please empty your brain below
On the positive side, there has been a genuine legacy of new sporting and recreational infrastructure in the park which has genuinely proved its value to the community.

However, in the context of London's housing crisis, the paltry amount of social and other types of affordable housing delivered is nothing short of scandalous, given the amount of public funding that has gone into enabling this area to become suitable for (re)development. A massive wasted opportunity.

Bill B | 07.04.24 - 10:46 a.m. | #

There is much to celebrate about the Olympic legacy (transport improvements for example). But you are right to point out the housing 'legacy' is dismal.
Sadly the blocks already completed are blighted by the same problems as I see here on the Isle of Dogs. Very shoddy construction, including the nightmare of flammable cladding. Combined with obscene leasehold scams - service charges out of control and leaseholders powerless to stop these abuses. I suspect most buyers of new leasehold property in London are foreign as most UK buyers won't touch these with a bargepole. Indeed, a number of UK mortgage providers now won't lend on developments where the ground rent and service charges are too high.

IslandDweller | 07.04.24 - 1:42 p.m. | #

Indicative housing development timelines
(from an LLDC Board meeting in July last year)

Chobham Manor: 2014-2022
East Wick: 2018-2027
Stratford Waterfront: 2025-2028
Rick Roberts Way: 2025-2028
Bridgewater: 2024-2029
Sweetwater: 2025-2030
Pudding Mill Lane: 2024-2032

diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.04.24 - 3:14 p.m. | #

Worth saying there are still two (or three?) parcels of land in East Village that are due at some point for redevelopment. The site of the former rental agency office by the DLR and the temporary buildings housing the gym, the former Sainsburys and some bars. They've just applied for a two year extension for the temporary buildings to remain so probably won't be happening soon even though I think everything's gone through the planning process. Victory Park will also be fully reworked when it eventually happens.

One bit of land I'm surprised hasn't been considered as a future plot to redevelop is the square of fairly unloved grass and flower beds in the very far corner of the park by the hockey centre, opposite the market.

Sean | 07.04.24 - 4:20 p.m. | #

From The Murky Depths has been blogging about a similar lack of enthusiasm from developers despite Crossrail having finally opened down in the south east (and that's not counting North Greenwhich which has been around for longer than even the Olympic Park). Judging by the progress here, prospective tenants are looking at a long wait there too.

matthieu1221 | 07.04.24 - 4:57 p.m. | #

The student flats at 13 are indeed pretty ugly but having had a son live in one the views from it are pretty good, and of course you can't see it from inside. He could never see the point of paying to go up The Orbit when he looked down on it for free.
The odd thing sticking out at the top with the best views is (or was then) the party room, which cleverly limits the number of noisy parties elsewhere in the building.

Andrew S | 07.04.24 - 9:18 p.m. | #

Sean - the green patch beyond the hockey centre is included in Waltham Forest's plans for Leyton Mills. It's Metropolitan Open Land, so they're limited in what can go there, and it seems to have been designated as a 'Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space' - ie somewhere to encourage people to go jogging and dog-walking instead of Epping Forest.

The plans can be found here (and are open to consultation until the end of this week)

martin | 08.04.24 - 7:56 a.m. | #

Keep up the posts its fascinating compared to what it was before

Bruce Wayne | 09.04.24 - 7:08 a.m. | #











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