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CITY IN THE EAST CITY IN THE EAST 260,000 homes Enfield

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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 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 something that seemed to be absent from the meant it couldn’t influence development. It was Newham Tower Hamlets debate about its future. This resulted in City also in its own way like the borough plans a

East, a plan for the that radically world of its own, rather than a part of the wider K&C changed its land use. Gone was the Victorian city. Tate and Lyle syrup and canning factory, the Ten years later ’s growth is driving H&F meat rendering plant and City Airport (to allow a renewed interest in the east, and the greater building heights). The Royals was potential exists to plan for it as part of the 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 Thames commissioned for themselves. and to consider relationships beyond the GLA boundary into Thurrock and Dartford. Sutton There was a reasonable frustration about the Importantly, we have the opportunity to 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 overlaid idea about its purpose within the wider city. Experience with the City in the East - Opportunity Areas As a consequence the plans didn’t really Development Infrastructure Funding Study on the 2015 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 260,000 HOMES ENFIELD SHENFIELD 256,400 360,000 61,700 HOMES 260,000 360,000 JOBS 2004 POTENTIAL 625,000 PEOPLE ESTIMATES GROWTH (2004 LONDON PLAN)

UPPER 2016: 20,100 HOMES EDMONTON 15,000 JOBS GREEN 2004: 900 HOMES 15,000 JOBS

NEW SOUTHGATE MERIDIAN WATER WHITEHEART NORTHUMBERLAND LANE PARK ALEXANDRA 2016: PALACE 1,500 HOMES SEVEN SISTERS C I T Y I N T H E W E S T HALE TURNPIKE BLACKHORSE ROAD www.london.gov.uk/cityinthewest LANE 2016: 5,000 HOMES 800 JOBS 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 16,000 JOBS KINGSLAND 2004: CHEQUERS 13,000 HOMES 2016: CORNER 4,200 JOBS BEAM 30,000 HOMES ROYAL DOCKS PARK 110,000 JOBS & 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 / HIGH SPEED 1 TO EUROPE BELVEDERE / RAINHAM RIVER CROSSING POTENTIALDLR EXT. RIVER CROSSING SOUTH ESSEX 2016: SILVERTOWN 47,350 HOMES RIVER CROSSING 57,300 JOBS GREENWICH ELEPHANT 2016: CHAFFORD & CASTLE 6,600 HOMES PENINSULA HUNDRED NEW 2016: 2016: 2,000 JOBS PURFLEET GRAYS CROSS 20,000 HOMES CHARLTON BEXLEY & 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 25,000 JOBS CREEK / JUCTION 2004: ROAD 500 HOMES 2016: GREENWICH RIVERSIDE 24,000 JOBS 20,000 HOMES 2016: 5,000 JOBS 5,000 HOMES 2016: TOWARDS 4,000 JOBS 2,500 HOMES CROSSRAIL EXTENSION 2004: 400 JOBS 1,000 HOMES WIMBLEDON LEWISHAM, 2004: 5,500 JOBS KINGSTON & 2,200 HOMES 2016: EBBSFLEET DARTFORD SHEPPERTON 8,000 HOMES INTERNATIONAL NORTH KENT 6,000 JOBS 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 to A12 Barking Line ILFORD J29 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 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. Stratford) Potential CITY LB TOWER Area: 1,400 ha Riverside new station HAMLETS Area: 1,100 ha Barking Rainham Isle of Dogs and Riverside Village South Poplar City Area: 390 ha Roding link A13 DP WORLD Airport to Royal Docks Extension to Belvedere/Rainham River Crossing LONDON GATEWAY New Capacity: 3.5 million TEU Canada Water river crossing A2016 Junction J30 Area: 46 ha improvement LAKESIDE REGIONAL London Bridge, CANARY WHARF Crossrail High Speed 1 Abbey J31 Borough MAJOR TOWN CENTRE and Bankside Wood TOWN CENTRE Homes: 3,000 Area: 155 ha Lower Retail, leisure, recreation Pur eet Urban Thames Woolwich Thamesmead and Bexley Riverside Regeneration Hub Crossing Area: 259 ha Area: 176 ha Area: 77 ha Area: 1,347 ha Abbey Wood upto 2,600 dwellings Option A Area: 811 ha TV & lm studios, commercial, London Deptford Creek/ and retail Paramount Greenwich Riverside Lower Entertainment Area: 165 ha Thames LB BEXLEY Resort A2 J1 PORT OF Crossing Option C LB SOUTHWARK TILBURY RB GREENWICH Ebbs eet International A205 South Circular Road LB LEWISHAM J2 EBBSFLEET GARDEN CITY Homes: 15,000 A20

N O R T H K E N T Opportunity Areas J3 GLA Green Belt M20 RELATIONSHIP TO M25 0 1 2 3 4 5 kms Green Belt W I D E R S O U T H - E A S T Towards Canterbury and Dover Towards Maidstone, Ashford and Folkestone CITY IN THE EAST LANDUSE LAND USE PLAN FOR CITY IN THE EAST

London needs to accommodate a growing Brimsdown population within its boundaries and needs to make the most of its land assets. Underused industrial land has been seen in the past as the main reservoir for additional housing capacity.

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i d Enfield t n successful and growing manufacturing businesses a a d i l h and the continual employment growth in Central t o r s o London. The need to service the wider population n n o c e is driving demand for distribution and logistics h d t n operations, particularly with the growth of online Meridian Water a o t n s o e retailing, as well as supporting waste recycling and ti s a u c l the closed loop economy. lo ia e r R st u d The land use plan consolidates and intensifies in larger industrial facilities in locations where they have access to the city and the M25, and where they can operate on a 24 hour basis without Waltham Forest Redbridge Haringey creating problems for residential neighbours. The London Sustainable Industries Park, the land the GLA have recently sold to Segro and the soon to Havering be redeveloped Barking provide land on to which to relocate and grow new industries.

In the new residential centres that are being created within Thameside West, Beckton Barking and Dagenham and London Riverside, the potential exists to Hackney of heavy ind tion ustri accommodate new places of work that can coexist lida al u so nd Beam Reach ses with residential uses and add life and vibrancy to on IP a site c LS s. these new communities. Newham nd to Olympic Park a st n ea io e t h a t The relocation of industrial uses to areas with good c o lo t e access to the strategic road networks further R out to the east and north, and re-development of LSIP derelict and underused brownfield land provide substantial opportunities to optimise both land Tower Hamlets Beam Reach use and land values in the east. Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks produced jointly by the Beckton Riverside local councils, the GLA and TfL seek to capitalise Greenwich Peninsula on these opportunities by setting out the future direction of travel. They set out future land use and Thameside West Thurrock development estimates, public realm, transport Canada Water and environment strategies, as well as delivery and funding mechanisms.

Southwark City in the East, collectively represents these opportunity areas as well as wider opportunities in Greenwich east London. New mixed use residential centres

Lewisham Bexley Dartford 0 1 2 3 4 5 kms CITY IN THE EAST INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING

The GLA works with local authorities to undertake Development Infrastructure Funding Studies (DIFS) for Opportunity Areas within City in the East. Similar studies have been carried out for other OAs including UPPER LEE VALLEY Vauxhall, Nine Elms and and White City.

The assessed infrastructure is that deemed to be A DIFS study was completed in August 2015, ‘strategic’. The extent of strategic infrastructure would Enfield which has identified the need for new primary be agreed with all parties. It is essential that landowners schools and secondary schools and GP and developers are a core part of this discussion. provision in Tottenham Hale and Meridian Water. Waltham are planning to upgrade the The overall objective of the DIFS is to: Forest Deephams Sewage Works, and the Edmonton • Assess, identify and quantify the strategic Eco Park is planned to become a centre for a infrastructure necessary to deliver the growth the District Heat and Power Network. OAPF envisages, including assessing the delivery and investment plans of landowners, agencies and Additional DIFS work has been commissioned infrastructure providers to look at gas, electricity and telecoms utilities • Provide an overall costing of the infrastructure Haringey provision in the Upper Lee Valley to support new requirements. population growth. This should report in early • Undertake a viability assessment of the proposed 2016. LONDON RIVERSIDE development and the level of affordable housing that can be viably delivered when taking into account infrastructure, S106 and CIL costs. DIFS has been commissioned by • Recommend what alternative funding mechanisms the GLA drawing on existing work may be available to bridge the funding gap after carried out by Barking and Dagenham monies generated by S106 contributions and CIL Council and Havering Council as have been taken into account, part of their CIL’s. This piece of work • Suggest how projects can be prioritised and where Redbridge should reportin early 2016 on the money would be most beneficially spent. combined infrastructure needs and priorities for the London Riverside Typically, a DIF study examines the following: Hackney Barking and Dagenham Opportunity Area. • Development viability and affordable housing OLYMPIC LEGACY SPG Newham • Transport Havering • Public realm improvements • Education A DIFS study was • Healthcare completed in 2012 • Emergency services • Community centres; libraries and youth provision Tower Hamlets • Arts and cultural centres • Public open space, sport and play space • Employment and training • Utilities

These studies are informed by and complement the evidence base for the potential review of the boroughs’ and the Mayor’s CIL. They can also form the basis for setting a fixed rate of affordable housing within Southwark Opportunity Areas. An effective DIFS should ensure that land value is captured for the wider public benefit. ROYAL DOCKSGreenwich AND BECKTON RIVERSIDE It should clearly signal to landowners what the public Isle of Dogs and South Poplar sector ask would be of a developer. DIFS has been commissioned by the GLA and should be

reporting by late 2016. An additional report on utilities is to DIF study to be commissioned in Lewisham be commissioned. The will complement the work underway Bexley 2016 0 1 2 3 4 5 kms for the London Riverside Opportunity Area. CITY IN THE EAST PLACES UPPER LEE VALLEY 20,100 homes15,000 jobs 1. A10 / A1010 corridor: 1a. Northumberland Park 1 4,500 homes 4,000 jobs 1b. High Road West 1,600 homes 700 jobs 2 2. Ponders End 1,100 homes 700 jobs 3. Meridian Water 5,000 homes 3,000 jobs Enfield 4. Tottenham Hale District Centre framework Crossrail-land 5,000 homes 4,000 jobs 5. Blackhorse Lane 2,500 homes 1,000 jobs

OLYMPIC LEGACY 32,000 homes 50,000 jobs

Waltham Forest 6. Northern Olympic Fringe 3,000 homes 110,000 sq. m. commercial M r e te 3 ridian Wa 7. Olympic Park 2,000 homes 50,000 sq. m. commercial Meridian Water 8. Hackney Wick and Fish Island 6,000 homes 160,000 sq. m. commercial 1b 1a 9. Stratford 12,000 homes 700,000 sq. m. Tottenham commercial 5 Ha ge 4 le Villa 10. Southern Olympic Fringe 9,000 homes 300,000 sq. m. commercial Haringey Blackhorse Road and Romford Redbridge Metropolitan Northern Olympic Fringe Town centre ROYAL DOCKS 25,500 homes and 60,000 jobs Havering 11. Thameside West 4,500 homes 4,500 jobs ble 12. Silvertown Quays 3,003 homes 20,700 jobs aina Ind ntre & C st us 13. Albert Island 1,500 jobs Ce u u tr lt g Rive S i n u kin rs e w ra r id n s o a e o 14. Beckton Riverside 5,000 homes 10,000 jobs l B P Hackney T d 6 Q a

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R f oy ar B al Wh a st G rr Ea Bexley r la ier rk e u Pa 0 1 2 3 4 5 kms en ns wich Peni Greenwich Lewisham 23 CITY IN THE EAST 3D MODELLING

Building a digital model of City in the East

The GLA digital 3D model for City in the East covers large parts of the Thames Gateway. This model coverage will be gradually increased and the model updated in partnership with public and private sector stakeholders, with the objective to eventually cover all of London. It will provide a platform to inform spatial design and planning as well as consultation processes as a an interactive live 3D model. Developers of individual sites will be expected to provide 3D models of their schemes in an agreed format which will be used to populate the GLA’s model as schemes come forward. Developers will also be expected to contribute to the cost of locating their schemes within the GLA’s wider model. Assistant Director - Planning Stewart Murray [email protected] 020 7983 4271

Senior Manager Colin Wilson [email protected] 020 7983 4783

Applications Manager Sarah Considine [email protected] CITY 020 7983 5751

OAPF Manager Darren Richards [email protected] 0207 983 4287

Well! These are tales of mystery! IN And many a darkly woven lie With men will easy credence gain; Wile truth, calm truth, may speak in vain, For eloquence, whose honey’d sway Our mortal wits obey, Can honour give to actions ill, And faith to deeds incredible; And bitter blame, and praises high, Fall truest from posterity.

Translations of Pindar: The First Olympic Ode. THE 470 BC

Greater London Authority The Queens Walk London SE1 2AA 020 7983 4000

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