Thousands of flats are being built in central London. Wapping is being inundated. Poplar and canning town are a forest of cranes. The former News International site is very large. The developer's web site says it has permission for:

1,800 new homes
486 affordable homes
Land for a secondary school for 1,200 pupils

Apartments are for sale for  between £869,950 – £3,499,950.

The existing local youth of the area will not be likely to use the planned "public spaces". The developer says the development will include 6 acres of public open space but this is not the sort of space that's needed. No new public space is reserved for the local youth.

The Memorial Garden by Hermitage Moorings on Wapping High Street is owned by Berkeley Homes and maintained by the residents of their neighbouring development. Why can't an arrangement such as this be reserved?

At present Memorial Garden Wapping is used by local youths for socialising including recreational drug taking. Kids of this age congregate in this public space because they have nowhere else to go to entertain themselves. 

King Edward VII Memorial Park is too small for cricket and in any case its under threat from the proposed Super Sewer. The sports pavilion in that park is occupied by squatters.

There is some space in the Thames Barrier Park in Silvertown but this is a different part of London. The continued existence of this park in fact is also questionable as planning permission was given for its car park to be developed into 750 flats.  

A sports club such as a cricket pavilion associated with an open playing field would attract young men with no where to go to vent their energy; boy racers of all ethnic backgrounds. It would also be useful for the planned high school by the corner of Vaughan way and The Highway.

Importantly it would be allow local youth of diverse ethnic origins to find a common interest and passion.