AN ENABLED, INNOVATIVE PLACE Industrial land (SIL, LILs, LMUA) Existing Centres (Local, Town) Future Centres (Local, Town) VISION FEEDBACK FROM SUMMER 2019 Royal Docks Enterprise Zone

The Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside OA will be a nationally significant ”Improve local centres across the area, enable shops to stay open hub of enterprise, employment and culture. The area will promote an later and provide more social spaces. North Woolwich, Beckton inclusive economy with access to jobs and training, and will be recognised and Custom house were areas that stated this need for improvement.” as a test-bed for social, environmental and technological innovation. ”Ensure there is a diverse THE CRYSTAL range of opportunities, types and skill sets in the creation of new jobs and PRINCIPLES homes across the area.” Vibrant, well connected centres that support the EXCEL local economy, businesses, and employment MILLENNIUM MILLS Town and Local Centres like Canning Town, Silvertown, CITY and Beckton Riverside will be vital to the future social AIRPORT and civic life of the area. They provide space for people TATE& UEL to come together, and access services. ”Support information LYLE As new connections, infrastructure, and development sharing for job vacancies, grants ”Support for business and come forward, there is an opportunity for these centres ALBERT to provide a range of innovative activities that celebrate and funding start-ups should be a priority. ISLAND the area’s waterside location. These would include opportunities.” People would like genuinely creative, industrial, cultural, retail, and family-friendly affordable workspace and leisure uses. Located at the heart of London’s fastest flexible lease agreements FIG 1.16 Affordable workspace growing sub-region for culture, and at the gateway to that can accommodate new business expansion.” the Thames Estuary Production Corridor, the Royal Docks can realise its potential as a destination for visitors to London. Quotes from phase 1 engagement events ACTIONS Explore best practice when planning for 1 Realise the benefits of being London’s only 6 Plan for efficient use of employment land and Enterprise Zone to attract investment, new a post-COVID-19 economy, for example protect industrial capacity industry and large-scale production, and neighbourhood work hubs and principles of ‘15 There is a significant amount of designated, protected encourage innovation. minute neighbourhoods’ contributing to a fair industrial land in the OA (Strategic or Locally Significant economy across the OA. Build on the principles and outputs of the Royal Industrial Land). These sites play an important role 2 Delivering genuinely affordable workspace, Docks Economic Purpose report. This report 7 in providing opportunities for local employment and supporting local business, including sets out the ultimate economic goals that sustaining London’s economic growth. creative workspace. As new homes and jobs are created in the area, it is the RDT will help deliver for the Royal Docks, FIG 1.17 Creative workspaces in Silvertown Flyover important to ensure industrial activity is supported and for example innovative and different types of 8 Link new employment and business activity sustained on SIL/LILs sites. There are opportunities to business models can be supported through at ABP, Silvertown Quays, and Albert Island increase industrial floorspace by making better use of development sites being completed by the RDT, to other centres across the OAs, and to underused or vacant sites and to modernise existing such as Albert Island. London as a whole. industrial floorspace. 3 Establish a vision for a Major Town Centre at 9 Emphasise that new and improved strategic Beckton Riverside, with new homes and jobs transport improvements are equally as supported by a new DLR station. important as local links in attracting and Increasing youth opportunities retaining economic activity. Promoting the emerging vision for Silvertown Opportunities from new employment-led development 4 Quays to play a vital role in the western Royal Support continued success of ExCeL and LCA at Canning Town, Silvertown, and Albert Island can be 10 Docks. This will build on the area’s accessibility, as assets of the OA. explored in the OAPF to support good quality sustained industrial history, and potential. The OA will seek to create an inclusive employment opportunities. To enable local access 11 economy with a focus on community prosperity, to skills and the creation of affordable workspace, 5 Promoting local career development and the OAPF can support the connection with education training opportunities especially for young enterprise, integration and the climate people, through the OAPF supporting principles emergency to create an economy that reflects FIG 1.18 facilities and other social infrastructure in the area. Summer 2019 engagement events of LBN’s Community Wealth Building agenda the needs of existing and future communities. on employment. 9