London Borough of Barking & Dagenham has approved Weston Homes' proposals to regenerate the Town Quay Wharf site on Barking’s waterfront to provide a new circa £50 million (DGV) mixed-use development of 147 new build apartments and 1,000m2 of commercial space designed around a public plaza overlooking the Mill Pond and River Roding.

The planning committee resolved unanimously to approve the Town Quay Wharf scheme, subject to the finalisation of a Section 106 Agreement and the receipt of a favourable GLA Stage 2 report. The planning process will be concluded in the next 2-3 months which will then release the final formal planning consent.

Three buildings designed by PRP Architects will contain 1, 2 and 3-bed homes, 85 of which will be for private sale, with the balance comprising shared ownership and affordable rent homes.

Commercial units, workshops and artist’s studios will be on the ground floor of the development, alongside entrance foyers for the apartments on the upper floors.

Bob Weston, Chairman & Chief Executive of Weston Homes commented: “Weston Homes is delighted to have gained a resolution to grant planning for our new Town Quay Wharf development on the waterfront at Barking. Town Quay Wharf will help to reconnect Barking town centre with the waterfront and create a vibrant new waterfront development with apartments benefitting from the waterside and parkside setting.”

“Weston Homes has a track record of delivery in Barking and this is the company’s tenth residential development in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Town Quay Wharf and Abbey Quays represent some £400 million (GDV) of new development on the Barking waterfront underlining Weston Homes role as one of the leading residential developers in the local area.”