Stephen Oakes
Director of Development
Stephen
Oakes was appointed as Director of Development at LTGDC
in August 2009.
Stephen will lead a 12 strong development team at LTGDC along
side Deputy Development Director Mark Bradbury. In the year
gone LTGDC investments in the Lower Lea Valley and London Riverside
totalled £37 million with projected investment spend for 2009/10
set to reach £40 million. Stephen's remit covers development
plans for both the Lower Lea Valley and London
Riverside. In the Lower Lea Valley schemes include a £2
billion development in Canning Town and Custom House, a new two
mile park connecting the Olympic Park to the Thames, plus planning
for Olympic Legacy. In London Riverside, Stephen will
steer investment in Barking town centre, including the creation of
a new creative industries quarter, and a £50 million Sustainable
Industries Park in Dagenham.
Previously, Stephen was a Director for the London
Region of Homes and Communities Agency which came into operation on
1st December 2008. A Chartered Surveyor and
qualified Structural Engineer, he has over 25 years’ experience in
land and property, particularly in the planning and delivery of
large, complex regeneration sites for the public and private
sectors.
In 2002, Stephen joined English Partnerships in the Milton
Keynes office and soon after became an Area Director when the
London and Thames Gateway region was first set up within the
agency. In 2005 he also took on the responsibility of Project
Director for the £1bn London-Wide Initiative, an affordable housing
delivery programme. Later he was appointed the Regional
Director for London and
Thames Gateway and held this role until the formation of the
HCA.
Before joining English Partnerships he spent a large part of his
career at a leading property organisation, delivering and enabling
retail, residential and commercial schemes across the UK, the
majority of which were on brownfield sites.
Stephen is a Director of Barking Riverside Limited, a joint
venture between the HCA (formerly English Partnerships) and Bellway
Homes Limited that will deliver a new community with over 10,800
new homes on one of the largest brownfield sites in the Thames
Gateway. He has also been an advisor for the CLG’s Decent
Homes Programme and represents the HCA on a number of regeneration
and housing Boards/Partnerships.