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Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council, has been awarded £100,000 of funding from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, as part of the UK Government’s Digital Planning Improvement Fund. The funding will enable Be First, who run the Council’s statutory planning services, to develop modern planning practices within planning […]

Last week School children from Marsh Green Primary School, unveiled their self-portraits which will adorn the hoardings around a building site in the borough. Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council, are working with contractor Hollybrook Homes to bring 149 new homes to the site on New Road, Dagenham. On site to

The Barking and Dagenham 2037 draft Local Plan has reached the next stage of the statutory examination process: the Main Modifications consultation. It is anticipated that soon after this consultation has concluded, the Council will be able to formally adopt the Plan (subject to the Inspectors’ report). Having an adopted Local Plan is essential to

Barking & Dagenham Council and its regeneration arm, Be First, has unveiled the latest public art installation in the Gascoigne Neighbourhood – the Gascoigne Workers’ International Heritage mosaic. Commissioned as part of the Barking Heritage Project’s Heritage Art Trail and created by Mosaic Art Ltd, the artwork pays homage to the rich and diverse history

Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking & Dagenham Council, has received millions in funding to support the borough’s transport infrastructure plans. The funds, received from Transport for London, total £4.8 million – the highest amount in Barking & Dagenham’s history and the most of any London borough in the 2024/25 financial year – and

Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council, estimate they will handover 900, completed new homes by the end of June this year, meaning Barking and Dagenham will continue to be one of the largest affordable home builders in the country with one in five of all affordable homes in London being built

Barking and Dagenham Council, in partnership with Be First (their regeneration arm) have recently resolved to grant planning permission for the construction of the Borough’s largest school for Children with Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLB), to be built in Dagenham. The Oxlow Bridge School will be a brand new, 100 place school, covering 3,700m2 of

Anisha was sponsored by Be First and will study architecture at Central Saint Martins A young Barking and Dagenham resident, Anisha Shibly, sponsored by Be First, the regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council, has been accepted for a bursary to study architecture at Central Saint Martin’s University of the Arts London via The London

Design proposals by RCKa for the Padnall Hall Youth Centre – a crucial new facility for young people in east London with a clear focus on improving outcomes for young people – have been submitted to Barking and Dagenham Council for planning approval. RCKa’s scheme sees the redevelopment and refurbishment of a derelict community hall

Be First, the urban regeneration arm of Barking and Dagenham Council, celebrated the start of construction on part of the third phase of Gascoigne East at Gascoigne Neighbourhood with a groundbreaking ceremony held with contractor Wates Group. The latest phase at Gascoigne Neighbourhood – one of London’s largest regeneration projects – will deliver 334 high-quality