Development Plan of Silvertown Quays Area: Royal Docks, London

This report analyzes the development plan for Silvertown Quays in the Royal Docks area of East London, examining its commercial viability and potential socio-economic impact. The analysis considers the current development plans, including the construction of new homes, the redevelopment of the Millennium Mills, and the creation of public spaces like Mills Square and parks. The report evaluates the impact on job creation, residential population, and the overall economic revenue of London. It also discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with the project, such as the loss of economic rationale if the Dock shuts down and the need for a compelling vision for the Isle of Dogs. The report provides recommendations for improving the scheme, including building housing for middle-income earners, preserving water, and offering benefits to employees. The conclusion highlights the development's role in facilitating new homes, supporting national development, and enhancing the community with socio-economic facilities and commercial viability. The report is supported by references to relevant literature and planning documents. The assignment fulfills the brief by assessing the commercial viability and socio-economic impact of the project, as well as suggesting recommendations for improvement.

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Development Plan of Silvertown Quays area of Royal Docks in East London
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Discussion
The current developmental plan for Silvertown Quays
The plans of the Silvertown Quays area have impacted on the recent development of
the projects and create a contact on the commercial viability and potential socio-economic
scenario (Freire 2019). The current development plans are to work on the Backers at an
estimation of £3.5 billion on Silvertown Quays development in the area of Royal Docks areas
that won the approval of the Newham council that initiated the construction which will start
in early 2021. The first project initiates the aim of building 1000 homes where 20% will be
designed in an affordable manner and there will be the other sector that will cater in
developing homes in a millennium mills landmark and also develop the grain store as so
called Silo D returned to use. This will however lead in gaining interest in the economic
where large number of people will be agitated to buy homes in this area (Brownill & O'Hara
2015). This development will also facilitate the revenue of the economy in London to
increase as people are willing to purchase millennium landmark in Royal Dock. This shows
the prestigious value and the symbol of status of the people living in London or some
migrants from other country who are willing to settle in London.
On the other hand it can be seen that the project of development also holds the
creation of public space which is named as Mills Square as it is capable of holding events for
an approximate of around 1500 people and also a park alongside the dock area (Brill 2018).
This will however cater in bringing in large number of people and make it a point of
celebration for the people of the society or community as it allows more than 1500 people in
the Mills space (Minton et al, 2018). This strategy will inculcate the attribute of socio-
economic facility in a way as the park or public space would create a link between the
disparate and isolated park which will connect the Royal Dock to the Thames. This however
facilitates the establishment of new primer parks and canal links at the Thames Wharf which
brings in the inclusion of the neighborhood characteristics and structure, also buffer
communities from the ongoing process of establishing the district approach to pubic space.
In terms of commercial viability and potential socio-economic impact the
development plan of Silvertown Quays area of Royal Docks in East London has facilitated

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with new job opportunity to thousands of unemployed and skilled labours and engineers. The
plan of developments accommodates a residential population of around 65,000 people and
also provided with an opportunity for around 15,000 people with original jobs and an
accommodation array of civic, community, culture and retail amenities (Restemeyer, Van
Den Brink and Woltjer 2019). With the development project of Glengall Bridge, Isle of Dogs
is a growing success and the Canary Wharf continues it expansion in the second generation of
the Isle and cater to gather momentum. The recent development had initiated with the recent
application of a significant demand in the housing, office and the commercial uses. Despite
the recent plan of development there is still a lack of compelling vision for the Isle of Dogs
especially in the heart of Millwall Dock (KIM 2016). This facilitated the development of the
communities which responded the visionary void with the mixture of inconsistent and
disconnected projects.
Therefore the Woodwharf Redevelopment represents the majority important
development of renewal of opportunities in the UK and British areas where they are invited
to present with an application to form a corporation with the British Water ways in order to
facilitate its realization (Rustin 2016). The strategy of the Urban was commissioned in order
to inculcate the current master plan and design various new approaches which suits the
British Land’s Vision in partnering the master plan and direct it as well.

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Recommendation on proposed scheme
With the inclusion of the developmental criteria there can be emergence of certain
challenges like when the Dock gets shut down the area will be losing its economic rationale.
In the urban space it became shattered by large parts of vacant Brownfield land with poor
access, contamination and dereliction. Hence it can be recommended on the existing
proposals of Silvertown Quays area of Royal Docks where there is an excellent opportunity
where thirteen miles of dock frontage and river can create the unparallel prospects for the
waterfronts development.
The plans that were redeveloped comprised of 7 million square feet of many schemes
that covered almost the area of Royal Dock. Therefore in order to smooth the progress of
housing the development plan can be reformulated by building housing which will create a
target audience of middle income earners so that they can capture the maximum amount of
population. This will however let in the revue to increase and also allow the project to initiate
and increase its areas. On the other hand it can also be recommended that there must be a
project which can cater to preserve water. The importance of preservation of the water can be
maintained by building reservoirs on the millennium mills so that these waters could be used
for washing utensils or clothes by building separate channels. Preservation of water in
reservoirs can allow the humans beings in preserving sustainability on the environments
aspects.
Hence the next recommendations people who are employed under the development
plan of Silvertown Quays areas. The newly recruited employees can be offered with a benefit
which will engage them in working hard and bring in more of innovative techniques in
catering the developmental aspects in Woodwharf Redevelopment, Glengall Bridge, Isle of
Dogs and many more. The business entrepreneurs and the key people as in the investors must
also think of the benefits of the employee like the labors or engineers which can allow them
with houses to live in and grants them two meals each day which will fulfill their basic
necessities. The basic necessities can be the benefit of receiving discount on groceries,
housing and clothing.
Thus with can be concluded with the last recommendation on the first project initiates
where 20% of the housing facility will be affordable but it should actually be changed to 40%
of the homes must be affordable and the rest will cater to the millennium mills. This is
because affordable housing development imitative can be extremely important to millions of

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people living in London or throughout the world. When the individual or families of four to
six members has an opportunity to access the stable, quality of affordable housing they can
consider themselves as a part of the society or community and which will also honor them
with the opportunity to find suitable jobs.
Conclusion
Hence it can be concluded that the development of the Silvertown Quays caters in not
only facilitating the building up new homes for the people of London or initiating new plans
that catered in involving almost 1000 new homes in Newham. However it supported the
development of the nation as well as looked after the community with socio-economic
facility and commercial viability which enhanced their business on the other hand also
offered new jobs to the unemployed. The recommendation section provides with some
alternative approaches which can be applied on the development process. The silver Quays
caters in boosting the rich industry heritage as it a part of one of the famous cities or main
areas of London Dock.

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