booklet 5 - stratford

• Stratford location


  north east london

  inner city borough - Newham
• history of Stratford - mid 1700s

  moved from farming to industrial, primary - secondary
• history of Stratford - 19th century

  becoming increasingly industrialised

  1820s - docks, fairly significant transport hub

  1839 - own railway station and built locomotives, significant employer

  1860s - 20,000 people living and working there
• history of Stratford - 20th century

  1960s - London docks closed

  1990 - railway closed
• history of Stratford - 21st century

  2005 - won Olympic bid

  2011 - Westfield opened, already planned before Olympic bid

  2012 - the Olympics
• why was regeneration needed?

  to improve an area of east London that's been neglected and where the population where amongst the poorest and most deprived in London
• regeneration after the olympics

  - large public leisure space, open and accessible to all

  - athletes village turned into 2800 homes

  - Olympics bought 12 million to the area, both public (government) and private (businesses)

  - 5 new neighbourhood - schools, health facilities, 8000 new homes

  - modern transport hub

  - road improvements

  - cleaned the canal - leisure

  - Westfield - 10000 new jobs
• changes that have taken place in stratford

  - cleaned waterways and water management

  - got rid of fridge mountain, making water more accessible

  - Stratford shopping centre was modernised

  - improved transport links

  - improved public space

  - Westfield shopping centre
• industries that have left due to the redevelopment

  - 100s of local industries, many established over generations

  eg. dowding and mills, goddard and gibbs, capital dairy
• the impact this had on job opportunities in the area

  - loss of employment, skills and community

  - more people without jobs

  - increasing levels of poverty, effecting economy
• stratford natural characteristics


  - Close proximity to both rivers means it has always had links with places around it e.g West India Docks

  - Been residency for workers in the city centre

  -Location means population is culturally diverse

  - Land is flat -- easy to build and develop
• demographic make up of stratford

  -median age in 2020 was 40.4 years in london and 32.7 in stratford

  - theres a younger demographic which will be targeted by services, means older people may feel like outsiders

  - at points, stratfords population per age category is almost double londons average

  after olympics

  - white british population has decreased, from 20.9% to 13.1%

  - theres smaller split between white british and other ethnicities

  --- shows area has become a lot more ethically diverse
• the carpenters estate


  - population amongst most deprived in england

  - over 1/3 population paid below london living wage (£9.40) and 29% of jobs in borough are low paid

  - buildings in need of repair but the costs were too great

  - area needs more housing, but offers golden opportunity for property developers

  ----- this wouldn't necessarily meet affordability needs

  - council relocated many residents, claims 70% of residents from tower blocks have been rehoused within E15, leaving tower blocks and estate mainly empty
• Prospective regeneration ideas for the Carpenters Estate- what might be done?

  - bridging gap between east London + rest of capital through new opportunities + change has taken place

  - opening up access to education + jobs, connecting communities

  - increase prosperity of east London through growth in business + quality jobs, with emphasis on cultural + creative sectors, promotion as tourist destination + high quality lifelong learning opportunities

  - establish + Marian locally distinctive neighbourhoods which meet housing needs while providing easily, accessible social infrastructure

  - create high quality built + natural enviro that integrates new development with waterways, green space + historic enviro
• why is carpenters estate being redeveloped?

  to regenerate it

  - housing estate to be knocked down to build a new campus, UCL
• residents of carpenters estate

  - some peoples home for over 40 years

  --- sense of place grown

  - they felt safe, low crime rate
• residents opinions on redevelopment

  - disappointed

  - felt uncertain,

  - angry,

  - didn't want their community to be dismantled,

  - demoralizing
• why do some consider it as social cleansing?

  - drives out those in social housing who may not be able to live in the area after regeneration

  - they are being forced to move away
• E15 mothers - background info

  - not enough affordable housing

  - flats left empty, derelict

  - land advertised to overseas developers, this wont be home for original residents - cant afford
• E15 mothers


  - set up by local mothers

  - campaign for social housing

  - seen as social centres

  - trying to get unused houses to become council houses

  - they've been evicted by council
• E15 mothers - new housing

  - luxury houses will push out essential workers as they cant afford the area

  - social rent pay 50% of private rent

  --- up to 300000 people need social housing and council dont have the money to pay for this

  - block boris campaign 2014 - protesting for affordable rent

  - 2/3 of new homes bought by foreign investors

  --- people cant live there as property prices have increased as a result
• endogenous factors


  - e15 mothers

  - local money / businesses

  - local mayor/ council

  - shopping centre

  - olympic park
• place makers


  - local and central government

  - architects

  - residents

  - tfl

  - westfield

  - the media
• winners


  - those using facilities

  - local businesses

  - companies investing

  - government

  - tourists / visitors

  - ucl - permission to build a campus

  - locals - use facilities, transport, jobs, house market increase = more money if sell their house
• losers


  - e15 mothers

  - people who cant afford new housing

  - people being displaced + outpriced for housing

  - local industries/ businesses that were forced to move or close
• exogenous factors


  - IOC -- international olympic committee

  - visitors the area

  - TNCs

  - taxpayers

  - overseas companies -- developers, westfield

  - external developers / architects

  - government

  - tourists
• flows of people


  - change in demographic -- younger

  - new, often wealthier residents moving in

  - people forced to move due to increasing prices

  - original locals feel like outsiders
• resources


  - olympic park facilities

  - transport links

  - less social housing available
• money


  - older businesses have moved

  - money from taxpayers/businesses coming in

  - increased house market price, locals get more money if sell their house
• investment


  - westfield bought in jobs , visitors ect

  - new facilities that everyone can use

  - area has improved - beautification

  - government gets money through taxes, area able to recieve more investment

  - less money for social housing -- annoy locals, people forced to move far away.