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As we are approaching towards the end of this round of consultation, we’d like to take a moment to thank you for your ideas so far, but also remind you to please ensure that you add any final comments on your neighbourhood, or on any theme, you are interested in.
We’d love to hear your thoughts for:
If you don’t have the time, don’t worry – you can also follow this LINK to fill in our quick survey
To give us your feedback on the themes and respective recommendations, please follow this LINK
Last but not least, we are really looking forward to hearing how you would like to get involved in delivering change in the area - Follow this LINK to let us now how this strategic framework could be delivered
We will be reporting back on what you've said in the next few months and we will be drafting the final version of this OAPF that will be adopted as a London Plan Guidance (LPG) during summer/ autumn 2022. You can still sign up to the latest news section to be kept up to date by our team.
If you have any questions – please email the team at rdoapf@london.gov.uk
Thanks for joining the conversation - your feedback and ideas are essential in creating the future framework for the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside area.
Back in 2020, you helped us shape the Vision and Principles for the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF). Through pop-up events, community sessions, one-to-one meetings, youth sessions, and our online website, we had the opportunity to hear your thoughts and gather feedback, ensuring that the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside becomes: a lively, healthy place, a connected resilient place, an enabled innovative place and an empowered diverse place.
Since we last talked to you, we have been working hard to put together the strategic framework to guide the future growth in the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside. Incorporating your feedback on the Vision and Principles, we have prepared a draft OAPF which is now open to consultation from 7 February to 21 March 2022 . The OAPF will help guide where new homes and jobs are provided up to 2041. This includes the infrastructure to support them, for example, public transport, local connections, utilities, and community facilities. The OAPF includes high–level strategies and recommendations that help shape the future of the area. We also came up with some ideas on what this OAPF could mean for seven places and a set of new and improved local connections.
Given that strategic planning affects all of our lives, It is vital that local people sit at the heart of these plans, to ensure future development meets community needs while celebrating the area's heritage.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for participating in the previous round of engagement and invite you to give us your thoughts on the consultation draft.
Read the OAPF and comment: https://royaldocksandriversideoapf.commonplace.is/
Join us for an online event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/royal-docks-and-beckton-riverside-oapf-31275310335
Our work is always evolving and we welcome any comments along the way, you are welcome to contact the team with any feedback, suggestions or questions at any time by email - royaldocksoapf@london.gov.uk
Although we were sadly unable to meet you in person for this round of engagement due to Covid-19, we had a great response to the leaflets we distributed to local households and businesses, and here, on our online platform. We also organised four online events that were open for everyone to attend. Representatives from the Mayor of London’s teams, Newham Council and Transport for London talked to local people about current local concerns and how these could pose opportunities for the future development of the area. Through these conversations and responses, we were able to check back in with you after our first round of engagement in 2019, to ensure that our work was continuing to reflect local priorities.
We would like to pass our thanks on to everyone who has contributed so far to shaping this future plan for the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside area. We will be reporting back in the next few months on our findings from this stage of the engagement and timescales for the next stage. The draft Opportunity Area Planning Framework for the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside will be issued for consultation in mid-2021.
Our consultation platform, Commonplace will be closed at midnight tonight. Please do ensure you add any final comments on your neighbourhood or any of the themes we have applied to our vision and principles for the area.
Follow this LIN K to add your feedback.
We will be reporting back on what you've said in the next few months and we will be back for a formal consultation on the Opportunity Area Planning Framework in 2021. Do share this post with your family and friends on social media. You can still sign up to the latest news section to be kept up to date by our team.
It's never too late ... should you have any ideas or comments after the consultation has closed - we welcome you to email us at rdoapf@london.gov.uk
Thanks for joining the conversation - your feedback and ideas are essential in creating the future framework for the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside area.
Please join us for our final community event tomorrow at 6.00pm. Sign up here .
If you can't, it's not too late - please add your comments on the area surveys about where you live.
Click on any of the following and tell us about your neighbourhood so that we can build your feedback and suggestions into the framework!
If you have any questions – please email the team at rdoapf@london.gov.uk
Please share this news on social media so your friends and family can join the conversation.
Join us on Saturday at 11am - Sign up here for the session ... LINK
We are holding another workshop to talk about the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside framework which the Mayor of London is working on with local people. We have already held two sessions which were well attended and so valuable. We discussed:
We really would like to hear from you so that your ideas shape plans for the future of the area ... see you on Saturday!
Any questions please drop us an email - rdoapf@london.gov.uk
A big thank you to those that have already replied to the surveys on our consultation - whether that is here online or by returning our freepost leaflet. Your comments are really valuable to us and will help shape the framework to make sure it considers the needs and aspirations of the local community.
This week we held our first online event which was well attended. Please feel free to sign up to our next one on 12 November at 10am . You can register here on this link. If you can't make it - we are holding other events on Saturday 21 November and Tuesday 24 November. Apologies our events are online only - due to the current circumstances we are not able to meet face to face.
This week we discussed our themes with the community and local people raised the following:
We would encourage you to join one of our events or if you can't please do add your comments on the area surveys about where you live. Click on any of the following and tell us about your neighbourhood!
Thanks for your time - we look forward to meeting you at one of our events!
If you haven't already - make sure you tell your friends and family about the consultation - we want to hear from as many local people as possible.
In these unprecedented times, meeting face to face like we did last year is sadly not possible, but there are still ways to connect online. To discuss these themes and ideas in more detail with the team and share your thoughts, please join us for a webinar session on:
• Wednesday, November 4th at 6pm
• Thursday, November 12th at 10am
• Saturday, November 21st at 11am
• Tuesday, November 24th at 6pm
Tell your neighbours and friends to help us spread the word!
Our last contact with you was last Summer when we undertook an engagement programme with communities that live and work in the area. We asked for feedback around different themes to gain knowledge about what you wanted to see and how you wanted the future to look in the area.
We had a phenomenal response with lots of helpful ideas. Since that time though – a lot has changed. So, we are reporting back and asking for more feedback on some ideas we have been working on.
Taking all of your feedback on board we have drafted some visions and principles around four key themes:
Every neighbourhood and place is different, therefore we have applied these themes to each and identified some key actions that could be applied to shape each neighbourhood.
We would like your comments on both – the themes and also our actions for the neighbourhoods within the overall area.
Please click through to the framework for more information – remember - you can keep coming back if you only have limited time to make sure you get all of your ideas down.
Please also share with your friends, family and colleagues on twitter and facebook –we need the local community to join the conversation!
The consultation is running until 27 November 2020.
We haven’t been in touch for a while!
We just wanted to let you know to keep an eye out as we will shortly be publishing another engagement phase following our community engagement last Summer. A lot has changed since last year, so we will be checking how your priorities may have changed.
The feedback we received has been shaped into a vision for the area and principles for future development. We will be asking your input on these.
This is an important part of the OAPF process and it is vital that we have as many local people involved.
Remember the final OAPF document will be considered in all planning applications up to 2041, so this is your opportunity to shape the future of the area.
Please share this website with your friends, family, and colleagues on social media so they can register and become part of this important conversation too!
You can contact us by email: rdoapf@london.gov.uk
We will be holding workshops in 4 different areas across the Royal Docks. Please join us to find out about the opportunities identified by local people so far and to shape the emerging ideas in response to this feedback. You can also let us know if there is anything we have missed!
The workshops will include a drop-in exhibition as well as more focused round table discussions. Please note if you wish to participate in one of the round table discussions, you will need to register by Monday 30 September. Click on the location below to register
West Silvertown - Tuesday 1st October
Exhibition Open to all: 5.30pm - 8.30pm, Round Table Discussions: 6.30pm - 7.15pm & 7.15pm - 8.00pm
Royal Wharf Community Dock, 2 John Harrison Square, West Silvertown, E16 2ZA
(Next to Royal Wharf Concierge, Royal Docks, E16 2PT)
Canning Town & Custom House - Wednesday 2nd October
Exhibition Open to all: 5.30pm - 8.30pm, Round Table Discussions: 6.00pm - 6.45pm & 6.45pm - 7.30pm
Canning Town Library, 18 Rathbone Market, E16 1EH
North Woolwich - Wednesday 9th October
Exhibition Open to all 5.00pm - 8.30pm, Round Table Discussions: 6.30pm - 7.15pm & 7.15pm - 8.00pm
Royal Docks Learning & Activity Centre, Albert Road, E16 2JB
Beckton - Thursday 10th October
Exhibition Open to all: 5:30pm - 8.30pm, Round Table Discussions: 6.30pm - 7.15pm & 7.15pm - 8.00pm
Beckton Community Centre, 14 East Ham Manor Way, London E6 5NG
To find our more visit www.royaldocks.london/consultation
Join the conversation ... hope to see you there!