Plans lodged for 6,500-home docklands scheme

A planning application has been submitted for 6,500 homes at Silvertown in Newham, east London.

Prior and Partners has submitted the plans as lead consultant and masterplanners for the £3.5bn scheme, which is being developed by The Silvertown Partnership, a joint venture including Lendlease and private equity firm Starwood Capital. The partnership is working in conjunction with the Greater London Authority, Homes England and The Guinness Partnership.

The vast 50-acre development, one of the capital’s largest regeneration zones, is centred around a restoration of the landmark Millennium Mills building, which has been left derelict and mostly disused for around 40 years. 

Nearly 800,000 sq ft of work and creative space will be housed in the building and a surrounding employment quarter.

The historic dockside site will contain more than five acres of water in the form of canal ways, with the plans including new bridges and a paddle board club. Half of the homes will be affordable.

New arts and leisure facilities, cafes, restaurants and bars will also be built along with new public squares for cultural events, green spaces, healthcare and community space and a primary school.

The newly opened Custom House Elizabeth Line Station will provide residents with a transport link to central London within 15 minutes. 

The hybrid application has been paired with an application for full approval for the first phase of the scheme for 1,250 homes, including 610 affordable, with 82,000sq m of commercial space. Outline permission is sought for the remainder of the site.

The project also includes plots designed by AHMM, dRMM, Pollard Thomas Edwards, Maccreanor Lavington, and Gort Scott with OMMX.