Gateway to more jobs

The plans were revealed on the last day of the two-day Thames Gateway Forum at the ExCeL centre in the Royal Docks.
The Thames Gateway Pledge 2016 promises 160,000 additional homes, 13,500 apprenticeships and 10,000 new college places, and high environmental standards, including making every home zero-carbon by 2016 and building 80 per cent of developments on brownfield land.
Ms Cooper said: "We have already achieved a great deal but we must raise our ambitions and go further and faster."
The forum welcomed more than 5,000 visitors, who sat in on presentations on transport, low-carbon policies and methods of minimising the risks of building on flood plains. The roster of over 210 exhibitors included Crest Nicholson, which was showing off plans for its zero-carbon One Gallions development in Gallions Reach.
The 260-unit project will boast communal open spaces and a green caretaker, but will also bid to reduce waste and pollution through increased efficiency and green measures. Heating and power will be provided by a system fuelled by wood chips, draughts will be significantly reduced and the building will adopt a daylight-friendly design to reduce lighting costs.
Crest Nicholson hopes to submit an application for the site before April, possibly in February.
The development of the Royals Business Park is also set to continue early next year. An application is expected in spring for two hotels and two office buildings at the proposed 1.6million square feet project. The site is already home to Building 1000, which will house 2,000 Newham Council staff from April.
The cross-government investment package will be funded by bodies such as the Department of Health, the Department of Communities and Local Government and local authorities in the area. john.hill@wharf.co.uk
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