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GRO IMPLEMENTATION: PIECING TOGETHER THE STRATEGY

KEY OBJECTIVES

TheEast London Thames Corridor is tobecome aGolden River of Opportunity(GRO), whch would propelthe areainto the21st century. With afocus on theconnection of keytowns and nodes, and theharnessing of existing resources, wewill tocreate a vibrant, healthy environmentin which theresidents can work and live. Byincreasing thestandard of living and we willreduce socialand economicinequalities

PIECING TOGETHER YOUR COMMUNITY

CONNETIC

AMBITION

The Golden River of Opportunity

Workingwithbothexistinghousingstocks

andnewhighdensity developments,so as

tocreate goodquality,aordable housing

that cansupport local publicinfrastruc ture

- Increase densitiesin excessof the London Plans

minimum recommendation of 60 unitsp/hectare

- Construction of high density housing to llin the

gapsand densifythe existing urban grains

- Retrotexisting poorquality housing stock

- Developa mix of housing sizesandtenures

- Tenure blinddesign wouldensure allhousing is

maintainedat ahigh quality

HOUSING:DENSITYANDQUALITY

The creationof new colleges andtraining

centres,to ensure local people have skills to

secure bothcurrent andfuture employment,

withinthe GROarea andfurtheraeld

- Reduce education inequalitiesby opening

facilitiesin,otherwise, poorly servedareas

- Developexisting training centresin Erith

andDagenham, andencourage industry

ledtraining schemes

- Provide people with transferable skillsby

oering arange of vocationaland academic

courses

- Developlinks with establisheduniversties

such asGoldsmiths,St Marys,Greenwich

University of EastLondon andUCL

EDUCATIONFACILITIES

The EastLondon Thames Corridor, aroundthebanks ofthe riverthatmade Londonrich, hasbecomestagnant. Polluting,

decliningindustry andcharacterlesssettlements arewhat markthe entranceintoone ofthe worldsmostprosperous cities;

But Londonis changing....

Canning Town

Creative

Financial

High Tech

Manufacture

Logistics

O c e S p ace

Media

Retail

UNEMPLOYMENT (DECILES)

1st - 2nd

3rd - 5th

6th - 8th

9th - 10th

Isle of Dogs

Greenwich

Creekmouth

Dagenham

Erith

UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY ANALYIS

BARKING AND DAGENHAM

BEXLEY

DARTFORD

GREENWICH

NEWHAM

HAVERING

LEWISHAM

TOWER HAMLETS

HACKNEY

9.2%

5.0%

4.1%

9.0%

9.0%

4.9%

7.3%

11.3%

10.5%

(highest)

(lowest)

TYPES OF INDUSTRY

UNEMPLOYMENT %

higher (age 18+)

% POPULATION WITH NO QUALIFICATIONS

20-25

26-30

further (age 16-18)

EDUCATION FACILITIES

EDUCATION ANALYSIS

% WORKING POPULATION WITH QUALIFICATIONS AT NVQ LEVEL 3

BARKING AND DAGENHAM

BEXLEY

DARTFORD

GREENWICH

NEWHAM

HAVERING

LEWISHAM

TOWER HAMLETS

HACKNEY

39%

37%

44%

35%

27%

37%

44%

30%

39%

31-40

41-45

H ou si ng ty pe U ni ts /H a Pe rs on s/ HaLowdensity detached 5 20Suburban semis 15-30 60-120Min.density forbusservice 25 100Min.density fortram service 60 240Victorian/Edwardian terrace 60-80 240-320High density ats 80-120 320-480

170-250

130-170

-

HOUSING DENSITY

% HOUSINGWITHDENSITYOVER50 UNITSPERHECTARE

HOUSINGUNITSPERHECTARE

BARKINGANDDAGENHAM

BEXLEY

DARTFORD

GREENWICH

NEWHAM

HAVERING

LEWISHAM

TOWERHAMLETS

HACKNEY

40%

78%

64%

68%

27%

71%

90%

99%

96%

30-50

15-30

90-130

50-90

Workingwith the existinginf rastructure to

develop a transport network whichcloses

the gaps;bothbetween currently isolated

GROtowncentres,andalsobetweentown

centres andLondon

TRANSPORTAND CONNECTIVITY

- Implementing planned DLRand Crossrail

extensionseastwardsto reduce carreliance

- Increase footpath densities,tram ways,bus

routes and cycle paths to link existing

transportnodes

- Utilisation of the riveras a key transport

route;connecting townsto coastand city

- Renovate existing bridgesandwalkways to

connectthe two sidesof the river

PublicTransportAccessibility

EXISTING CONNECTIONS

(areas in walking dist.of public transport)

Location of PublicFootpaths

London boundary

Thames Path

London Loop

Capital Ring

Lea Valley Walk

Jubilee Walkway

Jubilee Greenway

E. London Corridor

Green spaces

Well served

Very poor

A-road

Tube/railway station

Toencourage the development ofa variety

of newindustry clusters in the GROarea,

that wouldprovide bothprivate andpublic

job bases forpeople withdiering skills

- Build on existing infrastructure atDagenham

to establish anewS.E LogisticsCentre

- Media,ITand creative industriesalong the

M11-Stanstead-Cambridge corridor

- Environmentaland green industriesto link

the newSiemenssustaintability centre with

the Dagenham sustainable industriespark

- The building of new infrastructure would

provide construction andengineering jobs

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Rotherhithe

CanningTown

Greenwich

Beckton

Abbey Wood

Erith

Dagenham

Deptford

Creekmouth

Belvedere

Woolwich

To Beckenham Junction

To Stratford

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2

3

4

5

Key town centres

Housing density hasavery strong correlation with both education,unemployment and

transport. It seems that housing density playsa very majorpart in determining the

successof an area- assuch,the eastern GROarea, with barely a population enough tosupportabusroute,mustbe quickly dealtwith

GRO SPATIAL STRATEGY

5 years 10 years 15 years 20 years

By Polly Barker,AndrewLightstone,PunitLimbachia,Kayleigh Rees,Michelle Thomson,Emma Vandore

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Leisure andculture centre

Watertaxi

Footpathsandcycling

Footpathsandcycling Existing highereducation facilities

Key green spaces

South Eastern LogisticsCentre

CONNECTIONS

Housing density increasedto 60dph

through developing on browneldsitesandcondense the urban grain Environmentalandeco-research

IT,Media,digitalandcreative

Newemploymentopportunities: 1-Siemans HQ2 -Olympicsite

London Overground

DLRextension

Crossrail

DENSITYANDGROWTHEDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY

Bridge

Cable cars

Neweducation facilitiesthatcan link with existing universities

Existing infrastructure:

New infrastructure:

Tram service1 -Goldsmiths University:specialising in socialsciences,humanitiesandcomputing

3 -Ravensbourne:specialising in digitalmedia,design,television andcomputing

2 -(i) -University of Greenwich:providesarange of courses,from businessto architecture

(ii)- AlphaMeridien College:specialising in computing,IT,accounting andbusiness

4 -Futures College:specialising in business,ICT,accountancy,andhospitality

5 -Universityof EastLondon:providesarange of both academicandvocationalcourses

Existing employmentopportunities: 1-O2 Centre2 -ExelCentre

SAFEGUARDEXISTING

GREENSPACES

CREATIONOFNEW

QUATERNARYSECTOR

PHASEINTRAM LINE

TOCONNECTKEY

TOWNCENTRES

OPENINGOF

EDUCATION

INSTITUTES

RETROFITDERELICTHOUSINGSTOCKAND

DEVELOPBROWNFIELD

SITES

ESTABLISH

FOOTPATHS

ANDNEW

GREENROUTES

PHASEINCROSS

RAIL,DLR

EXTENSION

ANDBUSROUTES

DEVELOPMENT

OFEXISTING

ANDNEW

RIVERCROSSINGS

ECONOMICEQUALITY

REDUCEDSOCIALINEQUALITIES

IMPROVEDSTANDARDOFLIVING