Building on existing hybrid planning permission, the new application covers the first stage of the project, comprising six residential buildings, the first two of which will be allocated for 100% social rent.
The plans also include a seven-acre riverside park and 1,000 new trees, setting out a landscape-led approach to the first stage of the project. Ground-floor units facing on to the park would be used for amenities, such as cafés and restaurants.
Arada said it was working with a community design group of 20 local residents to help shape a section of the park around local needs.
The wider masterplan is intended to create at least 5,000 homes on 47 acres across the river from the O2 Arena on the Greenwich Peninsula. The project has an estimated gross development value of £2.5bn.
Arada agreed to acquire an 80% stake in the 47-acre Thameside West scheme from Keystone in November 2025.
Ahmed Alkhoshaibi, group chief executive of Arada, said: “Thameside West is a landscape-led masterplan, composed by nature, open to all and made for London.
“This is one of London’s most significant remaining riverfront regeneration opportunities: more than 5,000 homes, over 1km of river frontage and over 6ha of publicly accessible amenities.
“We have the ambition to create more than a new residential district. Thameside West is planned as a neighbourhood within the city, not an enclave at its edge: a new piece of east London where the quality of everyday London life comes first.”
Arada is working with Transport for London on a new DLR station to accompany the development, and the project is being brought forward in partnership with the Greater London Authority’s Royal Docks team.
Tom Copley, deputy mayor for housing and residential development, said: “Tackling London’s housing crisis is the mayor’s top priority and Thameside West will help deliver the new homes Londoners deserve, including much-needed social rent and family housing.
“By combining affordability, high-quality design and generous green spaces, Thameside West will transform a key brownfield site in the Royal Docks into a thriving new neighbourhood and help build a better, fairer London for everyone.”
Architecture firm Gensler, built environment consultancy Arup and landscape architect Planit are advising on the scheme.
Work is expected to start on site in 2028, subject to the scheme gaining planning approval.
