BECKTON GASWORKS

CONSULTATION

Planning Application

St William’s planning application for Beckton Gasworks is now available on the Councils website. The latest designs are shared below and you can view all the information by searching the below references on the Council’s Planning Portal.

Outline Application: 24/00989/OUT

Detailed Application: 24/00990/FUL

Consultation

Since late 2023 an extensive engagement programme has been undertaken, centred on securing feedback on how the area could be transformed.

Highlights include creating a youth guide with local school children and a tour guide to record the important history of the area. You can read more about the consultation below.

Young Person’s Guide to Beckton

During the spring term we ran 5 youth workshops with young people in the area, asking them how they use the area and what they would like to see in the new development. The workshops involved creative activities such as collaging, sketching, designing, writing Beckton postcards and mind maps.

Working with a local artist, we collected 62 contributions from local young people and created the Young Person’s Guide to Beckton which you can view below.

We’d like to say a massive thank you to Matt Ponting and the young people from Gallions Reach Primary School, North Beckton Primary School, Beckton Youth Zone and Bobby Moore Academy.

Newham Heritage Month 2024

We were delighted to take part in Newham Heritage Month this June – the borough wide festival showcasing the rich and diverse history of Newham.

We ran 4 guided heritage tours around Beckton Gasworks, welcoming a further 37 people on site.

The tours offered the opportunity to access the site and learn about the fascinating industrial history and meet the team to hear more about the future of the site.

You can view the history brochure which was shared on the tours here.

Consultation Events

During the consultation period, we met with local community groups, residents, and young people to get their views on the proposals.

Below is a summary of our events.

Community Pop-up event

10:00am to 1:00pm

Tuesday, February 20th

Bonny Downs Community Centre

Community Pop-up event

10am to 12pm

Thursday, February 22nd

Bonny Downs Community Centre

Community Pop-up event

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Wednesday, March 6th

Beckton Youth Zone

Community Pop-up event

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Tuesday, March 12th

Beckton Globe Library

Community Pop-up event

3pm to 4pm

Thursday, March 14th

St Marks Community Centre

Youth Workshop

6pm to 7:00pm

Thursday, March 14th

Bobby Moore Pavilion

Community Pop-up event

1pm to 3pm

Thursday, March 21st

Beckton Asda Superstore

History Tours

During the consultation, we ran 9 heritage tours of the gasworks, welcoming over 80 members of the public on site. The tours were led by a local historian and each person who attended the tour was given a brochure with historic images.

You can read the brochure we used on our guided site tours below:

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History Tour

Times:

11am
12.15pm
1.30pm

Saturday, March 23rd

Beckton Gasworks

To register, please click here.

History Tour

11am
12.15pm
1.30pm

Monday, March 25th

Beckton Gasworks

To register, please click here.

History Tour

11am
12.15pm
1.30pm

Tuesday, March 26th

Beckton Gasworks

To register, please click here.

Community Planning Weekend Report Back

Thank you to all who attended the Beckton Gasworks Community Planning Weekend public workshops and site visit days on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November at Art in the Docks.

You can view a summary of the feedback we heard here.

Missed the feedback sessions? We recorded the presentation and you can watch it here.

Or view the presentation material shown in the presentation here.

If you have any comments, we’d love to hear from you.

Beckton Gasworks will undergo several phases of public consultation to ensure that the project meets the needs of the local community. Consultation with a range of age and interest groups will lead the project from the beginning.

St William’s aspiration is to build on the engagement already carried out by the London Borough of Newham for the Beckton Riverside Local Plan allocation and work with the community to plan and create key principles of the first phase of development at Beckton Riverside through codesign and community planning.

We aim to work with community groups throughout Newham and the surrounding area, and to host exhibitions to ensure that the community stay up to date with the project as it develops and see how their feedback is being taken onboard.

If you want to take part or know a community group we should reach out to, please get in touch.

Email: consultation@iceniprojects.com

Mobile: 07795 614 307

You can also read more here.

Exhibition boards presented at the Community Planning weekend shown below.