May 2020

Winning hearts and minds with bricks and mortar

Be First, Barking and Dagenham Council’s regeneration arm, has published detailed guidelines to help architects and contractors deliver its aspirations for a new standard of design for municipally owned housing. The series of three guides – titled Hearts, Minds, Bricks and Mortar – were launched at an online event hosted by the New London Architecture (NLA) […]

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Plans for more affordable homes approved

Proposals to build 56 affordable new homes have been agreed by Barking and Dagenham’s planning committee. The plans to build the homes in Woodward Road Dagenham, include redeveloping a locally listed former library, which is currently being used as a furniture workshop. Councillor Cameron Geddes, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing, said: “This decision

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