Berkeley gets go-ahead to redevelop Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks
Berkeley Group has secured planning permission to overhaul Bromley-By-Bow Gasworks, E3, into a residential scheme providing more than 2,000 homes.
Plans to regenerate the brownfield site were backed by the London Borough of Newham’s strategic development committee yesterday evening.
Approval has followed “three years of detailed design work and extensive community engagement”, said Berkeley. The proposals were designed in partnership with RHSP Architects and were supported by the strategic development committee, Historic England, the GLA and the Newham Design Review Panel.
Berkeley Group has secured planning permission to overhaul Bromley-By-Bow Gasworks, E3, into a residential scheme providing more than 2,000 homes.
Plans to regenerate the brownfield site were backed by the London Borough of Newham’s strategic development committee yesterday evening.
Approval has followed “three years of detailed design work and extensive community engagement”, said Berkeley. The proposals were designed in partnership with RHSP Architects and were supported by the strategic development committee, Historic England, the GLA and the Newham Design Review Panel.
The next step is for a section 106 legal agreement to be finalised, after which work can begin on site in 2025.
The 23-acre brownfield site is home to seven Grade II listed gasholders, thought to be the largest collection of surviving Victorian gasholders anywhere in the world. It has been inaccessible to the public for more than 150 years.
The gasholders date back to the 1870s and were part of east London’s industrial expansion. The footprint of an eighth gasholder, damaged during the Second World War, forms a circular pond and will be retained as a water feature. The remainder of a ninth gasholder, also damaged, will be home to a community hub.
The site was used for gas storage until it was decommissioned in 2010.
Dean Summers, managing director of Berkeley Group company St William, said: “Our plan is to carefully restore and retain each of these vast decaying structures, and to transform the entire site into a welcoming mixed-use community, with more than 70% of the land becoming public open space.
He added: “This new neighbourhood will celebrate east London’s industrial history and bring new investment and other benefits to this part of Newham.
“There will be more than 2,000 low-carbon private and affordable homes, jobs, community space, shops, cafes, offices and a beautiful new park along the bank of the River Lea. And all of this will be sustainably located a short walk from Bromley-by-Bow and West Ham stations.”
Graham Stirk, senior director at RSHP, said: “The proposal will create a new neighbourhood for east London within a unique urban composition, sited within an extensive riverside park. The project creates a fantastic place for people to live and work, as well as a new leisure destination for all.“
