This provides the council with a long term delivery plan to enable a wide variety of public realm, intensification and business engagement to increase inclusive employment

The London Growth Plan recognises the central role innovation in existing industries will play in meeting the city’s net-zero targets whilst supporting inclusive, sustainable growth.
We Made That, together with Useful Projects, Steer and Cushman Wakefield, have been working in Canning Town and Cody Road on the practical steps to restore the local ecology and make best use of industrial land.

The team developed a strategic regeneration framework to guide investment and growth in the industrial area of Canning Town and Cody Road through setting out practical steps to kick start a more circular economy, intensify and diversify employment uses, supported by improvements to travel and public spaces. The framework identified a vision for the Canning Town Enterprise Hub to support a network of businesses to play a central role in Newham and east London’s transition to a green and inclusive economy through five key vision principles.

There are also opportunities to work with businesses to use more efficient with resources.

With many construction, manufacturing and waste businesses, the area has strong potential for circular business models — key to ensuring inclusive growth, as highlighted in the London Growth Plan and Newham’s Community Wealth Building Strategy and Just Transition Plan. This meant convening a series of ‘forums’ with local businesses and partners to shape the overall vision and to identify concrete initiatives that can create more circular business practices and restore the riverside ecology.

The Canning Town Enterprise Hub will support a network of businesses to play a central role in Newham and East London’s transition to a green and inclusive economy through:

- Growing the role of the area as a hub for green innovation and inclusive employment opportunities
- Improving infrastructure to support sustainable and active travel for local businesses and residents
- Creating an inclusive public realm that supports healthy lives and enhances local uses
- Restoring spaces for nature that are a part of the everyday experience of living and working in the area
- Kick-starting an economy that avoids wasted resources and keeps materials at their highest value

“The work provides both a strategic vision for the area and a practical roadmap for inclusive, sustainable transformation that puts local people and businesses at the heart of regeneration.” — Tom Badger, Area Regeneration Manager, Newham Council