Recognising JTP’s range and depth of work, three JTP projects have been named as finalists at the Planning Awards 2026 – from a major urban regeneration in east London and bespoke community engagement processes, to sensitive brownfield transformation in a UNESCO World Heritage city.
Beckton Riverside, Phase 1 has been shortlisted for the Award for Regeneration. Working with St William (part of Berkeley Group), JTP led the masterplanning of this landmark site at Gallions Reach in Newham – once Europe’s largest gasworks, derelict for decades and beset by contamination, flood risk and deprivation. The unanimous outline planning approval sets out a vision for up to 2,900 new homes, a new 3-hectare riverside park with 800m of Thames frontage, and the connectivity infrastructure needed to reintegrate this long-isolated site with its surrounding communities and the wider Royal Docks opportunity area.
Working alongside HUB and Bridges Fund Management, Carriages Bath has been named as a finalist in the Best Use of Brownfield Land. On a long-vacant former retail site within the Bath Western Riverside regeneration area, JTP delivered a vision that secured unanimous planning approval in May 2025 bringing forward 454 homes – including build-to-rent and shared living – alongside over 1,100 sqm of commercial space, new public routes and a 20% biodiversity net gain. Designed in close dialogue with Historic England and Bath and North East Somerset Council, the architecture draws on the site’s industrial heritage while respecting its UNESCO World Heritage setting.
Finally, Chrisp Street Market, Poplar is shortlisted for the Award for Stakeholder Engagement in Planning, alongside Telford Living and Poplar HARCA. As the sole District Centre serving over 100,000 people across four wards in Tower Hamlets, the regeneration of Chrisp Street carries important social and economic significance. JTP and AND London designed a bespoke engagement programme tailored to one of the UK’s youngest and most diverse urban populations – reaching 2,800 people over 45 hours across 2025. Our process gathered over 4,000 comments supported by 100,000 social-media views and 1,200 website visits, ensuring that community voices directly shaped the emerging masterplan.
Working across derelict industrial land, vacant urban sites and under-pressure town centres, JTP applies the same principles that great placemaking is built on a deep understanding of place, genuine community engagement and rigorous design. These shortlistings are a welcome recognition of that approach and we look forward to celebrating with the wider project teams at the awards ceremony on 4 June.
