London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and Be First

Barking and Dagenham is London’s Growth Opportunity and has embarked on a twenty year regeneration programme, the scope and ambition of which has not been seen in the Borough for over fifty years.

Growth will be focussed on a number of growth areas - Barking Town Centre, Barking Riverside, Dagenham Dock (including relocation of the City of London’s wholesale markets), Dagenham East (including London’s largest film studios for 25 years), Chadwell Heath and Beam Park. Barking Riverside alone has outline planning approval for 10,800 homes and growth proposals will collectively deliver a 25% increase in the Borough’s housing stock alongside having the highest birth rate in the country.

The Council is committed to ensuring that all major schemes are shaped from the outset by urban design-led masterplans applying the highest standards of sustainable development. It has established its own regeneration company, Be First, to facilitate and accelerate delivery over 50,000 new homes and 20,000 new jobs in the next 20 years.

The Council is committed to ensuring that all major schemes are shaped from the outset by urban design-led masterplans applying the highest standards of sustainable development. It is also committed to facilitating and accelerating delivery, not least through innovative partnering arrangements and delivery models.

OPPORTUNITY LONDON 2021, NLA LONDON BOROUGHS REPORT - BARKING & DAGENHAM

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Contributors Sorted by recent

Anna Sinnott

Jacob Willson

Sarah Beth Riley

Tom Mather

Cllr Andrew Achilleos

Caroline Harper

Councillor Darren Rodwell

Jeremy Grint

Pat Hayes

Dr Fiona Wright

Contact Details

Be First

9th Floor Maritime House

1 Linton Road

Barking
IG11 8HG

Tel: 020 8227 3319
Email: regeneration@lbbd.gov.uk
Web: www.befirst.london

Projects Sorted by recent

Chadwell Heath Transformation Area

Proposed

Chadwell Heath Transformation Area is a vision for a new neighbourhood in Barking and Dagenham. It will deliver an ambitious mix of industrial & employment uses alongside new homes, gaming & media.

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Roycraft House

Proposed

Transforming an ex-council vacant office building of 3,400sqm into a new hybrid workspace prototype and cultural designation.

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Gascoigne Estate

Under Construction

Gascoigne East Phase 2 redevelopment by Be First and White Arkitekter will offer 526 new homes, schools, a community centre and commercial spaces in London's East.

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Gascoigne Estate Regeneration (Placemaking Strategy, East Phase 2, West Phase 1 + 2)

Under Construction

The Gascoigne Estate regeneration is one of the largest of its kind in London. These phases will deliver over 1,000 homes and supporting amenities for living, set within a climate resilient landscape.

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Phoenix Park

Built

This is a resident led co-designed pocket park developed as a meanwhile space as part of a larger estate wide regeneration within the Gascoigne neighborhood, Barking.

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Industria

Planning Granted

Industria is a stacked workspace building delivering 10,000sqm of industrial space in 45 industrial units of varying scales.

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Gascoigne West Phase 2

Planning Granted

With attractive and accessible open spaces that are open to all, the new 386-home development at Gascoigne West is set to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents of all generations.

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Kingsbridge Terraces

Built

Kingsbridge Terraces provides twenty-seven new shared ownership dwellings on a relatively small brownfield site making use of council owned land that lay vacant since 2011.

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