E16 Community Land Trust (CLT)

A garden created for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in support of young people’s mental health is coming to Custom House this summer — and it will belong to the community. The YoungMinds Garden, designed by Charlie Chase of Chase Gardens and sponsored by grant-making charity Project Giving Back, features in the ‘All About Plants’… Read more: Award-Winning Chelsea Garden to Find Its Permanent Home in E16

Update from the Board: July 2025 CLH London Report As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and securing permanently affordable homes in Newham, we are sharing the latest insights and progress updates from the Community Led Housing (CLH) London July 2025 report. Key Takeaways from the Report Blake Road Design & Planning: Slow-moving site investigations… Read more: CLH London Report

We have had a busy winter season at E16 Community Land Trust, involving lots of exciting progress on our two projects in Custom House and Canning Town. Here are the headlines! AGM On Thursday 16 November, we gathered at Ascension Church in Newham to reflect on the work we had undertaken in the year, and… Read more: Winter Newsletter

Come to our AGM! Thursday 16 November at 7.30pm Ascension Church Centre Baxter Rd, London E16 3HJ Help shape our work in the year ahead and get involved in two exciting new housing a community space projects in E16! There will be an opportunity to meet the architects who have been supporting our work and… Read more: Come to our AGM!

A great write-up in the Financial Times on the growing potential of CLT’s as a large-scale solution to the country’s housing crisis. “The big shift we’re trying to do here is to treat homes not as financial products to be traded, but as an ongoing infrastructure for community benefit” – Melissa Mean, We Can Make… Read more: “Community Land Trusts offer a fresh take on housing development”

In November 2022 the much anticipated Custom House Phase One Regeneration Area Landlord Offer was unveiled to Custom House residents, detailing Newham Council’s vision of Custom House’s regeneration and housing delivery and tenure mix. On the 23rd November 2022 the residents ballot opens, providing a critical opportunity for eligible residents to vote on the vision… Read more: Custom House Phase One Regeneration Area Landlord Offer: Answering your Community-Led Questions via E16 CLT’s new FAQ!

Community Land Trusts are being used across the country to put land, homes, shops and public facilities and spaces into the hands of communities themselves. E16 CLT has been exploring ideas for how local residents and community groups in Newham can lead change in their neighbourhood. Explore E16 CLT’s vision for community-led alternatives to regeneration… Read more: Exploring Community-Led Alternatives in E16

We’re excited to announce that we have recruited some amazing new E16 board members from the community to take us through the next phase of our development. We had an amazing response to our recent recruitment campaign and we can now introduce 6 new board members from the E16 community, representing local council tenants, homeowners, Mears tenants and shopkeepers too. 

On Saturday 23rd of February we hosted our first ever event as E16 CLT – and 30 members came out on a bright and sunny Saturday to join us. As well as plenty of tea, coffee and cake, we enjoyed an E16 themed quiz, with great prizes and heard from E16 CLT board members about the plans for the year ahead.

E16 CLT came home from the National CLT Network AGM with an award for innovation. The “When life gives you lemons” award was given for the innovative work our members have done alongside PEACH to produce an alternative regeneration plan for our area.