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Barking and Dagenham The study area

Barking and Dagenham The study area. B. Jo Sinclair London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. x. Some facts about B&D. Rapidly rising and increasingly population - 180,000; ¼ under 16 yrs Growing ethnic diversity (90% white 2001 ; 65% in 2011)

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Barking and Dagenham The study area

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  1. Barking and DagenhamThe study area B Jo Sinclair London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

  2. x Some facts about B&D • 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 outsideof borough x

  3. 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

  4. Three Study areas Study Area 3 Sanofi site Study area 1 Barking Riverside Study Area 2 Dagenham Dock

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Barking Riverside – the vision • planning consent for 10,800 new units; • 1 district centres • 3 schools (one now open) • planning consent requires mix of “greenroofs” and “brown roofs” • first 280 units occupied • mix of tenures planned • 25,000 new residents planned over next 20 yrs

  8. 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 Fordsite • south of trunk road is mainlyindustrial • population in actual studyarea is 260 households • € 27.5 m invested in infrastructure since 2001

  9. Dagenham Dock – the past • industrial site: the lastwarship 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 energyfrom waste and anaerobic digesters Future home to

  10. 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

  11. Sanofi site Sanofi leaving after 80 years – wants to leave legacy Pharma company – huge contamination issues Master plan in place Ready made Bio Science Park; huge potential www.business-east.co.uk

  12. Thank you for listening Jo Sinclair josinclair@europe.com

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