Riverside South, Canary Wharf — Public Consultation
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Riverside South Infrastructure Works

Trees, planting and a timber boardwalk beside the water at Canary Wharf, with office towers and a footbridge behind.

Find out more about plans for new public realm, landscaping and connectivity improvements between Canary Wharf and the Riverside South site.

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CWG is bringing forward a planning application covering infrastructure and public realm works. The plans include a new platform across Westferry Road with green walkways and new places for people to visit and spend time. Proposals will deliver lasting benefits for the local community including new pedestrian and cycle connections, improved access to the riverside, a green public realm, and jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities.

The platform intends to support delivery of the Riverside South site, where JPMorganChase has intent to build a new UK headquarters building, details for which will be available at a later date.

A significant opportunity to enhance the western edge of Canary Wharf

The Riverside South site sits at the south-western tip of Canary Wharf, between Westferry Road and the River Thames. It covers approximately 20,500 m² and has remained undeveloped for three decades.

The site is separated from its surroundings. Westferry Road forms a physical and perceptual barrier between the site and Canary Wharf.

There is no public green space, no activation of the waterfront, and no visual or physical connection to the world-class public realm and transport of Canary Wharf. Our proposals will deliver:

  1. New, high-quality public realm.

  2. New pedestrian connections overcoming the barrier currently created by Westferry Road, uniting the site with Westferry Circus and Mackenzie Walk.

View across the River Thames to the Canary Wharf skyline, with the Riverside South site outlined in red along the waterfront below the towers.
The site in its wider context, on the Canary Wharf waterfront.
Overhead aerial photograph of the undeveloped Riverside South site, showing bare hardstanding and two low temporary buildings between Westferry Road and the river.
Aerial view of the site.
Illustrative plan of Riverside South showing the three areas labelled Planning 0, Planning 01 and Planning 02 around Westferry Circus and the waterfront.
Indicative diagram of the three planning applications. This public consultation relates to applications 0&1.
Aerial view of the Riverside South waterfront with the footprint of the future headquarters office shown in white beside Westferry Circus.
Future HQ office.
The riverside walk as viewed today.
The riverside walk as viewed today.
View of Westferry Road looking south.
View of Westferry Road looking south.

A destination in its own right

Our proposals will turn a long vacant and inaccessible piece of land into a destination in its own right, bringing new jobs, green space and connections that benefit the whole community. Alongside the wider HQ building, this includes a significantly enhanced public realm with new greenery and landscaping.

The proposals for infrastructure works include:

  • A new green platform

    A new, green, publicly accessible platform that includes places to sit and a location where people want to visit and spend time.

  • New connections

    New connections through the site, linking Westferry Circus, the riverside walk and Canary Wharf.

  • Back to the water

    A stronger link between Canary Wharf and the river, reconnecting the area with its waterfront setting.

  • Jobs and training

    Generation of jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities, for Tower Hamlets residents.

Isometric sketch of the site with hands placing new elements: a deck over Westferry Road at +12.8m, a new park with trees at +10.6m, and an activated riverside walk at +5.6m.
Proposed improvements, connecting the site.
Illustrative sketch of the proposed Bank Street connection, with a broad staircase framed by mature trees and new planting.
Illustrative view of the new Bank Street connection.
Indicative sketch of the publicly accessible platform beside the future headquarters, with a pedestrian walkway and extensive layered planting.
Indicative sketch of the new publicly accessible platform featuring enhanced greening from Newfoundland, Westferry Road (North).
Drawn plan of the Canary Wharf Estate with the proposed public realm at Riverside South picked out in green at the western end, alongside the Estate's existing parks and gardens.
Indicative diagram highlighting the new landscaping around the site.
Illustrative plan showing general public pedestrian routes in red around Westferry Circus, the Riverside South waterfront, Mackenzie Walk and Bank Street, with stairs and lifts marked.
Illustrative view of the general public pedestrian routes.

To find out more about our proposals in detail please click the button below.

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Indicative programme

  1. September 2026

    Public consultation 1 on infrastructure works.

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  2. October 2026

    Submission of planning application (0+1) to LBTH.

  3. Late 2026 or early 2027

    Public consultation to present our evolved, detailed designs for the HQ tower.

  4. First half of 2027

    Submission of planning application 2 (HQ tower) to LBTH.

  5. Second half of 2027

    Determination of 0+1 planning application.

Meet the team

  • CWG Applicant for the infrastructure works application
  • JPMorganChase Riverside South owner and applicant for the tower application
  • Adamson Associates Architects
  • Foster + Partners Masterplan architects
  • Field Operations Landscape architects
  • ARUP Multidisciplinary engineering firm
  • Steer Transport and highways consultants
  • DP9 Planning consultants
  • Lowick Hedry Engagement consultants

Have your say

Thank you for taking the time to view our proposals for the infrastructure and public works for Riverside South.

We value and are keen to understand the views of the local community ahead of submitting a planning application to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Drop-in session

The drop-in session is an opportunity to meet and ask questions with members of the project team, see the plans and give feedback.

Tuesday 29 September 2026

5:00 – 8:00pm

Alpha Grove Community Centre
Alpha Grove, London E14 8LH

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Get in touch

If you have any further questions or wish to provide your feedback to the project team directly, please get in touch via the details below:

Our consultation will run until 1 October 2026.

Riverside South | Infrastructure Works | Canary Wharf

Engagement by Lowick Hedry

Our public consultation on the infrastructure works for Riverside South has now closed.

We would like to thank everyone who took the time to give feedback on our proposals for the site.

Once the planning application has been submitted and validated by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, we will update this website and email everyone who asked to be kept informed about the project.

If you have any further questions or would like to contact the project team directly, please use the details below.