Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Barking and and plan delivery process. form a credible spatial plan. They will provide holdings being brought forward for delivery Dagenham are not far apart geographically, the narrative for the delivery of London’s and there is strong local and strategic but the way their local plans articulated The Housing SPG identifies that with the largest remaining contiguous development leadership to deliver the long heralded City in their futures, they may as well have been agreement of the Boroughs a fixed percentage opportunity within its current boundaries - The the East. different worlds. In turn the London Plan whilst of affordable homes can be set in the City in the East. providing a written description of what the Opportunity Areas and Housing Zones based The Abercrombie County of London Plan Thames Gateway might be, didn’t provide any on the viability of development. This will This scale of development isn’t going to be stopped at the Lee River, beyond which was spatial guidance as to what this might look like provide greater certainty for the delivery of all delivered overnight. To avoid adding further Essex and Kent. Part of our work is to try to on a plan. types and tenures of housing. monuments in the Thames Gateway master overturn the historic perception of the east That the scale of potential change has plan graveyard, these frameworks will be being seen as apart from London, rather than Whilst the Thames Gateway didn’t lack for increased dramatically can be seen on the plan sufficiently robust and flexible to withstand as a part of London. It is time to reclaim the land, much of it was heavily contaminated and overleaf. The East London Opportunity areas the test of time whilst providing sufficient City in the East for London! demand for development for both housing in 2004 were estimated to have a minimum discipline to create desirable places in which and commercial was rather thin at that time. capacity for 52,000 homes. In 2015 that has to live and work. City East was in part a polemical piece and increased to over 200,000 (as a minimum). As TOWARDS STANSTED WALTHAM CAMBRIDGE CITY IN THE EAST CROSS CITY IN THE EAST 2004 LONDON PLAN ESTIMATES NUMBERS 61,700 HOMES ENFIELD 256,400 JOBS LOCK 150,000 PEOPLE JOBS JOBS HOMES POTENTIAL GROWTH HOMES BRIMSDOWN 260,000 HOMES ENFIELD SHENFIELD 256,400 360,000 61,700 260,000 360,000 JOBS 2004 POTENTIAL 625,000 PEOPLE ESTIMATES GROWTH (2004 LONDON PLAN) PONDERS END UPPER LEA VALLEY 2016: 20,100 HOMES EDMONTON 15,000 JOBS GREEN 2004: 900 HOMES 15,000 JOBS NEW SOUTHGATE MERIDIAN WATER WOOD GREEN WHITEHEART NORTHUMBERLAND LANE PARK ROMFORD ALEXANDRA 2016: PALACE 1,500 HOMES SEVEN TOTTENHAM SISTERS C I T Y I N T H E W E S T HALE TURNPIKE BLACKHORSE ROAD www.london.gov.uk/cityinthewest LANE ILFORD 2016: UPMINSTER 5,000 HOMES 800 JOBS CROSSRAIL OVERGROUND 2004: CITY FRINGE LOWER LEA 5,500 HOMES TECH CITY VALLEY 2016: 2016: 15,000 HOMES CROSSRAIL 2 32,000 HOMES C2C 53,000 JOBS 50,000 JOBS 2004: 2004: 1,500 HOMES 10,500 HOMES 30,000 JOBS 38,500 JOBS BARKING LONDON TOWN CENTRE RIVERSIDE 2016: 26,500 HOMES DALSTON 16,000 JOBS THAMESLINK KINGSLAND 2004: ISLE OF DOGS CHEQUERS 13,000 HOMES 2016: CORNER 4,200 JOBS BEAM 30,000 HOMES ROYAL DOCKS PARK 110,000 JOBS & BECKTON RAINHAM HIGH SPEED 2 TO 2004: OCKENDON 3,500 HOMES RIVERSIDE VILLAGE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE 100,000 JOBS 2016: BARKING C E N T R A L L O N D O N 15,000 HOMES RIVERSIDE 40,000 JOBS 2004: 6,000 HOMES EAST BECKTON FENCHURCH DLR 12,500 JOBS RIVER CROSSING STREET CANARY WHARF / HIGH SPEED 1 TO EUROPE ROTHERHITHE BELVEDERE / RAINHAM RIVER CROSSING POTENTIALDLR EXT. RIVER CROSSING SOUTH ESSEX 2016: SILVERTOWN 47,350 HOMES RIVER CROSSING 57,300 JOBS CANADA WATER GREENWICH ELEPHANT 2016: CHAFFORD & CASTLE 6,600 HOMES PENINSULA HUNDRED NEW 2016: 2016: 2,000 JOBS PURFLEET GRAYS CROSS 20,000 HOMES CHARLTON WOOLWICH BEXLEY & THAMESMEAD 5,000 HOMES 7,000 JOBS RIVERSIDE 2016: 2016: 5,000 JOBS 2004: 2016: 15,000 HOMES 21,500 HOMES 2004: LONDON 7,500 HOMES 1,000 JOBS 8,500 JOBS 4,200 HOMES 15,000 JOBS 5,000 HOMES 4,200 JOBS BRIDGE 2004: 2004: 5,000 JOBS 1,000 HOMES 4,400 HOMES 2016: 1,000 JOBS 6,500 JOBS 1,900 HOMES OLD KENT T H E T H A M E S G A T E W A Y CLAPHAM 25,000 JOBS DEPTFORD CREEK / JUCTION 2004: ROAD 500 HOMES 2016: GREENWICH RIVERSIDE 24,000 JOBS 20,000 HOMES 2016: KIDBROOKE 5,000 JOBS 5,000 HOMES 2016: TOWARDS 4,000 JOBS 2,500 HOMES CROSSRAIL EXTENSION 2004: 400 JOBS 1,000 HOMES WIMBLEDON LEWISHAM, CATFORD 2004: 5,500 JOBS KINGSTON & NEW CROSS 2,200 HOMES SURBITON 2016: EBBSFLEET DARTFORD SHEPPERTON 8,000 HOMES INTERNATIONAL NORTH KENT 6,000 JOBS CHESSINGTON BROMLEY GARDEN CITY 2016: 58,600 HOMES EPSOM TOWARDS 2016: CROYDON 2,500 HOMES TOWARDS 59,100 JOBS TOWARDS 2,000 JOBS SEVENOAKS WIMBLEDON GATWICK Towards Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth CITY IN THE EAST WIDER SOUTH EAST LB WALTHAM J28 LB ENFIELD FOREST A12 M11 Towards Stansted and LB REDBRIDGE S O U T H E S S E X LB HARINGEY Cambridge ROMFORD METROPOLITAN G R E A T E R L O N D O N Towards Basildon, TOWN CENTRE A127 Southend-on-Sea Gospel Oak to A12 Barking Line ILFORD J29 North Circular Road Upper Lee Valley A406 METROPOLITAN Crossrail Area: 3,900 ha TOWN CENTRE STRATFORD Ilford LB BARKING LB HACKNEY METROPOLITAN Area: 85 ha LB HAVERING TOWN CENTRE & DAGENHAM M25 Thames Enterprise LB NEWHAM Riverside London Riverside BARKING Area: 3,000 ha Park Stratford Tunnel 400 homes International MAJOR 2,000 jobs TOWN Dagenham Proposed THE Lower Lee Valley Royal Docks A13 Dock Station Beam Park and Beckton CENTRE Station (c2c) (incl.