A section 106 legal agreement has been finalised for the 2.2-acre brownfield site, which will be transformed into a 245 home mixed-tenure neighbourhood close to West Ham and Stratford Stations.

The development will now need Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator before St William can start on site. 

Building envelopes feature a mix of handmade bricks and façade detailing which alludes to Victorian industrial heritage and the Grade II Listed Bazalgette-designed homes near the site’s southern edge.

Late last year Berkeley Group outlined its new investment strategy, including the ambition to put more sites through planning and into delivery, in response to the Government’s pro-homebuilding agenda.

Dean Summers, managing director of St William, said: “We need to make full use of London’s brownfield sites, and I want to commend the teams at LLDC and the London Borough of Newham for helping us to finalise the section 106 agreement within just five weeks of the planning committee’s approval.”

Designed in partnership with Cowen + Partners and LDA Design, St William’s proposals also include investments in the wider neighbourhood.

The design responds to the nearby Grade II* Listed Abbey Mills Pumping Station and a group of Grade II Listed mid-19^th Century houses, both designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette.