Barking and DagenhamThe study area

B

Jo SinclairLondon Borough of Barking and

Dagenham

Some facts about B&Dx x • Rapidly rising and

increasingly population - 180,000; ¼ under 16 yrs

• Growing ethnic diversity (90% white 2001; 65% in 2011)

• School attainment levels very close to London average but still qualification gap

• 2/3 residents work outside of borough

Overview of Borough

• Gross Value Added per head one of lowest in country and half that of London as a whole

• Business resilience is strong but overall one of worst in country: rank of 298 (bottom is 364)

• Lower qualifications than national average• Higher unemployment than rest of London;

lower employment rate• 4,500 businesses, the majority employing

less than 9 workers

Three Study areas

Study area 1 Barking Riverside

Study Area 2 Dagenham Dock

Study Area 3 Sanofi site

Profile of Study Area 1 Barking Riverside • Population 9,200

• 1/3 under 16• 60% aged 20-64• 1/5 at “subsistence

level• 35% “working class”• 11% single parent• 50% earn less than

€17,000 p.a (2010)• 5% earn more than

€62,000 • 40% live in social

housing (down from 52% in 2001

Barking Riverside

• 141.5 ha in size• former power

station – pylons still cover the site

• borders on intensive industrial area – Creekmouth

• Masterplan adopted in 2000

Barking Riverside – the vision

• planning consent for 10,800 new units;

• 1 district centres• 3 schools (one now

open)• planning consent

requires mix of “green roofs” and “brown roofs”

• first 280 units occupied

• mix of tenures planned

• 25,000 new residents planned over next 20 yrs

Profile of Study Area 2 – Dagenham Dock

• split between 2 wards – Thames and River

• most of population lives north of major road: 91% under 64 years old

• covers most of former Ford site

• south of trunk road is mainly industrial

• population in actual study area is 260 households

• € 27.5 m invested in infrastructure since 2001

Dagenham Dock – the past

• industrial site: the last warship built in London launched

from here• not a dock in

traditional sense; still used for shipping: mainly aggregates and metals

• home to variety of industries (furniture, paper, plastic etc)

• new companies to come include energy from waste and anaerobic digesters

Future home to

Dagenham Dock

London Sustainable Industries Park

A ‘new generation’ manufacturing/ processing centre catering to contemporary needs for new environmental industries.

• Growth potential of the ‘green economy’

• Riverside wharves and rail heads

• Opportunities for local people to benefit from a range of job types.

• since 2001, 25,000 sq m of employment space built: 1,500 jobs created and more to follow

• future home to Bizz- C2C Interreg programme for Institute for Sustainability

Sanofi site

Sanofi leaving after 80 years – wants to leave legacy

Ready made Bio Science Park; huge potentialwww.business-east.co.uk

Pharma company – huge contamination issuesMaster plan in place

Thank you for listening

Jo Sinclair

josinclair@europe.com