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London Borough of Newham
NEWHAM - RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The regeneration of Newham in East London - with its key development sites in Stratford, the Lower Lea Valley, Canning Town, the Royal Docks and Beckton - will provide a major contribution to the sustainable communities programme.
Forecasts suggest that by 2020 an additional 66,000 people will live in Newham, and more than 80,000 new jobs and 30,000 new homes could be generated in our regeneration sites.
The challenge of delivering sustainable communities
Newham's large, mainly brownfield, development sites are strategically located at the head of the Thames Gateway where it meets the Lea Valley and London's eastward expansion. Our population is officially the youngest and most ethnically diverse in the country.
Our challenge is to ensure that sustainability is at the heart of our partners' masterplans, development frameworks and design and environmental strategies.
While we strive to build a strong local infrastructure, particularly transport and utilities, we also recognise that sustainable communities must be socially inclusive. They must provide decent homes, safe neighbourhoods and town centres, improved health, better education, training, employment and leisure opportunities, and a full range of community facilities.
To equip residents with the skills they need to improve their life choices, it's vital that a range of people-focused programmes complement the physical development. The Newham Access to Jobs Partnership helps people achieve employment-related core skills, higher skills and jobs. An area-based Access to Excellence SRB programme links socially excluded communities with job opportunities in the main development sites. A wide range of other work to counter social exclusion is undertaken both locally and borough-wide.
Stratford City
The planning application for Stratford City, submitted by developers Chelsfield Stanhope, has now been agreed. It incorporates all the key features of sustainable development in its plans for a new 1.2mn square metre metropolitan centre.
This high-density, mixed-use development on brownfield land is centred on the new Stratford International Station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. It will be served by Eurostar and domestic bullet train services between central London and north Kent. With the existing Stratford station nearby, public transport will be the key conduit to both the major new shops (140k square metres) and the commercial and office space (465k square metres) where some 30,000 jobs will be generated, transforming local employment prospects.
A range of 4,500 new homes will also be provided alongside 12 hectares of parkland with quality water features and educational and community facilities.
The Olympic masterplan and legacy
Planning permission has also now been granted for the Olympic Park in a masterplan with an emphasis on sustainability. Should the London bid to host the 2012 Olympics be successful, a new 500-acre Olympic park will be created, providing an estimated 12,000 new jobs from the Games and the associated legacy.
Newham has Olympic aspirations for the Games because they will deliver sustainable development of the highest quality.
Forecasts suggest that by 2020 an additional 66,000 people will live in Newham, and more than 80,000 new jobs and 30,000 new homes could be generated in our regeneration sites.
The challenge of delivering sustainable communities
Newham's large, mainly brownfield, development sites are strategically located at the head of the Thames Gateway where it meets the Lea Valley and London's eastward expansion. Our population is officially the youngest and most ethnically diverse in the country.
Our challenge is to ensure that sustainability is at the heart of our partners' masterplans, development frameworks and design and environmental strategies.
While we strive to build a strong local infrastructure, particularly transport and utilities, we also recognise that sustainable communities must be socially inclusive. They must provide decent homes, safe neighbourhoods and town centres, improved health, better education, training, employment and leisure opportunities, and a full range of community facilities.
To equip residents with the skills they need to improve their life choices, it's vital that a range of people-focused programmes complement the physical development. The Newham Access to Jobs Partnership helps people achieve employment-related core skills, higher skills and jobs. An area-based Access to Excellence SRB programme links socially excluded communities with job opportunities in the main development sites. A wide range of other work to counter social exclusion is undertaken both locally and borough-wide.
Stratford City
The planning application for Stratford City, submitted by developers Chelsfield Stanhope, has now been agreed. It incorporates all the key features of sustainable development in its plans for a new 1.2mn square metre metropolitan centre.
This high-density, mixed-use development on brownfield land is centred on the new Stratford International Station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. It will be served by Eurostar and domestic bullet train services between central London and north Kent. With the existing Stratford station nearby, public transport will be the key conduit to both the major new shops (140k square metres) and the commercial and office space (465k square metres) where some 30,000 jobs will be generated, transforming local employment prospects.
A range of 4,500 new homes will also be provided alongside 12 hectares of parkland with quality water features and educational and community facilities.
The Olympic masterplan and legacy
Planning permission has also now been granted for the Olympic Park in a masterplan with an emphasis on sustainability. Should the London bid to host the 2012 Olympics be successful, a new 500-acre Olympic park will be created, providing an estimated 12,000 new jobs from the Games and the associated legacy.
Newham has Olympic aspirations for the Games because they will deliver sustainable development of the highest quality.
Stephen Hoier, Strategic Policy Co-ordinator,London Borough of Newham, 020 8430 3206
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