The site

TwelveTrees Park covers approximately 24 acres of land and is situated immediately next to West Ham station.

The home of a former Parcelforce Depot, the Greater London Authority (who own the freehold of the site) selected Berkeley Homes as their preferred development partner to redevelop the site in 2016.

Following the approval of our masterplan in 2018, we have been busy delivering Phase 1, transforming an area that had lain vacant for almost a decade into one of London’s most exciting, greenest and well-connected neighbourhoods. 

Why is the project known as TwelveTrees Park?

We renamed the Stephenson Street project to TwelveTrees Park in honour of Harper Twelvetrees.

Twelvetrees was an industrialist, who owned and managed a soap powder factory in the local area, near to the site as it exists today.

He was also one of the leading figures to abolish slavery in the UK and wrote the foreword for the book ‘The Story of the Life of John Anderson’, a true story depicting John Anderson’s escape from slavery in the US and finding refuge in the UK.

The 2018 masterplan

In 2018, we received unanimous approval from Newham Council for a detailed planning application (Phase 1) and our outline masterplan (Phases 2–4).

The 2018 masterplan proposes to create:

Delivering our masterplan

Following the approval of the masterplan, we have been busy delivering Phase 1 of our new neighbourhood.

Once construction has been completed on Phase 1, we will have created:

Construction Update

Over the past 12 months, the team have reached some significant milestones, including:

• Progressing works on footbridges connecting to West Ham Station, which will open in due course, and improve connectivity across the neighbourhood.

• Construction works have commenced on all buildings comprising Phase 1 (excluding the school).

• Shortly our landscaping will commence from the bus garage road towards the north pedestrian footbridge, to get us ready for occupations to the back end of 2024.