Big plans for Canning Town

18th March 2016

Hundreds of new homes in Canning Town in east London are set to be built on an industrial wasteland the size of six football pitches. The GLA has asked developer Ballymore for reassurance that it will improve the site’s connectivity to the Underground and DLR stations. The site is on the Leamouth Peninsula, close to the River Lea’s junction with the Thames. Just over 800 flats and townhouses are planned in total, plus numerous retail and office buildings. Architects Allies & Morrison say that: “Leamouth may seem like a remote area today but it is on the cusp of dramatic change”.

Evening Standard (13/03/2016)