Welcome to our project website, where you can access up to date information on our Poplar Riverside Development in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

St William gained outline planning consent in 2019 to redevelop the former Leven Road gasworks site into a high quality mixed use development. The permission included detailed plans for phase 1 and outline plans for phases 2-4. 

The consented proposals comprise:

• A high quality mixed use development with significant greenery and public open space 

• 2,800 homes in a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms with private and public amenity spaces 

• 35% Affordable homes (based on habitable room) 

• A variety of commercial units  

• 1 hectare Riverside Park

• A new 500m riverside walk

• Safeguarded land for pedestrian footbridges connecting to the other side of the River Lea to be delivered by London Borough of Tower Hamlets

• Secondary school to be delivered by London Borough of Tower Hamlets 

• Up to 550 car parking spaces 

The development will be delivered in four phases. Phase 1 is currently underway and is due to be complete in spring 2026. We have been reviewing the delivery of future phases and as part of the process, we are currently consulting the local community on a revised masterplan for phases 2 & 3.  

We are consulting the community again on the latest updated revised proposals and are keen to hear your views, prior to finalising the plans and submitting a hybrid planning application to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to consider in the coming months. You can view the revised plans on this website and provide us your thoughts directly using the feedback form.

To consult the community, a newsletter with a summary of the updated revised proposals has been distributed to the local community. You can download a copy of the newsletter here.

If you have any questions about the proposals or would like further information you can contact us directly.