Proposals for a new waterside neighbourhood on the fringes of the Olympic park have been submitted for planning.

Architects Arc-ML drew up the masterplan for the site for LandProp – Ikea’s development arm, which includes 1,200 new homes, 58,000sq m of offices, community

facilities and a 350 bed hotel.

Some 25% of the development will be open space, including a riverside park that will run along the western edge of the site overlooking the River Lee Navigation.

Andrew Cobden, country manager of LandProp in the UK said: “We see Strand East as a place for families and businesses to grow and put down strong roots.

“Work is well underway on Dane’s Yard, the first phase of Strand East which already has planning consent with the restaurant and exhibition space opening in June. “

The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation will now consider the plans.

Strand East’s five quarters
1.     The north east quarter of the site is subject to a detailed planning application which will create a creative quarter built around a re-established Dane’s Yard,

including a new restaurant.  The first phase of this development already has planning permission, with Dane’s Yard to be bought forward as the location for a new 40m

high illuminated sculpture set within a public square and a new restaurant to be operated by Graysons.

2.     A commercial quarter would sit along the northern part of the site, adjoining the high street, which will include business space and a 350 room Marriot hotel.

3.     A residential quarter sits at the heart of Strand East, characterised by low level mews housing, with shared internal garden courtyards and semi private spaces.

4.     A riverside quarter - east and west, will sit at the waterside edges of Strand East with housing arranged in a linear fashion along the waterfront. In some instances

buildings may be placed immediately on the water’s edge, in other locations it would be set back to create public space adjacent to the water.

5.     The hub is the quarter at the south end of the site, with a community building at its heart, surrounded by cafes, bars and small shops that will look out onto a public

square and the water beyond. The hub will build on existing amenities, including the House Mill and café in the listed building at Three Mills and Three Mills Green.