East London estate revamp gets go-ahead

By Hamish Champ2018-06-18T05:00:00

Barking & Dagenham’s development firm Be First leads £250m project

Barking and Dagenham council has granted outline planning permission for a £250m re-development of the Gascoigne West estate in Barking.

The proposal involves the council’s development company Be First leading the demolition and replacing of 179 flats bordering St Pauls Road and Abbey Road in Barking and the construction of an extra 671 homes. More than 40% of the units will be available at council-comparative rent levels.

Existing residents of the estate, which was built in the 1960s, are being offered help to move and the opportunity to return if they wish.

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