Regeneration in Barking and
Dagenham
ensuring existing communities
share the benefits
Ken Jones
Director Regeneration and Environment
Location of Barking and Dagenham
Borough Profile
• Borough has 164,000 - 56% employed
and 11% retired
• 85% of population is white
• Teenage pregnancy - under 18 conception
rate (2001-2003)
– B&D
69.6%
– London
42.4%
• Borough contains two wards in the 10%
most deprived in England
Borough Profile
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low skills levels
lowest average income in London
lowest house prices in London
second highest percentage of social
rented homes in outer London (38%)
Political Makeup of Council
Labour
Conservative
Residents
Labour Co-op
Liberal
Democrats
Industrial Background
• rich industrial heritage
– 1931 Fords car production
started (34,000 employed)
– Production ceased 20/2/02
– 1934 May and Baker
pharmaceuticals (now
Aventis)
• globalised economy
– Skills bank does not match
new service sector economy
Skills
• low skill base means that local people will
not be able to benefit from the higher
value new jobs created
• increased polarisation between existing
and new communities
• repetition in future generations of
economic and social deprivation
Schools’ Performance
• The percentage of GCSE students gaining five
or more grades A* to C in 2005 rose 7.7%
compared to 2002, beating the national average
rise of 4.7%.
• With 90.8% of the Borough's GCSE students
getting five or more grades A* to G, this figure is
also above the national average.
Employment activity over time
Comparisons
Qualifications for B&D
Education Attainment by Age Group
35.00%
Percentage of Age Group
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
People 30 to 49
15.00%
People 20 to 29
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
No Qual
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level of Attainment
Level 4/5
Other
Qual
Upskilling
• 15.8% 16-19 year olds Not in Education Employment or Training,
higher than Learning and Skills Council East (11%). To be
reduced by 20% by 2010 ( Government Target)
• Over half (57%) of working age residents do not have a
qualification of Level 2 or above, BUT …
• 60% of the 194,000 additional permanent jobs created by 2016
across the Thames Gateway will be at Level 3 or above
• Even within construction, some 75,000 jobs will require at least a
Level 3 qualification.
(Thames Gateway Skills Audit)
Rates of change
Population Change - Asian
Population Change - Black
B&D BME Population
Percentage of Pop 16-74 qualified
to degree level.
Ethnicity
• Ethnicity and degree level qualifications
linked
• Increased BME representation in west of
Borough
• BME population projected to increase
• Council needs to facilitate change and
assist community cohesion
Potential
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A central location in the central
location in the Thames Gateway
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Excellent road and rail transport
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The largest brownfield sites in the
UK at Barking Riverside and
South Dagenham
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An existing Town Centre, ripe for
renewal
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Waterfront sites for housing
development along the Thames
and River Roding
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A rapidly improving Council
building a solid base for both
existing and future generations
Sites of Opportunity
Physical regeneration will focus on four major sites:
• Barking Town Centre – 4,000 new
homes, with new shops, community
and leisure facilities and a creative
industries’ “hub”,
• Barking Riverside - 10,700 new
homes, with schools, medical
facilities, parks and DLR stations
• South Dagenham - 6,000 new
homes, retail and business
development
• Dagenham Dock - a Sustainable
Industrial Park and the
Environmental Technology Centre
for London
New jobs, new households
• Creation of 15,000 new jobs which requires improved
choice and quality of housing
• 26,000 new homes over 20 years
• Mixed tenure comprising of affordable and private sale
housing
• New developments have a significant percentage of
affordable housing incorporating key worker, shared
ownership, sub-market rented and socially rented.
• Approximate breakdowns for Town Centre
Developments
Social rented
1605
23%
Intermediate Tenures
1930
27%
Private Sale
3550
50%
from tower blocks……
…..to Gateway Site
foyer proposal
Building communities – changing lives
• delivery of social infrastructure and public
transport
• investing in existing communities to
eliminate ‘cliff edges’
• build out from existing Barking Town
Centre – where there is a sense of place
• costs of failure – social cohesion
Eliminating barriers
• Council and Jobcentre Plus closer partnership – recruit
locally and target under represented groups, especially
the young.
• Council to actively use Planning Advice Note 2 - Local
Labour and Local Business Agreements
• Section 106 agreements to focus on construction
apprenticeships, support residents into this in
collaboration with Barking College and other key
partners
• More provision for vocational course 14-19 age group.
• Barking and Dagenham partnership bid for LEGI.
Building sustainable communities: Barking
Riverside
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Our aim is to create socially, economically and environmentally sustainable new
communities.
Barking Riverside will see 10,700 new homes, with schools, medical facilities, parks
and access to the Thames. The Docklands Light Railway and East London Transit
will link Barking Riverside to the rest of London.
Summary
• Imperative that local communities share the
benefits of regeneration
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increasing skills – increased income
greater enterprise, economic activity – more jobs
new homes – wider housing choice and tenure mix
social infrastructure
community cohesion
Ken Jones
Director Regeneration and Environment