Barking Town
Where
Barking town centre is at the north western end of London
Riverside, with Barking Riverside extending eastwards along the
Thames to South Dagenham.
Key figures
LTGDC aims to create:
- 6,300 new homes for Barking town centre, plus 5,000 at Barking
Riverside by 2016
- 9,300 square metres of new public open space
- 680 new jobs including 220 in a new cultural industries
quarter
LTGDC is also investing £34m in the area and will look to
secure up to £87 million from private investment.
About the area
Barking town centre is a priority for investment and new
development and is already showing the first signs of long term
improvement.
Redrow Regeneration, in partnership with the London Borough of
Barking and Dagenham, has completed phase one of the Town Square
development which includes 246 new flats and a lifelong learning
centre.
Phase two is underway, creating new homes and shops in the
18-storey Lemonade Building, adjacent to the new town square. The
square provides new, high quality public space in the town and has
a arboretum – a tree garden - as its focal point.
The biggest development in Barking Town will be Barking
Riverside being built on 324 hectares of former industrial land
along the riverside. Combined with the town centre development,
this will provide an additional 17,100 homes in the area – with
schools, health and leisure facilities to support the new
development.
LTGDC projects
LTGDC has been acquiring property for a job-creating creative
industries quarter in Abbey Road, overlooking the River Roding.
More than £1.4 million has been invested in refurbishing the
Malthouse to provide studios for local artists and creative
businesses. LTGDC has also acquired the neighbouring Icehouse
building as the next phase in developing quarter and further
acquisitions will eventually contribute 7,000 square metres of
creative workspace and around 450 homes.
LTGDC has also help buy property for the new town square and
secret garden.
Other projects
The London Development Agency has plans for a zero carbon
footprint housing development at Gallions Park, west of the
Docklands Light Railway station.
A DLR extension from Beckton though Barking Riverside to
Dagenham Dock is planned to be operational by 2016 and a rapid
transit bus service between Ilford, Barking and Dagenham Dock is
due to be introduced in 2009.
A decision about a Thames Gateway Bridge linking Beckton and
Thamesmead has been delayed pending a further public inquiry.