A new Local Development Order (LDO) for the Thames Gateway Logistics Park will help unlock growth helping to create jobs and prosperity for local people.
An LDO provides permission for specific developments within a site, it ensures that the site as a whole conforms to planning regulations and it simplifies the planning process by removing the need for developers to obtain planning permission for certain developments on the site, helping to attract inward investment.
The original LDO for this site was granted in 2013 and expired in November 2023. It was replaced with a LDO 1.5 in March 2024, which allowed work at the site to continue uninterrupted.
London Gateway LDO 2 grants permission for up the development of up to 733,776sqm of commercial floorspace in total. Of this 412, 326 sqm has already been completed or committed under LDO1 and 1.5, meaning there is 321,450sqm remaining to be consented.
Cllr Lee Watson, Cabinet member for Good Growth, said: “The new LDO will help ensure that development of the site can continue, in a way that benefits the local economy and local people.
“This will help pave the way for inward investment which should help create good local jobs and bring other economic benefits to the borough.”