The London Legacy Development has lodged plans that include a 600-home resi offering
The London Legacy Development Corporation has submitted a planning application for Stratford Waterfront, as part of its 拢1.1bn plans for the East Bank regeneration at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Stratford Waterfront, which has been masterplanned by Allies and Morrison and will be project managed by Mace, will be home to the V&A, Sadler鈥檚 Wells, UAL鈥檚 London College of Fashion and the BBC, as well as a new residential neighbourhood.
Rosanna Lawes, executive director of development at the London Legacy Development Corporation, said: 鈥淭his announcement takes us another step closer to realising one of the most ambitious and largest culture and education investments the capital has ever seen, creating thousands of jobs and huge opportunities in the heart of east London.鈥�
The plans include a 550-seat theatre, centre for choreography and a hip hop academy for Sadler鈥檚 Wells, designed by O鈥橠onnell + Tuomey, as well as an Allies and Morrison-designed hub for UAL鈥檚 London College of Fashion, which will integrate six college sites onto one campus.
V&A East, will include a co-curated programmed with the Smithsonian Institution, has also been designed by O鈥橠onnell + Tuomey, while the BBC鈥檚 new base in the capital鈥檚 east, which Allies and Morrison has designed will be home to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers as well as for the BBC鈥檚 Rock & Pop studio.
The proposals also include a new Allies and Morrison-designed residential neighbourhood, with 600 new homes including 35% affordable housing.
Subject to planning, Stratford Waterfront is expected to open from 2022.
The planning application follows the planning consent for a new campus at UCL East which was granted permission earlier this year, and the launch of the V&A Collection and Research Centre at Here East, the former Queen Elizabeth Media Centre, earlier this month. The V&A is now looking for a contractor for the collection centre.
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