The Mayor of London reaffirms his vision to deliver 36,000 new homes and 55,000 new jobs at the Royal Docks, with launch of new 5-year delivery plan
More than £2bn of public and private sector investment planned at the Royal Docks
- New homes, workspace, transport improvements and community projects to be delivered at the Royal Docks in next five years
- New development partner sought to regenerate historic Royal Albert Dock
- 129,300 homes planned for neighbouring areas
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has today reaffirmed his vision to restore the Royal Docks to its former glory as part of his ambition to build more than 36,000 new homes and create 55,000 new jobs across this historic part of East London.
The Royal Docks played a crucial role in the capital’s economy for more than a century from the mid-1800s, before falling into decline in the 1960s and 1970s.
Today, the Royal Docks is one of the largest regeneration areas in London, with seven significant developments being brought forward across 175 hectares of public land belonging to the Greater London Authority (GLA), representing a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial developments. Approximately £5bn of investment is planned for the area over the next 20 years.
Over the last five years, the Mayor has been working with Newham Council to deliver a comprehensive regeneration programme that will restore the former docks into a thriving, new waterside destination.
This includes more than 9,000 new homes built or under construction, approximately 2,620 new jobs created, and the establishment of the Royal Docks as London’s only London Living Wage place, where a growing number of employers have signed up to paying a fair wage.
My new five-year plan sets out the vision for unlocking the full potential of this area with a multi-billion-pound regeneration programme that will deliver thousands of new homes and jobs and create a new economic powerhouse for the capital
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Work has also begun on the flagship Silvertown redevelopment, one of the key sites in the Royal Docks that has laid dormant for more than 40 years eluding the attempts of successive mayors and governments to regenerate it. This will create 6,500 new homes, including hundreds of much-needed homes at social rent levels the first of which are already under construction.
The Mayor also relocated City Hall to The Crystal Building in the Royal Docks, in 2022, joining major anchor institutions such as ExCeL London, London City Airport, Tate & Lyle Sugars, and the University of East London, making it a strategically important centre for London.
Today the Mayor publishes his new five-year plan for the Royal Docks as part of his overall ambition to deliver up to 36,000 new homes, and 55,000 new jobs across the area, building on the energy and momentum of the first five years.
These new homes are part of a much-wider house-building renaissance that is taking place under Sadiq across East London. Including the Royal Docks, the Mayor is backing the delivery of 129,300* homes across major development areas, including London Riverside, Isle of Dogs, Thamesmead, and Canada Water.
Looking ahead to the coming five years we’ll unlock the full potential of the Royal Docks as a thriving part of London setting a new standard in sustainable living through more jobs, homes and opportunities.
Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE
