Newham Council has awarded Countryside Partnerships lead contractor partner for the next stage of the Custom House regeneration programme.

Through a Pre-Construction Service Agreement (PCSA), Countryside will lead on the design development and enabling works of sites in this second sub-phase. This will see detailed design of the new homes including genuinely affordable homes, new commercial premises and a new health centre across the Freemasons Road retail area.


This new milestone forms part of the Council’s commitment to accelerate affordable home delivery through the tried and tested in-house delivery model across their three council-led estate regeneration schemes which has seen three key breakthroughs happen this year already on Custom House alone.

Since residents voted yes for the Custom House regeneration last December, planning and building have already started in sub-phase 1 for 95 genuinely affordable homes. A further outline planning application for the wider project aiming to deliver 629 mixed-tenure genuinely affordable homes along with new community facilities including a new health hub, nursery, bus stand and cycling links was also approved in October this year.

Custom House residents through the Resident Steering Group were also a part of the tender process for the contractor partner.