We’re London’s growth opportunity with a new and dynamic leadership with ambition to make the borough a stronger, more prosperous place to live in the future with opportunity for all.
We’re growing fast offering new markets, new ideas and a range of investment opportunities for small, medium and large investors .We are a responsive can do Council working closely with the private sector to encourage growth, unlock potential and realise opportunities.
Our vision is “One borough; One Community. With our partners we are helping to unlock potential and playing a key role in supporting London’s growth as well delivering for our community.
With plans for 35K new homes and 10K new jobs we’re committed to playing our part as the capital increasingly looks east. A raft of residential projects being accelerated by Barking’s housing zone award of £42.3M will see 2,295 homes built in the future.
Barking Riverside is a unique and well connected site that lies at the heart of Thames Gateway. It will provide over 10K homes of different styles. By 2020 the site will have quality transport links including the London Overground from Barking.
But we’re not just about housing and employment opportunities with an evolving cultural quarter and a bid to become the capital’s first Creative Industry Zone we are passionate about playing our part on London’s cultural and artistic stage.
Nowhere has the same scale of opportunity as Barking and Dagenham - to quicken its pace we appointed an independent growth commission. The commissions 109 recommendations gave the Council a route map to improve the quality of economic and physical growth across the borough.
We are at the heart of the Thames Gateway with excellent road and public transport links to central London and the markets beyond. Crossrail will see Chadwell Heath Station be 23 minutes from Liverpool Street and under an hour from Heathrow.
The borough is proud to be associated with England’s World Cup win in 1966 as both Sir Alf Ramsey and Bobby Moore are from the borough. We have invested in our sporting future with two new leisure centres opening in the last five years – the most recent being opened in 2015 by The Queen.
