The Vision
The Vision – a snapshot
At over 140 acres the Purfleet Centre Regeneration Project site presents a unique opportunity to deliver a transformational development within the Thames Gateway. Delivering Purfleet-on-Thames will create a new waterfront destination on the River Thames; an international creative hub and high quality new residential neighbourhoods with placemaking at its core.
Sharing Thurrock Council’s vision the project is about creating a desirable place to live and work that capitalise on Purfleet’s natural advantages that include:
- Its location on the River Thames
- Quick access to the M25
- Direct 28-minute train to Fenchurch Station, Central London
The Vision — developing it further
Building on Thurrock Council’s vision of delivering a new town centre and high quality new residential neighbourhoods in Purfleet, the PCRL project team have worked extensively to develop a collective vision for the future of Purfleet-on-Thames.
Working closely with a range of stakeholders from the local community and Thurrock Council, through to the Environment Agency and RSPB, the team aimed to maximise the potential beneficial impact of the scheme on the local area. This led to a series of key ambitions that are the foundation of the evolving design:
- Create a new town centre that provides amenities that serve the existing community as well as new development.
- Build high quality new homes to support an increasing local population.
- Create a building or series of buildings that could host businesses complementary to the existing creative industries established at High House Production Park and create significant new employment and a cultural industries hub.
- Remove barriers to the 1km of waterfront and allow public access to the south facing bank of the River Thames.
- Improve local permeability and mobility.
These ambitions will help ensure PCRL deliver a development that transforms Purfleet from a congested and disjointed semi-industrial landscape into a desirable place to live and work, where people can create enduring roots and which is in harmony with its natural surroundings.
The Vision – masterplan summary
The vision for Purfleet-on-Thames includes:
- A state of the art film and TV studio facility and related creative industry hub
- Attractive new waterfront commercial and retail space
- Up to 2,850 new homes, including significant health and education facilities
- Community facilities
- Leisure uses
- Upgraded and additional public transport facilities
In February 2018, the PCRL project team held a public event in St Stephen’s Church Hall to explain more about the Purfleet-on-Thames vision. The presentation boards for that event can be found here.
What is your Vision?
What is your vision for the future of Purfleet? Visit the Our Purfleet section and The Community section to discover ways in which we are working with you to capture your vision. This includes your interactive community inspiration board where you can share that vision.