report 3 - appendix 1 pubLic item 6 / 19 march 2013

London Legacy deveLopment corporation

regeneration delivery programme

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Summary
London Legacy Development Corporation (the Legacy Corporation) has been established to promote and deliver physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in the Olympic Park and surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, by securing high-quality sustainable development and investment, ensuring the long-term success of the facilities and assets within its direct control and supporting and promoting the aim of convergence. Following the success of the 2012 Games, the Legacy Corporations work is focused on re-opening and operating a successful park, weaving in new development with what exists to create a great place, and securing opportunities and change for people living in the area. The Legacy Corporation aims to use the success of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a springboard for wider regeneration, drawing on its experience and understanding of the local area, its commitment to partnership working, and its incredible asset base to create the conditions for success. To achieve this objective, the Legacy Corporation has significant assets within the Park, some capital funding, influence and the ability to bring partners together, as well as planning powers within its boundary. This briefing document sets out what the Legacy Corporation is doing to deliver its core objective of regeneration, the context within which it is operating, and the importance of jobs, growth, placemaking, community and connectivity to achieving this objective. The Legacy Corporation is leading or supporting projects on the basis of judgements about their deliverability, their contribution towards strategic objectives, and the urgency of opportunity that they offer. This document is not the Legacy Corporations Local Plan, which will set out land use and town planning policies for the area within the Corporations boundary. This programme does not seek to set policy for the Local Plan and related documents, which will be developed through a formal public process during the course of 2013 and 2014.

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1. introduction 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. 3. LOnDOns LEGaCy CEnTraL LOnDOns FuTurE LOnDOn LEGaCy DEvELOPmEnT COrPOraTiOn

park opening, deveLopment and regeneration regeneration programme 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. PrinCiPLEs PriOriTiEs JObs GrOwTh PLaCEmakinG COmmuniTy COnnECTiviTy

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Legacy pLaces and connections objectives and priority projects

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1.0 introduction
1.1 Londons legacy

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were an unqualified success. not only did London witness world-beating sporting performances, but the capital redefined and updated its character as a global city, with East London showcasing its vitality, diversity and beauty to the world. London Legacy Development Corporation aims to maintain and build on this track record of success, to ensure that the area around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park fulfils its potential as a thriving extension to the heart of a great world city, which offers enhanced social and economic opportunities to current and future residents, and becomes an exciting destination for Londoners. in doing so, the Legacy Corporation will build on the areas rich history, make the most of the skills, aspiration and enthusiasm of local people, and delivery a lasting transformation for local communities. The Legacy Corporation will also seek to support the goal of Convergence, which sets out the ambition that that within 20 years, the communities who host the 2012 Games will have the same social and economic chances as their neighbours across London. (strategic regeneration Framework, 2010). Convergence was adopted by the Government as a primary legacy objective in november 2010. The Convergence Framework and action Plan 2012-15 (2011) sets out how the Greater London authority (GLa), host boroughs and other partners, including the Olympic Park Legacy Company (the London Legacy Development Corporations predecessor), agreed to work towards Convergence with a focus on three themes: Creating wealth and reducing poverty supporting healthier lifestyles Developing successful neighbourhoods
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central Londons future

The 2012 Games also demonstrated that the eastwards growth of central London, which began some thirty years ago with the first steps of development in Docklands, has reached stratford, bringing Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into the heart of London. many event organisers, business leaders and investors saw stratford, perhaps for the first time, as a credible place to do business. Londoners, meanwhile, saw a new place to live, work and enjoy their lives. The Park lies at the heart of Londons growth boroughs (barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, hackney, newham, Tower hamlets, waltham Forest), home to 1.3 million people and the fulcrum for Londons future development. in the last decade one in four of all new jobs in London, and 10 per cent of the capitals total employment, were generated here. it is forecast that in the next 20 years the area will add an extra 7 billion annually to Londons economy and nearly double the 200,000 jobs that are already in the area. inner East London is already one of the capitals most exciting areas, and a magnet for creative businesses in fashion, technology and arts. as London moves eastwards, the area around the Park will form a bridge between Londons present and its future. it is where Londons most intense needs meet Londons greatest opportunities in the words of the London Plan (2011) it is Londons most important regeneration project for the next 25 years.

Legacy Communities Scheme 2030 Illustrative Masterplan

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London Legacy development corporation

The mayor of Londons decision to establish a mayoral development corporation with an area of operation extending beyond Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and a remit including planning policy, development management and regeneration reflects a long-term commitment to the area. the mayor defined the Legacy corporations aims as follows1 : To promote and deliver physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in the Olympic Park and surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, by securing high-quality sustainable development and investment, ensuring the long-term success of the facilities and assets within its direct control and supporting and promoting the aim of convergence. while the Legacy Corporation has specific powers relating to a defined geographical area, it has been established by the mayor of London to promote a broader programme of regeneration and change in east London, with differing levels of power and influence at different spatial scales: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the Legacy Corporation is the major landowner and the lead regeneration agency, and has specific planning and other powers. Within the Legacy Corporation area, but outside the Park, where the Corporation is a very minor landowner, but still the lead regeneration agency, and has specific planning and other powers. Outside the Legacy Corporation area, where the Legacy Corporation owns no land, is not the lead regeneration agency and has no powers, but does have interests as a strategic partner, and will seek to ensure that what happens inside the boundary benefits communities outside (and vice versa).

the Legacy corporations vision for park, place and people addresses these three scales of operation: PARK: To operate a successful and accessible Park and world-class sporting venues, offering facilities for high-performance and community participation, enticing visitor attractions, and a busy programme of sporting, cultural and community events that will continue to draw crowds to stratford; PLACE: To create one of Londons most dynamic urban districts, attracting investment from across London and beyond, becoming a location of choice for current residents and new arrivals, acting as a fulcrum for wealth creation and entrepreneurship, and linking Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park estate with surrounding neighbourhoods; PEOPLE: To create local opportunities and transformational change, to promote regeneration and convergence for East London, and to ensure value for money for taxpayers

Mayor of Londons proposals for a Mayoral Development Corporation, February 2011

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2.0 park opening, development and regeneration

Over the next three years, three corporate programmes will be central to the Legacy Corporations aims: opening and operating Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; bringing forward the development of new neighbourhoods around the Park; and developing and delivering the programme for long-term regeneration. These three programmes that are fundamental to success. successful re-opening will maintain momentum, enhance reputation and build value in the long term, and real estate development will build up to 7,000 new homes and space for thousands more jobs around the Park and venues. but these programmes need to be complemented by an effective regeneration programme: the Park and its commercial, employment and leisure opportunities - must forge strong links with local communities to make convergence a reality. the park opening plan includes: The Park Transformation process - clear, connect, complete - which began immediately after the end of the Paralympic Games and will clear the Games-time overlay including temporary venues, walkways and roads; connect the Park with new roads, cycle and pedestrian paths that stitch across the site and into the surrounding area; and complete permanent venues, bridges and parklands for their legacy use re-opening the Park itself, in stages during 2013 and 2014, with park hubs, playgrounds and new landscaping designed to support a programme of events and visitor attractions that will draw local, metropolitan, national and international visitors re-launching permanent venues (the stadium, the aquatics Centre, the velodrome, the Copper box, the arcelormital Orbit) with tenants and operators in placesuccessful delivery of this programme will create the foundations for a fantastic place, for value creation, for a powerful brand, and for long-term community benefits.

successful delivery of this programme will create the foundations for a fantastic place, for value creation, for a powerful brand, and for long-term community benefits. alongside park re-opening, the development programme is also underway: Plans for the creation of five new neighbourhoods in the Park over the next 20 years, with up to 7,000 new homes and supporting social infrastructure, were approved in June 2012; The first homes in the Chobham manor neighbourhood will be under construction from 2014; interim uses will be used to bring life to longer-term development plots; and The Press and broadcast centre will be re-launched as a major employment hub, with bT sport confirmed as a first anchor tenant.

The regeneration Programme forms a bridge between the Park, the creation of a new place, and the projects that will deliver regeneration and transformative change for local people. This document sets out the principles, strategy and priorities that define this programme, and the critical projects that are currently being pursued.

South Park Plaza - completed for Park Opening

Chobham Manor - construction to commence 2013

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3.0 the regeneration programme

3.1 principles

The Legacy Corporations regeneration Programme is founded on extensive experience of East London, both within the Legacy Corporation and among its partners. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is at the heart of the Legacy Corporation area, which forms the northern part of the Lower Lea valley, which is in turn one of the critical cluster of growth areas in East London and the capital as a whole. The Legacy Corporation will operate at each of these spatial levels. Of equal importance is an understanding of East Londoners their needs, aspirations and the cultural richness that must continue to thrive. East Londons history has been one of innovation, re-invention and change, and the area is currently home to one of the youngest and most diverse populations in London or the uk. but these communities continue to face problems, with poorer educational, employment and health outcomes, worse housing conditions, and higher crime levels than the London average. The London 2012 Games have left the Legacy Corporation with an enviable set of assets and opportunities, including a Park and venues that were designed to be fully inclusive to all sections of the community, and which hosted the most accessible Paralympic Games ever. The Legacy Corporation is committed to carrying these principles forward, to ensure that the legacy of the Paralympic Games lives on in the development of truly inclusive and accessible places. while the Legacy Corporation has funding for short-term investment in re-opening the Park, its approach to wider regeneration projects will have to be much more opportunistic and entrepreneurial, especially given the austere fiscal environment. The Legacy Corporation will achieve its objectives by using influence and leadership, by making best use of available funding and securing new funding, and by creating a planning policy framework and decision-making process that combines clarity and flexibility. while our assets may be concentrated in the Park, our effectiveness will be maximised if we operate in partnership, as part of a broader alliance for east London. Even if monolithic delivery of its remit was feasible for the Legacy Corporation, it would be wasteful of the huge resources that partners can bring to the table. as a localised agency, rooted in metropolitan government, the Legacy Corporation can help to connect local need with London-wide opportunity, so that inner east London can benefit from joint working with the office of the mayor of London, and other parts of the GLa Group, as well as with neighbouring boroughs, local communities, and the businesses that have made east London their home. Finally, the Legacy Corporation will review, and where necessary update, the valuable strategic work and planning policy that has been presented in documents like the strategic regeneration Framework, the Olympic Legacy supplementary Planning Guidance, and the various masterplans, core strategies and area actions plans that have been prepared and adopted by the host boroughs and their partners. we will reflect the shared vision that this body of work has established and will work to deliver the priority projects that have been identified 3.2 strategies and priorities

in the light of these principles, the Legacy Corporations regeneration strategy is to make the most of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Parks redevelopment as a visitor destination and thriving urban district, to form the springboard for and driving force behind a programme of managed urban change that will both support convergence locally, and further Londons success on a global stage. jobs for local people within the Park, venues and new workspaces, and through promoting and capiatlising on the entrepreneurial culture of the local communities growth supporting entrepreneurship, creating workspaces for businesses, fostering further and higher education facilities that can foster innovation and growth, placemaking creating places that work, including housing developments that meet local and Londonwide needs and accommodate a diverse and changing population

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community making sure that local people (including those from deprived communities) have the opportunity and capacity to benefit from employment, business and leisure opportunities, and enabling local people to bring life to the areas spaces and neighbourhoods, to act as the longterm guarantors of its success connections strengthening and extending the physical and social links between Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, other major development locations and surrounding communities, and overcoming physical barriers that currently separate communities, and inhibit access to employment, business and leisure opportunities

Given constrained funding, particularly in the early years, we will pursue projects that best fit these priorities, but will also act nimbly to seize opportunities as they arise. 3.3 jobs

The London boroughs of barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, hackney, newham, Tower hamlets and waltham Forest (Londons Growth boroughs) are the new business centre for London. The area comprises 20,500 hectares of land and is home to 1.3 million people three times the size of the city of manchester. it is forecast that in the next 20 years the area will add an extra 7 billion annually to Londons economy and nearly double the 200,000 jobs already here. One reason for Londons centre of gravity moving east is the 2012 Games, which have delivered up to 50 years of regeneration and infrastructure investment in under a decade. 3.4 growth

Londons Growth boroughs provide unrivalled opportunities for new and emerging technologies. The area offers large areas of high quality land, extensive transport and utilities infrastructure, and a rapidly-growing stock of new buildings. in addition, the area will be amongst the first in London to benefit from bTs roll out of super-fast broadband. The area in and around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is forging a new identity as a hub for higher education and research excellence. The joint birkbeck/university of East London campus is nearly complete in stratford, and university College London and Loughborough university are two other institutions expressing a strong interest in establishing a presence in the area.

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The entrepreneurial nature of the area around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park makes predictions of growth areas speculative, but key areas for economic growth are likely to include: Clean tech industries, based on the expansion of environmental technologies and the green enterprise zone that is taking advantage of a large pool of engineering talent, a growing recycling industry, world-leading research on waste reduction and reprocessing and excellent property options. sports and medical technology businesses: building on the sporting legacy of the Park, and the research expertise in the growing academic cluster in this part of east London. Digital industries: the Tech City cluster around Old street is complemented by other schemes such as the redevelopment of the Press and broadcast Centre as an employment hub, with facilities for technologybased and broadcast businesses. Creative industries: the Growth boroughs boast the largest number of artists and arts organisations living and working together of any capital city in the world. One in every five jobs is in the creative industries. shoreditch, hoxton, spitalfields, hackney wick and Fish island are thriving with creative businesses, building on the high concentration of designers, artists and galleries, and new locations are emerging too.

The Legacy Corporation will work with inward investment agencies and local authorities to ensure that businesses in all sectors can find a base to locate and prosper in east London whether in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the Legacy Corporation areas or surrounding neighbourhoods. it will also seek to ensure that links can be formed between smaller entrepreneurial businesses that take root in its area, with the major corporate ventures that choose to locate in the Press and broadcast Centre, The international Quarter, westfield stratford City and other local business centres. 3.5 placemaking

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will provide a unique and inspiring place for events and leisure activities, and will be a major local, national and international centre for sport and culture, as well as providing homes for families, and a hub for growth and jobs. it will be an exciting new home for business, leisure and living, bringing the best of London together in one place. The Park has a unique endowment of infrastructure and natural amenities, providing a historic opportunity to create a new metropolitan centre in the heart of East London. The legacy plans build on combining tradition and innovation to create an exciting new district that integrates fully into East London, and promotes regeneration and convergence. The new district will provide: extensive family housing, creating cohesive new communities inspired by Londons neighbourhoods of terraced houses and mews, rather than high-rise developments; higher-density mixed-use development in select locations, closely linked to the retail, commercial and public transport facilities offered in stratford City; strong connections to East Londons communities, based on new bridges, roads, walking and cycling routes, and on actively opening the Park up to local residents; a highly active network of waterways, parks and public spaces, combining the natural heritage of the Lea valley with active programming for sporting, cultural and other events; international visitor attractions that form the basis of a growing visitor economy and ensure the Olympic Park is a compelling and popular destination; high quality sporting venues that bring life to public spaces and benefit from a highly programmed approach to events, encompassing everything from international competitions to grass-roots development projects;

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new workspaces and employment opportunities with access both to public transport and to a unique parkland setting.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park lies at the heart of a complex area. it is not one place, but many distinct though related places. East London is famous for its diversity and for the opportunities it has provided to generations of Londoners. its neighbourhoods are as diverse as these people, and resistant to simple characterisation. The Park aims to reflect this diversity, both in the variety of its public spaces, housing types and activities, and in the creation of five new neighbourhoods that reflect and are anchored by the characteristics of surrounding areas. 3.6 community

Despite the many economic success stories locally, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is in one of the countrys most deprived areas. in the past, the deprived communities sitting alongside these economic success stories have not always benefitted from them in any substantial way - for example through access to homes, meaningful jobs, training or higher levels of income and disadvantage has been particularly concentrated among some groups. The Olympic bid was located in the Lea valley and at stratford specifically to lever public and private investment into one of Londons most deprived areas. This was no accident, and the Legacy Corporation is committed to making sure that local people can benefit from this investment. The regeneration programme will therefore support the economic development of the Legacy Corporation area and the uks nearby economic powerhouses. it will also address some of the long standing issues of social and economic deprivation to be found in neighbouring communities as part of the Convergence agenda. 3.7 connectivity

stratford is one of the best served locations in London, with more than 60 trains every hour to central London. it is also served by high speed rail, though international trains do not yet stop at stratford international station, and will have a Crossrail station from 2018. within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, connectivity and permeability is being dramatically improved. 30 new bridges form links across the complex mesh of canals and waterways that forms the heart of the Lower Lea valley, and the improvement in water quality that has been achieved allows these ancient arteries to form a new network for leisure, transport and biodiversity. Connectivity remains a challenge however, with the a12 forming a barrier between the Legacy Corporation area and central London, roads that are hard for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate, and with the continuing need for river crossings to give east London the quality of infrastructure enjoyed in the west.

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4.0 legacy placeS

The Legacy Corporation area contains a multitude of places of distinct character, but for ease of description and analysis has been sub-divided into four sub-areas. These sub-areas seek to capture recognisable places with some shared character and issues, encompassing both new developments within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and fringe areas outside it, as well as crossing borough boundaries. They are defined to support delivery and planning, and to enable integration and connection of areas that have been separated, without undermining the integrity of existing places. 1. Chobham 2. stratford 3. bromley by bow & Pudding mill 4 hackney wick Fish island

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4.1 chobham
Chobham, which encompasses parts of the London boroughs of newham and waltham Forest, includes the midrise blocks of East village (the former athletes village), family housing, peaceful parkland, play space and a range of sporting facilities, marking the transition between the intensely populated and activated areas of stratford City and the southern Olympic Park, the traditional terraced housing neighbourhoods of Leyton and the northern continuation of the Lea valley. chobham manor Chobham manor is located between East village and the velopark, and alongside the northern parklands. The new development, which will be the first phase of housing to be released after East village, aims to create a neighbourhood of family homes where wide tree-lined avenues intersect with intimate streets and mews, offering an environment of quiet terraced homes and neighbourhood squares. The area continues the street grid of East village, providing a continuity of grain and view corridors. The scale of development is less monumental, however, with relatively large blocks on main streets and edging the park, complemented by smaller scale development on minor streets and mews, including a range of family housing typologies. chobham Farm The release of former industrial land will facilitate development of a new family-focused residential neighbourhood to the north of stratford metropolitan Town Centre. The area will link the predominantly residential northern zones of stratford City, including East village, and the existing neighbourhoods to the east in south Leyton and stratford new Town. The neighbourhood is intended to include around 1,100 new residential units, supported by commercial and community facilities.. eton manor Eton manor will provide an enhanced centre for sports including a flexible 5,000 seat hockey stadium, an indoor tennis centre with changing facilities, as well as other community sporting and leisure facilities, such as five-a-side pitches. the north park The design of the parklands will combine picturesque river valley views and unique areas of bio-diversity with extensive, publicly-accessible green spaces and routes. The north Park is designed to support active leisure use and family-oriented amenities such as play areas, wetland and nature education areas, walking paths, cycle paths, flexible planted and lawn areas, as well as, a visitor hub and destination playground. The north Park also hosts the velopark spanning the river and providing a facility for elite and recreational cyclists. east village The former athletes village will be managed by Qatari Diar Delancey and Triathlon homes, and will offer nearly 3,000 new homes, of which around 50 per cent will be affordable. Further phases will create a further 2,000 homes. Local retail and community uses are provided along with generous green spaces both publicly accessible and internal to the blocks. Leyton Leyton is a predominantly residential area with a lively high street, good quality nineteenth terraced housing, and a commercial centre of big box retail at Leyton mills. The high road and Leyton mills provide a front door to the Olympic Park, though links need to be strengthened in the medium term.

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4.2 Stratford
stratford brings together the core of metropolitan stratford the existing town centre and regional railway hub, stratford Citys commercial, retail and international rail facilities and the south Park Plaza and marshgate wharf. carpenters estate The Carpenters Estate is in a critical location next to stratford station, between the Olympic Park and stratford high street. London borough of newham is seeking to redevelop most of the estate on a phased basis, to create a better integrated neighbourhood and better housing for local people. The borough will re-house tenants, leaseholders and freeholders using a residents Charter as the basis for its work. alongside the above process, university College London (uCL) are studying the potential for a new 23-acre collaborative university district centred on postgraduate research and teaching in science, technology and graduate level research, to include academic facilities and accommodation for staff and students. This new district could be as large as uCLs current campus in bloomsbury, demonstrating the potential scale of commitment and impact, and acting as a focus for a wider network of collaborations among international, uk and local academic institutions and the private sector. stratford city stratford City, one of the largest mixed-use developments in Europe and includes westfield stratford shopping centre, the commercial international Quarter and a new residential community. when complete, stratford City will contain 465,000 square metres of offices, 270,000 square metres of retail and leisure space, up to 2,000 hotel rooms, nearly 2,000 new homes (in addition to those in East village), community facilities and 32 acres of public open space. marshgate Wharf immediately adjacent to stratford City, and alongside the aquatics Centre, marshgate wharf will be a busy, metropolitan neighbourhood, extending stratfords town centre, acting as a gateway to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and becoming a destination for visitors, as well as being an attractive residential quarter in its own right. Taller buildings will frame the southern parklands and provide an urban setting for the aquatics Centre, arcelormittal Orbit and the stadium. in keeping with the areas busy metropolitan character, flats within mediumto high-density blocks will be arranged around private, landscaped courtyards. a high proportion of ground floors, particularly those that line the most active public routes and spaces, will provide shops, restaurants and cafes, as well as office accommodation and community space. This mix of uses responds as much to this areas role as a regional visitor destination as it does to the specific day-to-day needs of its residents. the south park plaza The south Park Plaza will become the focus of major sporting and cultural events year-round and the principal public space within East Londons emerging new metropolitan district. The international gardens, fountains, art installations, bridges and promenades inherited from the Games will be enhanced by new tree planting, lawns and pavilions to create a spectacular urban park, connected and defined by a network of waterways. For millions of visitors from stratford station and westfield stratford City, the bridge into the south Park will be a dramatic arrival point, offering their first glimpse of the Olympic Park. The stadium, the arcelormittal Orbit, and the aquatics Centre will frame the southern boundary of the Plaza, creating an edge of intense activity and landmark buildings. Portions of the former Olympic concourse will be retained to connect these, and to act as a stage for events and programming.

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the belvedere in the centre of the Olympic Park, the belvederes height of 12 metres above the river Lea makes it a natural vantage point for a spectacular panoramic view of East Londons newest district, including all the retained Olympic venues. both north and south parks are accessible from the belvedere, making it both a pivotal point within the Park and a focus for activity. stratford high street stratford high street has seen intense development activity in recent years, and includes a substantial number of new apartment buildings. as these are completed, the challenge will be to improve the public realm and to manage the impact of traffic, to make the high street a liveable space that connects stratford Town Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Carpenters and bromley-by-bow.
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4.3 bromley-by-bow and pudding mill

bromley-by-bow and Pudding mill comprise a series of sometimes inaccessible island sites created by infrastructure including railways, motorways, sewers and waterways. much of the area is still occupied by industrial and commercial uses, but a series of housing and regeneration projects are set to introduce more residential space, and to form stronger links between neighbourhoods, while retaining a unique character. pudding mill Pudding mill is situated on former industrial land, where the network of waterways known as the bow back rivers meets the Great Eastern railway viaduct, the Greenway (northern Outfall sewer) and stratford high street. The large-scale infrastructure in the area carves the land into a number of semi-discrete islands, many of which are further subdivided into irregular plots by existing utilities buildings and underground infrastructure. its infrastructural landscape, combined with the nature of some of the remaining industrial buildings and chimneys nearby, imparts a particular quirky, gritty character to an area punctuated by a number of unexpectedly intimate spaces. a counterpoint to this can be found in the new high density, high-rise residential development along the high street. a range of residential types and employment uses will be introduced to mediate between the contrasting characters found in its evolving context. This approach is consistent with other large-scale regeneration projects in the immediate neighbourhood (e.g . sugar house Lane and Three mills) which, taken together, have the potential to create a new and unusual neighbourhood which mixes creative enterprise within an urban community. sugar house Lane sugar house Lane is one of the few areas in stratford that retains a fine industrial character with waterside access. The plans for strand East developed by interikea will mix new homes with the low-carbon conversion of existing structures, while reflecting the areas unique character. The design and delivery of sugar house Lane will ensure that a diverse residential population will be complemented by a thriving local business community. The place will still be surrounded by water, but have excellent cycling and walking links via a number of new bridges and connections. three mills island Three mills island sits within the Three mills Conservation area on the river Lea. The south of the island is a complex of film and television studios and home to Three mills studios. The character of the area is defined by the surrounding river channels and the former gin distillery buildings, forming a spine of historic buildings running east-west through the site. To the north, Three mills Green recently received landscape improvements, and a new play space will be delivered on the Green in summer 2012. bromley-by-bow north east bromleyby-bow north is an area characterised by low level industrial units sandwiched between the river Lea and the a12. Plans for a mixed use local centre with up to 1,200 residential units centred around a large new store, and new public space, as well as pedestrian crossings across the a12, are currently being reviewed following the transfer of land to the Legacy Corporation.

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4.4 hackney wick and fiSh iSland

hackney wick and Fish island, which include parts of the London boroughs of Tower hamlets and hackney, will mix employment and residential uses, connected by canals and waterways, and drawing its character from the thriving artistic neighbourhoods on the edge of the Olympic Park. hackney Wick hackney wick mixes housing to the north and industrial uses to the south. in recent years, the area has become recognised as an important area for art production, with a high concentration of studio spaces. These spaces are not only occupied by creative practitioners such as designers and artists, but also by a variety of supporting business from galleries to printers to event organisers. with the significant number of studios, support services and business in the area, there is the opportunity to develop a model of growth for these industries in hackney wick that both builds upon the existing assets. hackney wick has the potential to emerge as a significant centre of high quality creative and high tech media production and, over time, a cultural and creative quarter with additional shops, eating places and galleries. Fish island industrial activity defines much of the character of Fish island today. This is housed in buildings ranging from two and three-storey brick warehouses and factories dating from the 19th century, to more recent post-war factories, and storage and distribution units. The hackney wick/Fish island area action Plan sets out a vision for the kind of place Fish island could be in the future, with a new neighbourhood centre at hackney wick. The Plan aims to create a balanced approach to regeneration that will deliver up to 2,800 new homes - including a substantial provision of affordable and family housing supported by new schools, open space and health facilities, alongside space for new and existing businesses to grow and thrive. The Plans aspiration is for Fish island to become an integral part of Tower hamlets, to meet the needs and objectives of Tower hamlets communities, and to maximise its contribution to legacy. sweetwater sweetwater will be a tranquil, compact, low- to mid-rise family neighbourhood with integrated local amenities. it builds on the concentration of creative industries, galleries and restaurants emerging around Fish island and extends it to consolidate a new neighbourhood centre in the vicinity of white Post Lane. running alongside kings yard Energy Centre this will frame a vital route into the Park from hackney wick. sweetwaters character will be moulded by its unique setting between two waterways, with a canal-side park to the west, and the south Plaza and parklands along the Old river Lea to the east. This setting will enable the area to attract families seeking both private amenity space and distinctive public open spaces. retail and commercial space, a primary care centre, a nursery and an idea store will be introduced along Carpenters road serving the local residents of sweetwater and hackney wick. The neighbourhood also includes a primary school fronting onto the canal park. at its north eastern edge, the neighbourhood meets the north Park and south Park Plaza at the belvedere. east Wick (including Press and broadcast Centre) East wick will extend the mix of uses and creative vitality of hackney wick to create a focal point for jobs and growth within the Park. The active heart of the new development will be along the east-west route, extending wallis road, between a bridge over the Lee navigation, past the entrance to the multi-use arena and into the Park. new workplaces and community facilities overlook this principal public route. Together with a new primary school, these facilities and the canal park will bring life to the Lee navigation canal edge, creating links between East wick and existing neighbourhoods at hackney wick. The Press and broadcast Centre will form a new employment hub, accommodating thousands of jobs, integrating into the area alongside new public space. residential terraces are proposed along the park edge to provide an active, inhabited edge to the Park, a contemporary interpretation of Londons tradition of lining parks with terrace houses.

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5.0 obJectiveS and priority proJectS

The Legacy Corporation has limited resources, and the majority of its budgets are focused on the immediate priorities of re-opening the Park and venues the starting point for successful regeneration. achieving wider objectives will require smarter working to identify and review priorities, seize opportunities, forge partnerships and lever in funding from other sources. On the basis of existing plans and programmes, the Legacy Corporation has identified principal regeneration objectives both thematic and spatial and priority projects for achieving these. These projects are divided into those that the Legacy Corporation will fund and manage (primarily those within the Olympic Park, for which capital funding has been secured in the immediate future), and projects that the Corporation will seek to support and develop with its partners, including through securing medium-term funding. Projects include those delivered by different departments within the Legacy Corporation. in reaching these judgements about priorities, we have used the following criteria: How well the project contributes towards achieving the Legacy Corporations strategic objectives (Park, Place, People) and the regeneration priorities (jobs, growth, placemaking, community, connectivity) identified in this plan; How deliverable the project is in terms of funding for it, political support, and partnerships to support delivery and share risk; Whether we have a legal or other obligation to deliver the project; and Whether there is urgency or a unique opportunity to deliver the project, or whether it can be delivered later.

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To improve employment rates, educational attainment and skills To improve local and regional connections To embrace diversity, and enhance inclusion and community cohesion To create active, safe and liveable places

priority projects

Fund and Manage

Employment and skills hub on site for tailored training and job brokerage, including apprenticeships Ensure we set and meet targets for employment of local and unemployed people, and target groups Deliver a waterways strategy in partnership with Canal & rivers Trust, to promote active use of waterways and identify priorities for waterways investment in and around the LLDC area Ensure targets are set and met for apprenticeships for local people Develop local supply chains through meet the buyer, and joint business support programmes Connect local communities with the Park through measures such as local tour guides, schools programme and Legacy youth Panel, and dents in the fence Promote accessibility through the built Environment access Panel and other measures Develop a disability sports programme, including an annual Festival of Disability sport bring forward delivery of new schools and other local infrastructure Deliver Lea river Park in phases and support delievy of other north-south connections Deliver arts and culture strategy
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Campaign for international rail services to stop at stratford international, and for resilient links between hs1 and hs2 support new Thames river crossings Develop and support delivery of a strategy for improving crossings over a12 Develop strategy for affordable workspace inside and outside Legacy Corporation boundary

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plan of all projects by LLdc and others to 2031
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5.0 obJectiveS and priority proJectS by area

01 ChObham To deliver successful new communities at Chobham manor and East village integrated with surrounding neighbourhoods To create better connections between Leyton and the Olympic Park To create a thriving community focus within the north Park 02 sTraTFOrD To support the integration of stratfords expanded town centre, including the international Quarter and the regeneration of stratfords old town centre To create a lively living, working and entertainment centre in the south Park based around the big three legacy venues To support regeneration of Carpenters Estate, including through potential investment by uCL, and improved access to Olympic Park

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Fund and Manage 1. Deliver development of Chobham manor 2. Deliver north Park including north Park hub and playground, and ensure that their operation actively promotes use by local people 3. Engage surrounding residents and businesses in Leyton and maryland through community engagement initiatives (eg, dents in the fence project) 4. support the integration of velopark and Eton manor with the overall offer of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the deliver of Local benefits Steer and Develop 5. Ensure the redevelopment proposals for Chobham Farm site supports long term vision for integrated, high quality neighbourhood connecting East village and maryland communities. 6. support proposals for improvement to capacity and accessibility of Leyton station.

Fund and Manage 1. Deliver south Park pleasure garden scheme including south Park hub and interim uses on stratford waterfront, and ensure that their operation actively promotes use by local people 2. Deliver re-use of stadium Steer and Develop 3. support the delivery of a new southern entrance to stratford regional station from Carpenters Estate 4. support the regeneration of Carpenters Estate including enabling connectivity improvements. 5. support the redevelopment and regeneration of stratford Town Centre, including downgrading the gyratory system

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03 brOmLEy-by-bOw anD PuDDinG miLL To create thriving mixed area of employment and living space, while preserving existing character of industrial heritage To overcome severance created by waterways and the a12 and a11 To support establishment of new town centre at bromley-by-bow through enabling schemes at sugar house Lane and bromley-by-bow (Tesco) to be delivered and to support regeneration To support delivery of Lea river Park strategy at abbey mills and beyond. Fund and Manage 1. Deliver mixed use neighbourhood at Pudding mill Lane, with improved links between sugar house Lane (strand East) and the Park, and building on an interim use strategy. 2. identify long term strategy for Three mills studios complex Steer and Develop 3. support the upgrade of bromley-by-bow station and station square 4. support the delivery of comprehensive redevelopment to create a mixed use town centre scheme, including a12 at grade crossings and new vehicular bridge to hunts Lane. 5. support the delivery of pedestrian crossings over a11 on all arms of bow roundabout and a new junction to enable direct vehicular connection between sugar house Lane and marshgate Lane. 6. Ensure that the redevelopment of sugar house Lane supports the long term creation of a new mixed neighbourhood with significant workspace uses, high quality family housing and retains the distinctive industrial heritage character.

04 haCknEy wiCk anD Fish isLanD To establish the Press and broadcast Centre as a major employment hub and a good neighbour to the park and future residential development To maintain and enhance the emergent creative industries cluster in the area, while allowing for redevelopment in line with historic character To improve transport accessibility, including hackney wick station and a12 crossings To ensure strong physical and perceptual connectivity between East wick and sweetwater westward to hackney and Tower hamlets Fund and Manage 1. Define and deliver redevelopment of hackney wick hub sites, deliver improvements to hackney wick station, and support development of a new local centre around the station 2. Deliver re-use of Press and broadcast Centre 3. implement the delivery of the Canal Park and actively promote use by local people Steer and Develop 4. Ensure that redevelopment schemes in hackney wick Fish island contribute to delivering the vision for a distinctive place with retained industrial heritage and thriving creative community integrated with new residents 5. identify long term strategy for mitigating the severance impact of the a12, including ensuring that improved links (eg, to roman road) are secured through redevelopment projects. 6. Deliver ambitious and creative interim uses which start to test and establish long term ambitions including opportunities for local residents and businesses.
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The appendices contain maps which illustrate all planned physical projects in the immediate, short, medium and long term the LLDC area. They are taken from relevant local policy, guidance and plans.

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