Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018

SP7 Quality Movement Corridors and Linear Gateways

Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy, and design and management criteria will be supported:

  • Strategic principles
    • As the borough’s principal streets, the role of linear gateways and movement corridors will be reinforced through the application of improving and regenerative quality urban and architectural design and public realm interventions.
  • Spatial Strategy
    • The desirability of reclaiming the streets for people through introducing active frontage to their edges that stimulates social activity and interaction along them;
    • The importance of consolidating ribbon developments of commercial and community uses into defined Local and Town Centres and Local Shopping Parades, in line with Policies INF5, INF8 and SP6;
    • The following are designated Key Movement Corridors and Linear Gateways (see Figure 3.4 below):
      • Barking Road (A124);
      • Romford Road (A118);
      • Forest Drive / Station Road / High Street North and South / Ron Leighton Way / Woolwich Manor Way;
      • Manor Way / Albert Road / Pier Road (A117);
      • Clegg Street / Pelly Road / Stopford Road / Upton Lane / Woodgrange Road / Woodford Road (A114);
      • Leytonstone Road / The Grove;
      • Leyton Road / Angel Lane (A112);
      • Stratford Gyratory (Great Eastern Road, Broadway and that part of Stratford High Street not within LLDC) (A11);
      • West Ham Lane / Broadway / Plaistow Road / Plaistow High Street / Greengate Street / Prince Regent Lane / Victoria Dock Road (A112);
      • Manor Road (A1011);
      • Bridge Road;
      • Densham Road / Portway / Plashet Road / Plashet Grove / East Avenue / Browning Road / Church Road / Little Ilford Lane (B165);
      • Vicarage Lane (B164);
      • Green Street (B167);
      • Katherine Road (B109);
      • Balaam Street;
      • Hermit Road / Grange Road / Upper Road;
      • Victoria Dock Road;
      • Silvertown Way and Silvertown Viaduct / North Woolwich Road / Connaught Bridge / Royal Albert Way / Royal Docks Road (A1020);
      • Freemasons Road / New Barn Street / Butchers Road / Munday Road;
      • Stansfeld Road; xxi. Strait Road;
      • Tollgate Road;
      • Connaught Road / Albert Road (A112);
      • Factory Road / North Woolwich Road;
  • Design and management criteria
    • The general principles of good urban design expressed in Policies SP1 and SP3 and SP5, ensuring they are extended to edge treatments to positively contribute to the street scene and way-finding;
    • The particular need in these environments to enclose the street and reduce the noise and air pollution impacts of passing traffic, without creating a ‘tunnel’ effect, maintaining the building line excepting overriding good design or highways considerations;
    • The need to significantly raise and easily maintain the quality of the public realm, with particular attention to de-cluttering, inclusive access, continuity of footways and materials, the value of tree planting to improve amenity and the desirability of introducing public art at appropriate locations; and
    • The importance of facilitating the smooth and efficient but safe movement of traffic in the context of an overall shift to sustainable transport in line with policy INF2.

For more information please see the Local Plan 2018