Mayor looking to build out five hectare riverside site formerly used for Crossrail tunnelling
Transport for London (TfL) has started the search for a development partner to help bring forward a 1,500-home scheme in Newham.
Places for London, TfL’s wholly owned commercial development firm, will form a joint venture with the selected partner for the Limmo Peninsula development.
The deal could also involve other sites on TfL-owned land in the future.
Limmo Peninsula is a vacant 5ha plot of land just south of Canning Town station wedged between train lines and Bow Creek, the mouth of the Lea river where it joins the Thames.
The site, which was used for Crossrail’s eastbound boring machines up to 2018, has long been earmarked for housing by London mayor Sadiq Khan.
Places for London said the area could also include commercial space, large areas of publicly accessible open space and connectivity imp