Bromley-by-Bow Tesco redevelopment | Tower Hamlets | Pro

[DarJoLe]

Tesco town planned next to 2012 site
Abul Taher
14.10.09

Tesco is building a new “supermarket suburb” next to the Olympics site which will house hundreds of families and come with its own high street, park, library and primary school.



The 11-acre site will have a 24-hour Tesco Extra hypermarket at the centre, with 18 other stores that will make up a pedestrian high street.

There will also be a 90-bed budget hotel on the site, and Tesco will build a library, called Idea Store, for the community. It will create a local park on the bank of the river Lea, and a plaza area for residents.

Tesco will also part-build 460 homes in the area by securing “costly” planning permission for them. Social housing bodies are expected to build the homes, but Tesco may retain the freehold.

The retailer will also buy land and get planning permission for a primary school for hundreds of pupils. The school, next to its store, will be built and run by Tower Hamlets council. But, again, Tesco may retain freehold of the land.

The news comes after its chief executive Terry Leahy described Britain's school system as “woeful”. A spokesman said the new project in the Bromley-by-Bow area will produce at least 200 additional jobs in the hypermarket alone.

“The design of the store, community benefits and the phasing of the development have been designed to meet local needs,” he added

Tesco, which would not reveal the cost of the scheme, held a two-day public consultation with residents last month, which it said was “positive”. It is likely to submit formal planning applications to London Thames Gateway Development Corporation by the end of this month.

Tim Archer, a Tory councillor and parliamentary candidate for Limehouse and Poplar, said: “There are a number of benefits.” But he added: “Tesco dominates Tower Hamlets, in that there are already 10 stores built in the last two or three years.”

[DarJoLe]

Number 9 is the tower proposed as part of the St Andrews site on the western side of the Blackwall Tunnel Approach, but number 7 is a new proposal on this side of the road.

The straight 'street' runs from the Bromley-by-Bow station underpass, which is to be enlarged, to the front of Three Mills, which opens the view of the Grade-1 listed mill from the station.

[Trances]

Great location right on the canal. Will have to go past next week and get a better look at the current location.

[Yorkshire Boy]

Is this close to the Stratford City proposed CBD? Could someone post a map showing the distance relation of the two? Cheers

[DarJoLe]

Not the best map but gives an idea of how close Bromley-by-Bow is to Stratford.

[fitz44]

this is a bit of a guess but from what DarJole says the site is here (not sure about the northern edge but the other three sides are pretty well defined by Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, the Railway line and the river Lea )



Part of the site was subject to a planning application in 2004;

http://194.201.98.213/WAM/showCaseFi...ber=PA/04/1055





which was slated by the mayors office for its "unacceptably poor quality" - in fact it was criticised on almost every aspect! So let's hope nothing of that scheme survives into the current one;

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/plann..._e3_report.pdf

[eXSBass]

The current store at the site is dreadful and attracts too many hoodies. It attracts many shoppers from Stratford High Street inc people from Central House.

[DarJoLe]

ColladoCollins’ massive regeneration scheme for a Tesco store at Bromley-by-Bow, London, was this week submitted to Tower Hamlets planning officials

Completion of Tesco’s proposed East London scheme is scheduled to take place in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. It will replace an existing Tesco supermarket with a new superstore, a hotel, an ‘Idea Store’ community library, 403 residential units and 18 shops.

[wawd]

i would highly recommend the nearby canal walk, and the Three Mills island right next to the proposed development has some great old buildings.

Today there is a visitor centre and several of the most elegant waterside buildings anywhere in London. The most important is House Mill (1776). It is Britain's oldest standing mill - and there has been a mill of some description on the site since before the time of the Doomsday Book.

from http://www.waterscape.com/in-your-ar...e-mills-island

[wawd]

from a recent walk to Three Mills island:

[mulattokid]

Oast houses?

[DarJoLe]

They used to grind grain which was used to distil alcohol for the west end gin palaces.

[Langur]

The new Bournville or Saltaire. Fantastic ambition! However the high rise element needs some work. It's too dark, is separated from its base, and the windows are a bit on the small side.

[london lad]

Documents online

http://194.201.98.213/WAM/weeklyApplications.do