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85 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK What are site allocations? DRAFT

SA.1 Sites have been allocated as part of the postive planning proc- Site allocations and the Infrastructure Delivery Plan ess to make sure the borough has the infrastructure needed to sup- SA.4 7KHVLWHDOORFDWLRQVKDYHEHHQLGHQWL¿HGXVLQJLQIRUPDWLRQSUR- port the anticipated level of growth set out in the Core Strategy and vided by the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) (2009) for the Core VSHFL¿FDOO\IRUWKHVWUDWHJLFKRXVLQJVLWHV LHVLWHVWKDWFDQSURYLGH Strategy and the updated IDP (2011). over 500 new net-additional homes) and key regeneration sites. For DVXPPDU\RIWKHVLWHDOORFDWLRQVSOHDVHVHHDSSHQGL[ [. SA.5 The updated IDP takes into account the substantial changes to structures used to plan for, fund and govern various forms of infrastruc- SA.2 ,IWKHVHVLWHVZHUHQRWLGHQWL¿HGDQGVDIHJXDUGHGIRUVSHFL¿F ture, such as Primary Care Trusts, that have taken place between 2009 uses, the borough would be at risk of not being able to provide serv- and 2011. ices and facilities for its communities. SA.6 In some instances, sites have not been allocated for certain types SA.3 This chapter does not set out to allocate every available devel- of infrastructure, such as emergency services facilities, and will be opment site within the borough. It only provides guidance for sites of LGHQWL¿HGDQGPDQDJHGXVLQJWKHGHYHORSPHQWPDQDJHPHQWSURFHVV a strategic importance. This provides the opportunity for any forth- )RUIXUWKHULQIRUPDWLRQSOHDVHUHIHUWRDSSHQGL[;DQGWKH6LWH6HOHF- coming Neighbourhood Plan to identify and plan for other potential tion Report (2011). local development sites. Gypsies and Travellers accommodation SA.7 The adopted Core Strategy (SP02.7b) states that identifying additional sites for Gypsies and Travellers accommodation will be carried out through the Sites and Placemaking DPD. In developing the Manag- Managing ing Development DPD, the criteria stated within the Core Strategy and Neighbourhood Development additional evidence base have been used to try to identify potential Plans DPD sites. A number of sites were initially short-listed and stated within the Sites and Placemaking DPD Engagement Document (2011).

SA.8 +RZHYHUZKHQDVVHVVHGDJDLQVW&RUH6WUDWHJ\63$QQH[ Site allocations Site guidance Delivering Placemaking these sites did not accord with the visions for - infrastructure - local sites each of the places and component areas or with emerging develop- - strategic hous - non-strategic ment proposals. Therefore we have been unable to identify a potential ing sites uses site for new Gypsies and Travellers accommodation within the borough. For further details please refer to the LBTH Gypsies and Travel- )LJXUH;5HODWLRQVKLSVEHWZHHQWKH0''3'DQGDQ\1HLJKERXUKRRG3ODQV lers Accommodation Note (2011). UHJDUGLQJJXLGDQFHIRUVSHFL¿FVLWHV SA.9 In accordance with Core Strategy SP02(7) the Council will contin- XHWRVDIHJXDUGWKHH[LVWLQJ*\SV\DQG7UDYHOOHUVLWHDW(OHDQRU6WUHHW

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Guidance for all site allocations )LJXUH;([DPSOHSODFHVKRZ- SA.10 The site allocations have been produced using evidence base de- ing site allocations and Spatial veloped by the Council. Where planning consents and/or active planning Policy Areas applications are in place on sites, this information has been considered. B

SA.11 The development of sites will be subject to the relevant Core Strategy Spatial Policies, Development Management policies, any relevant Neighbourhood Plans and the latest supplementary guidance. A 6SHFL¿FDOO\VWUDWHJLFKRXVLQJVLWHVZLOOEHUHTXLUHGWRSURYLGHDIIRUGDEOH E F housing (including family-sized housing) onsite in accordance with Core Strategy Spatial Policy 02 and policy DM3.

D SA.12 All site maps are indicative. These provide strategic guidance C for each site which will be used in the development management process, including pre-application discussions, and for the development of further supplementary guidance where required. Further supplementary guidance may take the form of masterplans and/or development briefs, especially for large sites or those in areas with development pressure.

SA.13 Where the indicative development capacity of the site is known WKLVKDVEHHQLGHQWL¿HG,ILWLVFXUUHQWO\XQNQRZQLWZLOOEHLGHQWL¿HG within any forthcoming supplementary guidance and/or as part of any pre-application advice.

Site allocations within their place SA.14 In line with the placemaking aspirations set out in the Core Strat- egy (2010), site allocations are viewed within the ‘place’ they sit in. This Spatial Policy Areas Sites enables each site to look beyond its boundaries and recognise its local FRQWH[W VSHFL¿FDOO\DQ\GHVLJQDWLRQVGHSLFWHGRQWKH3URSRVDOV0DS which helps to deliver the Core Strategy’s Big Spatial Vision and the vi- VLRQVIRUWKHWZHQW\IRXUSODFHV6HH¿JXUH;IRUDQLQGLFDWLYHH[DPSOH of this.

SA.15 Not all places have site allocations. Information for these places are shown on the Proposals Map.

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5 Southern Grove Lodge Bishopsgate5 Goods Yard 1 6 Bow LocksLock Marian Place Gas Works 2 and The Oval 7 Bromley-by-BowBromley- North East Quadrant Goodman’s Fields 3 88Bow Bow CCommonom Gas works News International 4 2 9 Chrisp StreetSt town centre 10 Poplar BBathsa 11 Ailsa StreetStre 7 12 Leven RoadRo Gas Works 5 6 1 8

13 3 9 10 14 4 15 13 Leamouth Peninsula 16 Blackwall Reach Regen- 14 eration Project 15 Billingsgate Market 17 20 16 Wood Wharf 17 Millennium Quarter 18 19 18 Westferry Printworks 19 Crossharbour town centre 20 Marsh Wall East

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Shoreditch

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91 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 1 Bishopsgate Goods Yard DRAFT

Address Shoreditch High N Street Size (ha) 4.24 PTAL rating 5 Flood zone(s) 1a London Plan density Central PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Bethnal Green Road ([LVWLQJXVH V Shoreditch High Street Overground- Station and vacant Sclater Street land Shoreditch Site allocation High Street $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW Overground opportunity required to provide a strategic Station housing development, a local park, an Idea Store and a district heating facility. The development will also include commercial ÀRRUVSDFHDQGRWKHUFRPSDWLEOHXVHV

Shoreditch High Street The site will be required to be developed in accordance with the latest supplementary

Brick Lane District Centre guidance for the Bishopsgate Goods Yard. Quaker Street

Key Commercial Street Site boundary Development parcel Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route New public squares and improved public realm Brick Lane

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What’s the site and surrounding area like? What’s the indicative development capacity? Bishopsgate Goods Yard is located on the western edge of the bor- 7KHDPRXQWRIGHYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKH¿JXUHVLQWKHODWHVW ough with the portion of the site west of the London Overground supplementary guidance for the Bishopsgate Goods Yard. This cur- Station within the London Borough of Hackney. It is currently a vacant UHQWO\LGHQWL¿HVDSSUR[LPDWHO\VTPRIWRWDOGHYHORSPHQWIRU site with the elevated London Overground line running along its cen- the site comprising: tre. Within the southern portion of the site lies the inactive Braithwaite Up to 2000 homes railway viaduct which is Grade II Listed. To the north, the site is $SSUR[LPDWHO\VTPRIHPSOR\PHQWUHWDLODQG bounded by Bethnal Green Road and to the south by active railway community uses lines. The site is surrounded by conservation areas, containing a $SSUR[LPDWHO\KHFWDUHVRISXEOLFO\DFFHVVLEOHRSHQVSDFH number of listed buildings of distinctive designs and is adjacent to the YLEUDQWPL[RIXVHVZLWKLQ%ULFN/DQHGLVWULFWFHQWUH What are the implementation considerations? Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. What are the design principles for the site? The current supplementary guidance for the Bishopsgate Goods Development should accord with the design principles set out in the

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Bethnal Green

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95 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2 Marian Place Gas Works and The Oval DRAFT

Regent's Canal Address Marian Place / The N Oval / Emma Street Size (ha) 3.75 Railway line PTAL rating 4 Flood zone(s) 1a London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Active gas holders and warehousing

Site allocation $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing development, a local park and a district heating Cambridge Heath Road facility with other compatible uses including HPSOR\PHQWÀRRUVSDFH7KLVZLOOVHH7KH

2YDOIXO¿OOLQJLWVUROHDVDUHFRJQLVHG/RQGRQ The Oval Square by bringing it back into use as public Pritchard’s Road open space.

Cambridge Heath Emma Street Neighbourhood Centre Key Site boundary To Cambridge Publicly accessible open space Heath Walking / cycling route Rail Station Green Grid route Hackney Road Improved public realm Activated waterspace Noise screening © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011

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What’s the site and surrounding area like? sets on site and in the surrounding areas within the borough and The site comprises a number of areas home to different employment /RQGRQ%RURXJKRI+DFNQH\6SHFL¿FDOO\WKHLQGXVWULDOKHULWDJH uses. The predominant feature is the gas holders, lending itself to the presented by the gas holders within the Regents Canal Conserva- character of the site and wider area. To the east and west of the gas tion Area should be acknowledged within the design and layout of holders, within the site, are 2-3 storey warehouses and further east the site. lies The Oval, a designated London Square. It is bounded to the north by Regents Canal, to the west by Pritchard Road, Emma Street on What are the implementation considerations? the south and railway line and Cambridge Heath Road to the east. The earliest indicative date the gas holders can be released will be 2016. While the gasworks are operational the site will be restricted What are the design principles for the site? LQDFFRUGDQFHZLWKWKH+HDOWKDQG6DIHW\([HFXWLYH¶V3$'+,/DQG 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- Use Planning Methodology (2011). DFWHUVFDOHKHLJKWPDVVLQJDQG¿QHXUEDQJUDLQRIWKHVXUURXQG- Development will need to ensure that land owners and leasehold- LQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHQRUWKZHVWDQGVRXWKHDVW ers are engaged effectively to facilitate potential land assembly. Development should be stepped back from the canal and posi- Development will need to address any environmental pollution and WLYHO\IUDPHWKHORFDOSDUNDQG7KH2YDOWRDYRLGH[FHVVLYHRYHU- land contamination caused by the gas works. shadowing. Dependant on phasing and in accordance with policy DM15, de- Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and YHORSPHQWZLOORQO\EHVXSSRUWHGLIWKHH[LVWLQJHPSOR\PHQWXVHV FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWH7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXU- including the Royal Mail’s operations, can be appropriately repro- ban grain to support permeability and link with Cambridge Heath vided elsewhere. neighbourhood centre. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- The local park should be a minimum size of 1.2 hectares and of a tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood usable design for sport and recreation. It should be separate from Risk Assessment (2011). the new public open space on The Oval and located adjacent to the Regents Canal with improved access to and along the canal. The new public open space on The Oval should positively contrib- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) ute to the surrounding buildings and be well-connected to the local Cambridge Heath Neighbourhood Centre (adjacent) park. Family housing should be located facing on to the local park. The Green Grid route should be well integrated with the develop- Key evidence base ment, helping to improve access to the canal, the local park and +HDOWKDQG6DIHW\([HFXWLYH3$'+,/DQG8VH3ODQQLQJ0HWKRGRO- The Oval. ogy (2011) 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- LBTH Open Space Strategy (2011) cally along Pritchard’s Road and Emma Street. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Noise screening measures should be implemented in areas bor- LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model dering the railway line. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development should protect, enhance and integrate heritage as- 97 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK DRAFT

Aldgate

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99 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 3 Goodman’s Fields DRAFT

Address Alie Street, Gower’s To Aldgate East Walk, Leman Street, 8QGHUJURXQG N Hooper Street Station Commercial Street Size (ha) 3.65 PTAL rating 6a Flood zone(s) 1a Braham Park London Plan density Central PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Alie Street ([LVWLQJXVH V Vacant buildings and

Gower’s Walk land

Site allocation $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing development, a health facility and a district heating facility. The development will also include other compatible uses including publicly ac- FHVVLEOHRSHQVSDFHDQGFRPPHUFLDOÀRRU- space. Health facility The site will be required to be developed in Leman Street accordance with the latest supplementary guidance for Aldgate and/or Goodman’s Fields.

Key Site boundary Development parcel Publicly accessible open space To Tower Gateway Walking / cycling route DLR Station Green Grid route Hooper Street Improved public realm Focal point © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011

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What’s the site and surrounding area like? Integrate the Green Grid along Alie Street to support routes to The site is currently vacant land and used for car parking. It is im- Tower Gateway DLR Station. mediately south of Aldgate and lies within the City Fringe. The sur- Create focus points at the northern corners of the site of the high- URXQGLQJDUHDLVDPL[WXUHRIDUFKLWHFWXUDOVW\OHVZLWKPRGHUQRI¿FH est quality materials and design. and residential developments interspersing historic street patterns. The site is bounded to the north by Alie Street, to the west by Leman What are the implementation considerations? Street, to the east by Gower’s Walk and to the south by recent hous- Development is envisaged to be compelted between 2015 and ing development. The site is not located within a conservation area 2020. but there a number of conservation areas within the surrounding area. 7KHFXUUHQWVXSSOHPHQWDU\JXLGDQFHIRU$OJDWHLGHQWL¿HVWKDWWKH Aldgate Implementation Group (comprised of local stakeholders) What are the design principles for the site? will monitor and guide the delivery of projects which will need to be Development should accord with the design principles for the place considered in implementing the development of the site. of Aldgate set out in the latest supplementary guidance for Aldgate. The health facility should be located in an accessible location adja- 6SHFL¿FDOO\GHYHORSPHQWVKRXOG cent to the publicly accessible open space. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- 5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKW tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood massing and urban grain of the surrounding built environment, Risk Assessment (2011). VSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHHDVWDQGZHVWZKHUHVPDOOHUVFDOHGHYHORSPHQW H[LVWV Step down in height and decrease in scale moving away from the $OGJDWH3UHIHUUHG2I¿FH/RFDWLRQ Improve walking and cycling routes to, from and create within Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) the site to support east-west and north-south movement. These Central Activities Zone VKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\ $OGJDWH3UHIHUUHG2I¿FH/RFDWLRQ DGMDFHQW and access to Braham Park, Aldgate East and Tower Gateway Stations. Protect and enhance heritage assets in the surrounding areas, Key evidence base including strategic views from the Tower of London. LBTH Aldgate Connections (2011) 6KRXOGEHLPSURYHWKHSXEOLFUHDOPDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- LBTH Aldgate Masterplan (2007) cally along Leman Street and Alie Street. LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) Provide family housing adjacent to publicly accessible open LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) space. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Provide a range of publicly accessible and residents’ communal LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model open spaces. NHS Tower Hamlets Improving Health and Wellbeing Capital Deliver spaces for active uses along Leman Street and Alie Street Scheme (2010)

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Wapping

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Address Pennington Street N To Tower Gateway Cannon Street Road Size (ha) 5.78 DLR Station PTAL rating 2 Flood zone(s) 1 St George’s Gardens London Plan density Central Swedentorg PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Gardens ([LVWLQJXVH V 2I¿FHVDQGDVVRFL- ated car parking The Highway To Watney Market Site allocation District Centre $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing Pennington Street development with two prioritised options for infrastructure provision and other compatible Tobacco XVHVLQFOXGLQJHPSOR\PHQWÀRRUVSDFH Dock

Option 1 - a secondary school, publicly accessible open space and a district heating Vaughan Way facility.

Option 2 - a primary school, a health facility, publicly accessible open space and a district St Katharine Thomas More Docks Neighbourhood heating facility. Centre Kennet Street

New connections will improve the permeabil- To Wapping Lane ity of the site and within Wapping.

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Green Grid route © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011 Improved public realm

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What is the site and surrounding area like? be in accordance with the plan, monitor and manage approach The key features of the site comprise the print works building and the and subject to further discussion with stakeholders. Grade II listed rum warehouse along the southern side of Pennington To enable safe access to either a primary or secondary school, Street. The western portion of the site is a car park. The site is within development will need to deliver pedestrian and cycling routes. walking distance of Tower Gateway DLR Station. Development will need to consider other development sites within the immediate area. Further information will be provided within The buildings and uses surrounding the site are diverse. To the north, supplementary guidance. between the site and the Highway, are a range of residential and 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- commercial buildings including the Telford Yard residential apartments tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood on the corner of Virginia street and Pennington Street. To the east of Risk Assessment (2011). 7HOIRUG

What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- DFWHUVFDOHKHLJKWPDVVLQJDQG¿QHXUEDQJUDLQRIWKHVXUURXQG- LQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHQRUWKVRXWKDQGHDVW Development should protect and enhance heritage assets on site and in the surrounding areas, including the Grade I listed Tobacco Dock. The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along Vaughan Way, The Highway and adjacent to the site along the Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) canal. City Fringe Activity Area Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and Thomas More Neighbourhood Centre FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRDGGUHVVWKHEDUULHUFXUUHQWO\ FUHDWHGE\WKHVLWH7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQ grain to support permeability and access to Thomas More neigh- Key evidence base bourhood centre, St Katharine Docks and Tobacco Dock. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) cally along The Highway and Vaughan Way. 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO Projects (2009) What are the implementation considerations? 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU6HFRQGDU\6FKRRO Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. Projects (2009) The process for selecting an option for infrastructure provision will LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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Mile End

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Address 40 - 60 Southern To Bow Road N Grove 8QGHUJURXQG Size (ha) 1.05 Station PTAL rating 6a

Flood zone(s) 1 Mile End Road London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Vacant buildings and Mile End Neighbourhood Brokesley Street land Centre

Site alocation Mile End A Special Education Needs School and a 8QGHUJURXQG district heating facility with other compatible Station uses. Southern Grove

Special Education Needs School

Key Hamlets Way Site boundary Tower Hamlets Walking / cycling route Cemetery Park Green Grid route Improved public realm

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What is the site and surrounding area like? tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood The site, at the south-east corner of Mile End Road, consists of a Risk Assessment (2011). YDFDQWFRXQFLORI¿FHEORFN7RWKHZHVWRIWKHVLWHDUHODUJHEULFNUHVL- dential blocks of the Eric and Teeby Housing Estate, interspersed with large open spaces. The estate is in the process of being regenerated. The site has terraced houses along its eastern edge and access to the site is from Southern Grove on the western edge.

What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- DFWHUVFDOHKHLJKWPDVVLQJDQG¿QHXUEDQJUDLQRIWKHVXUURXQG- LQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHHDVWDQGVRXWKWR7RZHU Hamlets Cemetery Park. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to and from WKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WR0LOH(QGQHLJKERXUKRRGFHQWUHWKURXJK the Eric & Treby Estate and along Hamlets Way. The Special Education Needs School should be located in the southern portion of the site to help enable access and visual amenity of the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Vehicular access to the site should be able to accommodate the requirements of the school. Development should protect and enhance heritage assets on site and in the surrounding areas, including the workhouse building and the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Conservation Area. The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along Southern Grove. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) cally along Southern Grove. Mile End Neighbourhood Centre (to the west) 0LOH(QG/RFDO2I¿FH/RFDWLRQ WRWKHZHVW What are the implementation considerations? Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. Any district heating facility should investigate the potential for Key evidence base connections to the decentralised heating facility within the Special LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Education Needs School in the southern portion of the site. 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- Projects (2009)

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Bromley- by-Bow

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Address Twelvetrees Cresent To Bromley-by-Bow N District Centre Size (ha) 1.52 To Lea River Park & PTAL rating 4 Queen Elizabeth Flood zone(s) 1 - 3 Olympic Park Twelvetrees Crescent London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Vacant Land

Site allocation A secondary school with a district heating To Devons Road facility and other compatible uses. Neighbourhood Centre The site will be required to be developed in accordance with the latest supplementary guidance for Bromley-by-Bow.

A12

Limehouse Cut

Empson Street Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Green Grid route

Improved public realm River Lea Activated waterspace

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What is the site and surrounding area like? Development will need to deliver connections to Bromley-by-Bow The site is currently cleared land bounded by the Limehouse Cut district centre before completion. Canal along its south east border, the A12 road on its west and River 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- Lea along its south border. To the north is the Bromley-by-Bow town tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood centre redevelopment which will bring a new district centre, shops, Risk Assessment (2011). homes, parks and a primary school to the area.

What are the design principles for the site? Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\DFURVVWKH/LPHKRXVH&XW&D- QDODQGWKH$7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQ to support permeability and legibility. Development should address noise and air pollution generated by the A12 through design mitigation measures. The Green Grid route should be linked to the site to improve access to the wider Lea River Park and further north to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Vehicular access to the site should be able to accommodate the requirements of the school. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along Twelvetrees Crescent. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- acter, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surrounding built and natural environment. Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGEHVWHSSHGEDFNIURPWKHFDQDOWRDYRLGH[- Bromley-by-Bow District Centre (adjacent) cessive overshadowing and enable activation of the canalside. Empson Street Strategic Industrial Location (nearby to the west) Development should protect and enhance heritage assets within Gillender Street Local Industrial Location (nearby to the south) WKHVXUURXQGLQJDUHDVVSHFL¿FDOO\ZLWKLQWKH/LPHKRXVH&XW&RQ- servation Area. Key evidence base What are the implementation considerations? LBTH Bromley-by-Bow Masterplan (2011) Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) To enable safe access to the school, development will need to de- LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) liver pedestrian and cycling routes across the A12 and Limehouse 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU6HFRQGDU\6FKRRO Cut Canal before completion. Projects (2009)

113 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 7 Bromley-by-Bow North East Quadrant DRAFT

Address Three Mills Lane / To Stratford City & Queen Elizabeth Hancock Road N Olympic Park Size (ha) 7.35 PTAL rating 4 Sugar House Lane Flood zone(s) 1 - 3 Masterplan London Plan density (LB Newham) Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Supermarket, warehousing and car parking River Lea Bromley-by-Bow Masterplan area Site allocation A comprehensive new district centre development opportunity required to provide a A12 Three Mills strategic housing development, a local park, (LB Newham) primary school, an Idea Store and a district Franklin Street heating facility. The development will also LQFOXGHDVXEVWDQWLDOSURYLVLRQRIUHWDLOÀRRU- Three Mill Lane space and other compatible uses.

The site will be required to be developed in accordance with the latest supplementary guidance for Bromley-by-Bow. Bromley-by-Bow District Centre Key Site boundary Development parcel Talwin Street Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Bromley-by-Bow Green Grid route 8QGHUJURXQG Improved public realm Station Railway line Activated waterspace Active frontage © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011

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What is the site and surrounding area like? 3URWHFWHQKDQFHDQGLQWHJUDWHKHULWDJHDVVHWVRQVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\ The southern part of the site consists of a supermarket, associated within the Three Mills Conservation Area and in the surrounding parking and some industrial uses.The north is occupied by low grade areas within the borough and London Borough of Newham. LQGXVWULDOXVHVZDUHKRXVLQJDQGFDUSDUNLQJ7KHDUHDLVPL[HGLQ character, changing from a higher quality canal side environment in What are the implementation considerations? the east to the west which is negatively impacted by the A12. The site Development envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. Itshould is divided by major north/south severances (the River Lea and A12) be implemented in line with the framework stated within latest sup- and east/west barriers (mainline rail). To the east of the site is the plementary guidance for Bromley-by-Bow. Critical implementation Three Mills studios. considerations are: Ensuring that land owners and leaseholders are engaged effec- What are the design principles for the site? tively to facilitate potential land assembly. Development should accord with the design principles set out in the Delivering pedestrian and cycling routes across the A12 and River latest supplementary guidance for Bromley-by-Bow and acknowledge Lea as set out in supplementary guidance. any supplementary guidance for Sugar House Lane and Three Mills Upgrading Bromley-by-Bow transport interchange in line with any ZLWKLQWKH/RQGRQ%RURXJKRI1HZKDP6SHFL¿FDOO\DQ\GHYHORSPHQW indicated phasing. should: (QVXULQJDFFHVVLVSURYLGHGWRH[LVWLQJ1DWLRQDO*ULGVXEVXUIDFH high-voltage cables. Deliver a new high street as a focus for the new district centre with (QVXULQJGHYHORSPHQWDFFRUGVZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQG an anchor supermarket and Idea Store to support small shops and adaptation measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic leisure uses. Flood Risk Assessment (2011). Improve walking and cycling connections to, from and create new RQHVZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\E\DWJUDGHFURVVLQJVDQGLP- proved subways across the A12 and new bridges across the River Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) Lea to Sugar House lane and Stratford City. These should align Bromley-by-Bow District Centre ZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\ Address the noise and air pollution generated by the A12. Ensure the high street is a pedestrian priority area with access for Key evidence base public transport and service vehicles. LBTH Bromley-by-Bow Masterplan (2011) Ensure safe pedestrian and cycling access to the primary school. LBTH Bromley-by-Bow Land and Use Design Brief (2009) 5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJRSHQVSDFHDQGWKH LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) scale, height, massing and urban grain. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Ensure that the waterfront is well-designed including a continuous LBTH Open Space Strategy (2011) walkway along the towpath. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Be stepped back from the canal. LBTH Idea Store Strategy (2009) Be well-integrated with the Green Grid routes to improve access 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO to the local park, the wider Lea River Park, Three Mills and further Projects (2009) north to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model Design the local park to be of a usable for sport and recreation and located adjacent to the River Lea. 115 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK DRAFT

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117 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 8 Bow Common Gas Works DRAFT

Address Bow Common Lane Size (ha) 3.94 N PTAL rating 2 Flood zone(s) 1 London Plan density Urban Tower Hamlets PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Cemetery Park Knapp Road ([LVWLQJXVH V Active gas holders, warehousing and car parking To Devons Road Site allocation Neighbourhood A comprehensive development required to Centre provide a strategic housing development LQFOXGLQJDVLJQL¿FDQWSURYLVLRQRIIDPLO\ Railway line housing, a primary school, a district heating facility and other compatible uses. The development will also include publicly accessible open space. To Mile End Neighbourhood Centre Bow Common Lane

Key Site boundary Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Improved public realm Noise screening

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What is the site and surrounding area like? primary school. The site comprises two distinct areas. One area contains gas holders with paved areas and the other contains mainly parking and What are the implementation considerations? warehousing. It is located in the place of Bow Common within a The earliest indicative date the gas holders can be released will be predominantly low- to medium-rise residential area. Along its north- 2015. Whilst the gasworks are operational the site will be restrict- west boundary run railway arches, beyond which lies Tower Hamlets HGLQDFFRUGDQFHZLWKWKH+HDOWKDQG6DIHW\([HFXWLYH¶V3$'+, Cemetery Park. St. Paul’s Way Community School is located to the Land Use Planning Methodology (2011). south of the site. Development will need to ensure that land owners and leaseholders are engaged effectively to facilitate potential land assembly. What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood DFWHUVFDOHKHLJKWPDVVLQJDQG¿QHXUEDQJUDLQRIWKHVXUURXQG- Risk Assessment (2011). ing built environment and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. Development should ensure safe pedestrian and cycling access to the primary school. Development should protect and enhance heritage assets on site and in the surrounding areas, including within the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Conservation Area. Family housing should be located overlooking the publicly accessible open space. New publicly accessible open space should be well integrated into the site and with Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along Knapp Road and Bow Common Lane. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRDGGUHVVWKHEDUULHUFXUUHQWO\ FUHDWHGE\%RZ&RPPRQ/DQH7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVW- LQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\VSHFL¿FDOO\ joining Knapp Road to Bow Common Lane and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to the wider area. Key evidence base 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) cally along Bow Common Lane. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Noise screening measures should be implemented in areas bor- 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO dering the railway line. Projects (2009) Safe pedestrian and cycling access should be provided to the LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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121 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 9 Chrisp Street Town Centre DRAFT

Address Chrisp Street / East India Road / N Kerbey Street Size (ha) 3.62 DLR line PTAL rating 4 Flood zone(s) 2 Cordelia Street London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Shops, community facilities, Idea Store, public houses, cafes, market and housing To Bartlett Park Site allocation Chrisp Street Regeneration of the district town centre to improve Chrisp Kerbey Street Street’s vitality and viability. The site will be required to provide new homes and a district heating facility. The devel- RSPHQWZLOODOVRLQFOXGHFRPPHUFLDOÀRRUVSDFHDQGRWKHU compatible uses.

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Chrisp Street Green Grid route District Centre Improved public realm

All Saints DLR Station East India Dock Road Poplar Baths

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What is the site and surrounding area like? ensure it is located within a central position. 7KHVLWHLVFRPSULVHGRIDSRVWZDUPL[HGXVHWRZQFHQWUHUHGHYHORS- Development will need to ensure that land owners and leasehold- ment as part of the Lansbury Estate (itself part of the Festival of Brit- ers are engaged effectively to facilitate potential land assembly. ain). It is situated to the north of East India Dock Road and bounded Dependant on phasing and in accordance with policy DM15, de- on the east by Chrisp Street and Kerbey Street on the west. The site YHORSPHQWZLOORQO\EHVXSSRUWHGLIWKHH[LVWLQJHPSOR\PHQWXVHV lies within the Lansbury Estate and includes a market place, an Idea including the Royal Mail’s operations, can be retained and/or ap- Store and a Clock Tower which act as gateways to the market square. propriately reprovided elsewhere. Further north along Chrisp Street is Langdon Park and the Langdon 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGVKRXOGHQVXUHVXI¿FLHQWDQGZHOOLQWHJUDWHG Park DLR station. To the south, across East India Dock Road, is All access arrangements for highways and servicings. Saints DLR station. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood What are the design principles for the site? Risk Assessment (2011). Development should deliver a regenerated town centre for Poplar with a range of unit sizes market square and an Idea Store located on East India Dock Road. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJ character, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the post-war DUFKLWHFWXUHDQGVXUURXQGLQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\WKH Lansbury Estate to the west and Poplar Baths to the south. Development should protect and enhance heritage assets on site and in the surrounding areas, including within the Lansbury Con- servation Area and Poplar Baths. New walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from DQGFUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WR$OO6DLQWV'/56WDWLRQ 7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQIRUPDQGJUDLQWRVXS- port east-west connectivity and wider permeability. The Green Grid route should be well integrated into the develop- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) ment, helping to improve access from East India Dock Road, to Chrisp Street District Centre the north, and Bartlett Park. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along East India Dock Road. Key evidence base LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) What are the implementation considerations? LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. LBTH Green Grid Report (2010) Development should retain the Idea Store and its services and LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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Address 170-172 East India Dock Road N Size (ha) 0.29 PTAL rating 4 Flood zone(s) 2 London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Vacant building

Site allocation A leisure facility with a swimming pool and other com- Chrisp Street District Centre patible uses sensitively bringing this locally cherished East India Dock Road building back into use. All Saints DLR Station

Poplar Bath Street Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route DLR line Green Grid route Improved public realm

Lawless Street

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What is the site and surrounding area like? The site is a vacant Grade II Listed Building, which is located south of East India Dock Road and west of All saints DLR Station. The surrounding environment comprises of Chrisp Street town centre to the north and post-war housing estates to the south and west.

What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJ FKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKWPDVVLQJDQGXUEDQJUDLQRIH[LVWLQJEXLOG- LQJDQGVXUURXQGLQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\WKH/DQVEXU\ Estate and Chrisp Street town centre to the north. Development should protect and enhance heritage assets on site DQGLQWKHVXUURXQGLQJDUHDVVSHFL¿FDOO\DVWKH3RSODU%DWKVLV Grade II listed. New walking and cycling connections should be improved to and IURPWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRFURVVWKHEDUULHUSUHVHQWHGE\(DVW India Dock Road to Chrisp Street town centre and to connect to All Saints DLR station. The Green Grid route should be well integrated into the development, helping to improve access from East India Dock Road to the north an Bartlett Park. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along East India Dock Road.

What are the implementation considerations? Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. Development should align with any proposals for the adjacent Chrisp Street town centre site. Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) As part of the leisure facility, development should include a swim- Chrisp Street District Centre ming pool and other sport facilities. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood Key evidence base Risk Assessment (2011). LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) LBTH Leisure Facilities Strategy (Sporting Places) (2009)

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127 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 11 Ailsa Street DRAFT

Address Ailsa Street Size (ha) 5.76 N To Bromley-by-Bow PTAL rating 1b District Centre Flood zone(s) 3 London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Industrial activities, former primary school and vacant land

Site allocation North River Lea $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQWRSSRUWXQLW\ comprising two areas.

Ailsa Street North will be required to manage the potential for a waste management facility in accordance with DM14. Ailsa Street South will be required to provide a primary school, a housing development and a district heating facility with other compatible uses. Lochnagar Street Zetland Street To Langdon Park South )LJXUH;6LWHERXQGDU\IRUZDVWH DLR Station management facility in Ailsa Street North A12

Leven Road

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Activated waterspace To Aberfeldy Development area Neighbourhood Centre

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What is the site and surrounding area like? What are the implementation considerations? The site is comprised of two distinct areas, one with employment land Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. uses, largely consisting of industrial storage and processes, waste The construction and operation of a waste management facility will transfer station and temporary structures with a poor visual quality, need to accord with Core Strategy Spatial Policy 05(4). the former primary school on Lochnagar Street and warehousing. The The site area required for the waste management facility in Ailsa site is bounded in the east by the River Lea and the A12 to the west. Street North will need to align with the site boundary depicted in There are two Grade II listed buildings adjacent to the site - Bromley ¿JXUH; House and Poplar Library. Delivery of the different uses should be phased to ensure a coordi- nated delivery. What are the design principles for the site? The earliest indicative date the gas holders, on the adjacent Leven The design of a waste management facility will need to accord Road Gas Works sites, can be released will be 2016. While the with Core Strategy Spatial Policy 05(4). This ensures that any new gasworks are operational, Ailsa Street South will be restricted in waste management facility is integrated into its surroundings and DFFRUGDQFHZLWKWKH+HDOWKDQG6DIHW\([HFXWLYH¶V3$'+,/DQG is modern, innovative and well designed. The facility should mini- Use Planning Methodology (2011). mise negative environmental, transport and amenity impacts on Development will need to ensure that land owners and leasehold- the surrounding area (including within neighbouring boroughs). It ers are engagement effectively to facilitate potential land assem- VKRXOGEHÀH[LEOHHQRXJKWRDOWHULWVRSHUDWLRQDQGFDSDFLW\DVFLU- bly. cumstances change without materially increasing these impacts. Access to public transport will need to be improved in line with 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- development phasing. acter, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surrounding Development will need to deliver pedestrian and cycling routes built and natural environment. across the A12 in line with development phasing. Development should protect, enhance and integrate heritage as- 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- sets on site, including Poplar Public Library and Bromley Hall, and tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood in the surrounding areas within the borough and London Borough Risk Assessment (2011). of Newham. Address the noise and air pollution generated by the A12. Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) Development should be stepped back from the River Lea to avoid Gillender Street Local Industrial Location (to the north) H[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFWLYDWLRQRIWKHULYHUVLGH Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRDQGDORQJWKH5LYHU/HDWR Key evidence base Bromley-by-Bow district centre, Aberfeldy neighbourhood centre LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) and to Langdon Park DLR station. These should align with the LBTH Waste Evidence Base Update Report (2011) H[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\ LBTH Waste Evidence Base Report (2009) Safe pedestrian and cycling access should be provided to the 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO primary school. Projects (2009) 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- Ailsa Street Development Brief (2003) cally along the A12 and Leven Road. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

129 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 12 Leven Road Gas Works DRAFT

Address Leven Road To Lea River Park & Size (ha) 8.56 Queen Elizabeth N Olympic Park PTAL rating 1b Flood zone(s) 3 London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Active gas holders Lea River ParkRiver walk Lea

Site allocation A large local park integrated as part of the wider Lea River Park with a strategic housing development, primary school, a district heating facility and other compatible uses. The local SDUNZLOOEHUHTXLUHGWRLQFRUSRUDWHÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQPHDVXUHV

Key Site boundary Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Improved public realm To Langdon Park DLR Station Leven Road To East India Dock Basin

Abbot Road

Aberfeldy Oban Street Neighbourhood Centre

To East India DLR Station

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What is the site and surrounding area like? UHVWULFWHGLQDFFRUGDQFHZLWKWKH+HDOWKDQG6DIHW\([HFXWLYH¶V The site currently houses operational gasholders with vehicular park- PADHI Land Use Planning Methodology (2011). ing, warehousing and vacant land. To the east and west of the site lie Development will need to address any environmental pollution other light industrial uses with the River Lea to the north and housing caused by the gas works. to the south. The site is accessed from Abbot Road and Leven Road. 7KHODUJHORFDOSDUNVKRXOGEHGHOLYHUHGLQWKH¿UVWSKDVHRIDQ\ development. What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- The large local park should be of a usable design for sport and tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood recreation and located adjacent to the River Lea, incorporating Risk Assessment (2011). WKH5LYHU/HD3DUNZDONDQGZDWHUVSDFHV,WVKRXOGH[FHHGWKH minimum size requirement of 1.2 ha. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- acter, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surrounding built and its riverside location. Development should be stepped back from the River Lea to avoid H[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFWLYDWLRQRIWKHULYHUVLGH Development should successfully include and deliver family homes. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WROLQNZLWKWKH5LYHU/HD3DUN walk, Aberfeldy neighbourhood centre, to Langdon Park DLR sta- WLRQDQG(DVW,QGLD'/5VWDWLRQ7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVW- ing urban grain to support permeability and legibility. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along Leven Road. The Green Grid route should be well integrated into the site, help- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) ing to activate the riverside and improve access from the local Aberfeldy Street Neighbourhood Centre park to the wider Lea River Park and further north to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Safe pedestrian and cycling access should be provided to the Key evidence base primary school. LBTH Open Space Strategy (2011) LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) What are the implementation considerations? 'I(%XLOGLQJ%XOOHWLQ%ULH¿QJ)UDPHZRUNIRU3ULPDU\6FKRRO The earliest indicative date the gas holders can be released Projects (2009) will be 2016. While the gasworks are operational the site will be LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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Leamouth

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Address Orchard Place Canning Town Size (ha) 4.64 Station PTAL rating 1b N (LB Newham) Flood zone(s) 2 & 3 London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ River Lea ([LVWLQJXVH V Vacant land

Site allocation River Lea $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHULYHUVLGHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing development, a district heating facility, publicly accessible open space and other compatible uses.

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Bow Green Green Grid route Ecology Park Improved public realm (LB Newham) Activated waterspace

To East India DLR Station Orchard Place

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What is the site and surrounding area like? Development should not impact on the operations of the nearby Leamouth peninsula is situated on the bend of the River Lea, on the safeguarded Orchard Wharf, in accordance with Core Strategy eastern edge of the borough. To the south is the River Thames, the Spatial Policy 08 and policy DM21. O2 dome and Greenwich peninsula. The roads to the south of the 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- site, provide access to the site via Orchard Place. Canning Town town tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood centre and DLR/underground and Bus Station are located across the Risk Assessment (2011). River Lea.

7RWKHVRXWKRIWKHVLWHWKHUHDUHDPL[WXUHRIXVHVFRPSULVLQJUHVL- dential, workshops, live-work units, creative industries at Trinity Buoy Wharf, largely vacant industrial buildings on Castle Wharf, Hercules and Union wharves. The adjoining Orchard Wharf is a Safeguarded Wharf.

What are the design principles for the site? Development should respect and be informed by the riverside character of the site and the surrounding areas of Leamouth, Can- ning Town and Bow Green Ecology Park. As a priority, walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and created within the site. These should be focused on the north-south and east-west routes and include bridges to Can- ning Town town centre and Bow Green Ecology Park. Development should successfully include and deliver family homes. High quality public realm should be focused on the north-south and east-west routes Development should be stepped back from the River Lea to avoid H[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFFHVVWRWKHULYHUVLGH Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) Canning Town District Centre (to the north east, LB Newham) What are the implementation considerations? Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. Development will need to deliver pedestrian and cycling routes Key evidence base across the River Lea to Canning Town before completion. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Access to public transport will need to be improved before comple- LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) tion. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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137 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 14 Blackwall Reach DRAFT

Address Cotton Street / Robin Hood Lane N Size (ha) 7.2 PTAL rating 4 To Chrisp Street

Flood zone(s) 1-3 District Centre Blackwall Tunnel Approach East India Dock Road London Plan density Central (south of PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Poplar High Street and Naval Row) / Urban Cotton Street ([LVWLQJXVH V Housing, primary Bazely Street London Borough of school, community Tower Hamlets facilities, car parking All Saints Town Hall and warehousing Church Yard

Site allocation $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing de- East India YHORSPHQWDQH[SDQGHG:RROPRUHSULPDU\ DLR Station school and a district heating facility. The Poplar High Street development will also include new publicly Poplar High Street Neighbourhood Centre DFFHVVLEOHRSHQVSDFHFRPPHUFLDOÀRRU- space and other compatible uses.

The site will be required to be developed in Blackwall accordance with the latest supplementary DLR Station guidance for Blackwall Reach.

Aspen way Key Site boundary Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route

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What is the site and surrounding area like? VSHFL¿FDOO\$OO6DLQWV&KXUFKDQGLWVVXUURXQGLQJVWRWKHZHVW The site is comprised of two different areas, the Robin Hood Garden Integrate the Green Grid route, helping to improve access from Estate, comprising late post-war housing blocks and lower-rise hous- Poplar High Street to the Town Hall. ing; and the other a collection of buildings adjoining Blackwall DLR Station, comprising workshops, garages and car parking. The access What are the implementation considerations? to the site is restricted to the east by the Blackwall Tunnel Approach Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. Road, DLR lines and Aspen Way to the south. Development will need to ensure that land owners, leaseholders and tenants are engagement effectively to facilitate potential land What are the design principles for the site? assembly and minimise issues. Development should accord with the objectives set out in the latest 'HYHORSPHQWZLOOQHHGWRSURYLGHDQH[SDQVLRQRIDQGHQVXUHWKH VXSSOHPHQWDU\JXLGDQFHIRU%ODFNZDOO5HDFK6SHFL¿FDOO\DQ\GHYHO- continual functioning of Woolmore primary school during construc- opment should: tion and opertional phases. Development will need to re-provide bus parking and access near &UHDWHKLJKTXDOLW\SXEOLFVSDFHVVSHFL¿FDOO\LQIURQWRI%ODFNZDOO to Blackwall DLR Station. DLR Station and along Poplar High Street. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- Improve and create walking and cycling connections to, from and tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood within the site by addressing barriers and linking public spaces Risk Assessment (2011). DQGFHQWUHVRIDFWLYLW\6SHFL¿FDOO\FRQQHFWLRQVVKRXOGOLQNWRWKH River Thames, Poplar High Street, Canary Wharf, north to the Aberfeldy Estate and east to Town Hall. Step down in height and scale from Poplar High Street town centre. Deliver family housing overlooking the publicly accessible open space. Development should protect, enhance and integrate heritage as- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) sets in the adjacent Naval Row and All Saints Church Conserva- Poplar High Street Neighbourhood Centre tion Assets. Chrisp Street District Centre (to the north) Provide new publicly accessible open space at the heart of the site. Improve the public realm within the neighbourhood centre. Key evidence base Address the noise and air pollution generated by Aspen Way, Cot- LBTH Blackwall and Poplar Connections and Public Realm Study ton Street, East India Dock Road and the Blackwall Tunnel Ap- (2011) proach. LBTH Blackwall Reach Regeneration Framework (2008) 5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKW LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) massing and urban grain of the surrounding built environment, LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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141 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 15 Billingsgate Market DRAFT

Address Trafalgar Way N Size (ha) 5.74 PTAL rating 3 Flood zone(s) 2-3 London Plan density Central PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V Wholesale market and parking Aspen way Site allocation $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW required to provide a strategic housing development, a district heating facility with other compatible uses.

8SSHU%DQN6WUHHW Canary Wharf Crossrail Station West India Dock

Canary Wharf Major Centre

Key Trafalgar Way Site boundary Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Improved public realm Activated waterspace Blackwall Basin

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What is the site and surrounding area like? of the borough). The site comprises Billingsgate Market and its associated vehicular Development will need to deliver pedestrian and cycling routes parking. It is located to the south of Aspen Way and the DLR lines. across Aspen Way. The site is overlooked by the tall buildings of Canary Wharf to the 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- south of the site. tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2011). Trafalgar Way runs along the east of the site, opposite which are a number of residential blocks. To the north east of the site is the Black- wall Reach Regeneration Area.

What are the design principles for the site? 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- acter, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surrounding EXLOWHQYLURQPHQWDQGGRFNVLGHORFDWLRQVSHFL¿FDOO\LWVKRXOGVWHS down from Canary Wharf to the low-rise nature of Poplar. Development should protect and enhance the accumulator tower (Grade II Listed) and its surroundings. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRDGGUHVVWKHEDUULHURI$V- pen Way and integrate the site with Poplar to the north and North Quay and the Canary Wharf Crossrail Station to the south west. 7KHVHURXWHVVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUW permeability and legibility. Development should be stepped back from West India Dock to DYRLGH[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFWLYDWLRQRIWKHULYHU- side. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) cally along Aspen Way and Upper Bank Street. Canary Wharf Activity Area Noise screening measures should be implemented in areas bor- &DQDU\:KDUI3UHIHUUHG2I¿FH/RFDWLRQ SDUWLDO dering Aspen Way.

What are the implementation considerations? Key evidence base Development is envisaged to begin between 2020 and 2025. LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development will only be supported if the operations of the Bill- LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) ingsgate Market can be appropriately reprovided (within or outside LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

143 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 16 Wood Wharf DRAFT

Address Preston’s Road N To Poplar High Street Size (ha) 7.26 Neighbourhood Centre PTAL rating 2 Flood zone(s) 3 London Plan density Central PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Trafalgar Way ([LVWLQJXVH V Warehousing, of- Canary Wharf Major Centre ¿FHVKRXVLQJDQG vacant land Blackwall Basin

Site allocation To Canary Wharf $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHvelopment 8QGHUJURXQG opportunity required to provide a strategic Station housing development, an Idea Store, a health facility and a district heating facility. The development will also include a substan- WLDODPRXQWRIFRPPHUFLDOÀRRUVSDFHDQG other compatible uses.

Preston’s Road The site will be required to be developed in accordance with the latest supplementary guidance for Wood Wharf.

Key West India and Millwall Docks Site boundary Development parcel Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Public realm improvement focus Activated waterspace South Quay DLR Station Active frontage Focal point © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011

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What is the site and surrounding area like? the development of the Crossharbour town centre site to ensure Wood Wharf is located directly to the east of Canary Wharf and west the needs of communities are met in the most appropriate manner. RI3UHVWRQ¶V5RDG%ODFNZDOO%DVLQGH¿QHVWKHQRUWKHUQERXQGDU\RI 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- the site with the River Thames Locks and South Quay forming the tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood southern boundary. The site currently has warehousing, some hous- Risk Assessment (2011). ing and vacant land.

What are the design principles for the site? Development should accord with the design principles set out in the ODWHVWVXSSOHPHQWDU\JXLGDQFHIRU:RRG:KDUI6SHFL¿FDOO\DQ\GH- velopment should:

5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKW massing and urban grain of the surrounding built environment and its dockside location. Focus tall buildings in the west of the site, stepping down to the H[LVWLQJORZHUULVHHQYLURQPHQWLQ&XELWW7RZQWRWKHHDVW Protect and enhance the Blackwall Basin and former West India Dock walls and other surrounding heritage assets. Create new east-west and north-south walking and cycling routes. 7KHVHVKRXOGDOLJQZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJJULGJHRPHWU\RI&DQDU\ :KDUIWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\VSHFL¿FDOO\FRQQHFWLQJ to Canary Wharf and Marsh Wall East. Provide a range of new publicly accessible open spaces. Provide a new canal link to Wood Wharf. Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along Canary Wharf Major Centre Preston’s Road. &DQDU\:KDUI3UHIHUUHG2I¿FH/RFDWLRQ SDUWLDO Development should be stepped back from the surrounding water- VSDFHVWRDYRLGH[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFWLYDWLRQ of the riverside. Incorporate focal points that to help create a sense of place for Key evidence base Wood Wharf. LBTH Wood Wharf Masterplan (2003) LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) What are the implementation considerations? LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) The delivery of an Idea Store will need to be monitored alongside LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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147 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 17 Millennium Quarter DRAFT

Address Millharbour / Marsh To Canary Wharf Major Centre N Wall South Dock Size (ha) 22.29 PTAL rating 3 Flood zone(s) 3 Marsh Wall London Plan density Central - Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ South Quay DLR Station ([LVWLQJXVH V Housing, shops, UHVWDXUDQWVRI¿FHV open space

Site allocation Mastmaker Road

$FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW Alpha Grove opportunity required to provide a strategic housing development and a district heating facility. The development will also include Barkentine Estate FRPPHUFLDOÀRRUVSDFHRSHQVSDFHDQG Neighbourhood other compatible uses. Centre Millwall Millharbour Inner The site will be required to be developed in Dock accordance with the latest supplementary guidance for the Millennium Quarter. Mellish Street

Key Crossharbour DLR Station Site boundary Development parcel Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route Green Grid route Improved public realm Crossharbour Activated waterspace District Centre

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What is the site and surrounding area like? What are the implementation considerations? As the Millennium Quarter masterplan continues to be delivered the Development should connect to, or demonstrate potential to con- built form is evolving into high-density tall building residential devel- nect to the Barkentine Energy Centre. RSPHQWV QRWDEO\3DQ3HQLQVXOD ZLWKRI¿FHVORFDOVKRSVDQGRSHQ 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- space. The masterplan area is bounded by South Dock to the north, tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood Millwall Outer Dock to the east and the lower rise housing of the Bark- Risk Assessment (2011). entine Estate to south and west.

The Westferry printing works is to the south of the site with the adjacent Barkentine Estate to the west, with Greenwich View Place to the south. The Baltimore Wharf development to the east forms a strong visual barrier. The elevated DLR to the north is another visual barrier with South Quay DLR station being the closest station.

What are the design principles for the site? Development should accord with the design principles set out in the ODWHVWVXSSOHPHQWDU\JXLGDQFHIRUWKH0LOOHQQLXP4XDUWHU6SHFL¿FDOO\ any development should:

5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKW massing and urban grain of the surrounding built environment and LWVGRFNVLGHORFDWLRQVSHFL¿FDOO\LWVKRXOGVWHSGRZQIURP&DQDU\ Wharf to the smaller scale residential areas south of Millwall Dock. Protect and enhance the setting of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site and other surrounding heritage assets including the Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) historic dockside promenade. Canary Wharf Activity Area (partial) Development should be stepped back from the surrounding water- VSDFHVWRDYRLGH[FHVVLYHRYHUVKDGRZLQJDQGHQDEOHDFWLYDWLRQ of the riverside. Key evidence base The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along LBTH Millennium Quarter Public Realm Guidance Manual (2008) Marshwall, Byng Street, Mastmaker’s Road, Millharbour and the LBTH Millennium Quarter Masterplan (2000) edges of South Dock and Millwall Inner Dock. LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) &UHDWHDOHJLEOHSHUPHDEOHDQGZHOOGH¿QHGPRYHPHQWQHWZRUN LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) centred on Millharbour and Marsh Wall. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) Create and deliver two new public open spaces. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

149 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 18 Westferry Printworks DRAFT

Address Westferry Road Barkentine Estate N Neighbourhood Size (ha) 6.16 Centre PTAL rating 2 Flood zone(s) 3 Mellish Street London Plan density Urban Millharbour PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V 2I¿FHVSULQWZRUNV Tiller Road and car parking To Crossharbour District Centre Site allocation

$FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW Road Westferry required to provide a strategic housing development and other compatiable uses with two prioritised options for infrastructure provision.

Option 1 - a secondary school, publicly ac- FHVVLEOHRSHQVSDFHDQH[SDQGHGOHLVXUH facility and a district heating facility.

Option 2 - a primary school, local park, an H[SDQGHGOHLVXUHIDFLOLW\DQGDGLVWULFWKHDW- ing facility.

Millwall Outer Dock

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route To Westferry Road Green Grid route Neighbourhood Centre Improved public realm Activated waterspace

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What is the site and surrounding area like? Development should align with any proposals for adjacent sites Westferry Printworks is located on the south western edge of the Mil- within the Millennium Quarter masterplan. lennium Quarter. It is a large scale building on the dockside with lower Development should connect to, or demonstrate potential to con- rise housing and Tiller leisure centre in the north of the site. nect to the Barkentine Energy Centre. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- What are the design principles for the site? tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDU- Risk Assessment (2011). acter, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surrounding The improved Tiller leisure centre should be well integrated with EXLOWHQYLURQPHQWDQGLWVGRFNVLGHORFDWLRQVSHFL¿FDOO\LWVKRXOG the rest of the site. acknowledge the design of the adjacent Millennium Quarter and The potential for the co-location of ‘dry’ sports facilities with the continue to step down from Canary Wharf to the smaller scale school (primary or secondary) and the Tiller leisure centre should residential to the north and south. EHH[SORUHGWRHQVXUHWKHERURXJKPHHWVLWVOHLVXUHQHHGV Development should protect and enhance the setting of the Mari- time Greenwich World Heritage Site and other surrounding heritage assets. Development should be stepped back from the surrounding water- spaces to enable activation of the riverside. Development should successfully include and deliver family homes. Public open space should be located adjacent to the Millwall Outer Dock and of a usable design for sport and recreation. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRLPSURYHFRQQHFWLRQVWR0LOO- wall Outer Dock and to Barkentine Estate centre, Westferry Road centre and Crossharbour centre. These routes should align with WKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\ 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along Westferry Road and Millharbour. The school should be located adjacent to the Millwall Outer Dock. Key evidence base What are the implementation considerations? LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) The process for selecting an option for infrastructure provision will DfE Building Bulletin 98 (2009) be in accordance with the plan, monitor and manage approach DfE Building Bulletin 99 (2009) and subject to further discussion with stakeholders. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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Cubitt Town

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153 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 19 Crossharbour Town Centre DRAFT

Address East Ferry Road N Size (ha) 4.89 PTAL rating 3 Crossharbour Flood zone(s) 3 DLR Station London Plan density Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ Strattondale Street Glengall Grove ([LVWLQJXVH V Supermarket, car SDUNLQJRI¿FHV health facility and DLR line Crossharbour DLR Station

Site allocation A comprehensive sustainable district centre development opportunity centred on a new public square. It will be required to provide a Crossharbour District Centre strategic housing development and an Idea Store. The development will also include re-

WDLOÀRRUVSDFHDQGRWKHUWRZQFHQWUHFRPSDW- East Ferry Road ible uses.

Key Site boundary Walking / cycling route Mudchute Park Green Grid route Improved public realm Public square

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What is the site and surrounding area like? market is redeveloped to ensure continued service delivery for The site is currently dominated by a supermarket and associated car local people. parking. Alongside these are a health facility, Crossharbour DLR Sta- Delivery of new routes and public square should be an prioritised WLRQDQGPHGLXPULVHRI¿FHV,WOLHVWRWKHQRUWKRI0XGFKXWH3DUNDQG within phasing timetables. south of Canary Wharf. The site itself is bounded by East Ferry Road Development should connect to, or demonstrate potential to con- to the west, Mudchute Park on the south, a low rise residential devel- nect to the Barkentine Energy Centre. opment on the east and north. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood What are the design principles for the site? Risk Assessment (2011). Development should deliver an anchor supermarket with smaller The site occupies the majority of the Crossharbour district centre shops and leisure uses. Spatial Policy Area. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJ character, scale, height, massing and urban grain of the surround- LQJEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWDQG0XGFKXWH3DUN6SHFL¿FDOO\LWVKRXOG acknowledge the low rise nature of the immediate residential area to the north. Development should be centred around a new public square at the heart of the site. Development should protect and enhance the setting of the Mari- time Greenwich World Heritage Site and other surrounding heritage assets. Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and created across the site to establish connections to the new public square, Crossharbour DLR Station and Mudchute Park. These URXWHVVKRXOGDFNQRZOHGJHWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUW Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) permeability and legibility. Cross Harbour District Centre The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site. 7KHSXEOLFUHDOPVKRXOGEHLPSURYHGDWDFWLYHVLWHHGJHVVSHFL¿- cally along East Ferry Road and adjacent to Mudchute Park. Key evidence base LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) What are the implementation considerations? LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Development is envisaged to begin between 2015 and 2020. LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) The health facility should be reprovided on site in accordance with LBTH Leisure Facilities Strategy (Sporting Places) (2009) policy DM8. LBTH Idea Store Strategy (2009) $QHZVXSHUPDUNHWVKRXOGEHSURYLGHGEHIRUHWKHH[LVWLQJVXSHU- LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

155 TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 20 Marsh Wall East DRAFT

Address Marsh Wall, Lime- N harbour Canary Wharf Major Centre Size (ha) 12.94 PTAL rating 3 Flood zone(s) 3 West India and Millwall Docks London Plan density Central - Urban PDWUL[FODVVL¿FDWLRQ ([LVWLQJXVH V 2I¿FHVKRXVLQJ shops, cafes, restau- rants, open space

Site allocation $FRPSUHKHQVLYHPL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQW opportunity required to provide a strategic housing development and a district heating South Quay Marsh Wall facility. The development will also include DLR Station FRPPHUFLDOÀRRUVSDFHIRU6PDOOWR0HGLXP Enterprises, open space and other compatible uses.

The site will be required to be developed in accordance with the latest supplementary Millwall guidance for Marsh Wall East. Inner Limeharbour

Dock Manchester Road Key Site boundary Development parcel Publicly accessible open space Walking / cycling route East Ferry Road Green Grid route Improved public realm To Crossharbour District Centre Activated waterspace Active frontage © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey, London Borough of Tower Hamlets 100019288 2011

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What is the site and surrounding area like? Create and deliver a series of pocket parks and open spaces. The site is located south of Wood Wharf and the tall building cluster Improve biodiversity along the water edges and within open of Canary Wharf, separated by West India and Millwall Docks. To the spaces. south along the dockside are a number of large scale housing developments while to the south east are low-rise housing estates. To the What’s the indicative development capacity? west are the tall buildings of the Millennium Quarter. 3000 new homes VTPQHZDQGUHSURYLGHGHPSOR\PHQWÀRRUVSDFH The site currently comprises a number of commercial and residential developments of small to medium scale. What are the implementation considerations? Development is envisaged to begin between 2012 and 2015. What are the design principles for the site? Development will need to ensure that land owners and leasehold- Development should accord with the design principles set out in the ers are engaged effectively to facilitate potential land assembly. ODWHVWVXSSOHPHQWDU\JXLGDQFHIRU0DUVK:DOO(DVW6SHFL¿FDOO\DQ\ In addition to the delivery of a district heating facility within the site, development should: development should connect to, or demonstrate potential to connect to the Barkentine Energy Centre to help create a local energy 5HVSHFWDQGEHLQIRUPHGE\WKHH[LVWLQJFKDUDFWHUVFDOHKHLJKW network. massing and urban grain of the surrounding built environment and 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGUHSURYLGHDQGLQWHQVLI\H[LVWLQJHPSOR\PHQW LWVGRFNVLGHORFDWLRQVSHFL¿FDOO\LWVKRXOGVWHSGRZQIURP&DQDU\ ÀRRUVSDFH Wharf to the lower rise buildings of Cubitt Town in the south east. 'HYHORSPHQWVKRXOGDFFRUGZLWKDQ\ÀRRGPLWLJDWLRQDQGDGDSWD- Walking and cycling connections should be improved to, from and tion measures stated within the borough’s Level 2 Strategic Flood FUHDWHGZLWKLQWKHVLWHVSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHGRFNVLGHVQRUWKWR&D- Risk Assessment (2011). nary Wharf major centre and Wood Wharf and south to Crosshar- bour district centre and Mudchute Park. These routes should align ZLWKWKHH[LVWLQJXUEDQJUDLQWRVXSSRUWSHUPHDELOLW\DQGOHJLELOLW\ %HVHWEDFNIURPWKHURDGWRDYRLGRYHUVKDGRZLQJVSHFL¿FDOO\ Key Spatial Policy Area designation(s) along the main routes of Marsh Wall East and Limeharbour. Canary Wharf Activity Area Be stepped back from the docksides to enable activation of the Cross Harbour District Centre (to the south) dockside. The Green Grid route should be integrated within the site along the edges of West India and Millwall Docks. Key evidence base &UHDWHDOHJLEOHSHUPHDEOHDQGZHOOGH¿QHGPRYHPHQWQHWZRUN LBTH Marsh Wall East Masterplan SPD (TBC) centred on Millharbour and Marsh Wall. LBTH Town Centre Policy Development Report (2011) Protect and enhance the setting of the Maritime Greenwich World LBTH Heat Map Study Report (2011) Heritage Site and other surrounding heritage assets including the LBTH Green Grid Strategy (2010) historic dockside promenade. LBTH Planning for Population Change and Growth Model

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