East Ham Gasworks, London

Newham Council

Client St William

A new public park, sports facilities and residential neighbourhood of around 900 homes.

Over 100 people from the local community attended an activity packed Community Co-design Day at St Paul’s Church on Saturday 31 January 2026, to help shape the vision for East Ham Gasworks. The report back presentation, which includes the vision, can be seen in the video below or downloaded as a pdf from the bottom of the page.

The outline planning application for the redevelopment of the site has now been validated by the LB Newham and been given the following reference: 26/01384/OUT.

Community Co-design Day

During the Co-design Day, people were able to post comments on a giant wall map, sit down with the design team to draw ideas, tour the site boundary and take part in lots of other fun and interactive activities for all age groups throughout the day.

Topics and ideas that were discussed included:

– Bigger picture, finding out what’s good and bad about the local area.

– Landscape and open space including parks, play spaces, sports facilities and where these could be located.

– Ground floor uses such as shops, cafes, and other community facilities missing from the local area.

– Access and safety including routes through and out of the site, cycle parking, overlooking, and lighting.

People could also get involved online via the interactive map easthamgasworks.jtpengages.co.uk

An outline planning application for the site was submitted to LB Newham and has now been validated for you to view and comment. This can be viewed on LB Newham’s register, accessed here. The reference number is 26/01384/OUT.

Background

The site has a rich history of industrial and sporting uses and is now owned by St William. The western part of the site is partly occupied by a car maintenance and repair service provider, with the rest of the site currently inaccessible to the public, due to contamination which currently exists on site. For more information, please refer to the Co-design Background Exhibition, from the downloads below.