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Barking Riverside Phase 210 London Housing

27 September 2025

Design: GRID architects

Location: Barking, east London, England, UK

GRID Architects secure unanimous planning consent for Barking Riverside Phase 210 (A&B)

images courtesy of architecture practice

Barking Riverside Phase 210 (A&B), London

Barking Riverside, one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe, is located on 243 acres of brownfield land in East London and is projected to deliver up to 20,000 new homes over the coming decades. GRID architects, working with L&Q, are delighted to announce that full planning consent has been unanimously granted by Barking & Dagenham Council for the next major phase of this ambitious development.

Phase 210 (plots A & B) will provide 651 new homes, including 355 affordable homes (58% of habitable rooms) and almost 70% designed for families (within 2B and 3B homes). This new neighbourhood builds on the 2,400 homes already completed and occupied, and forms part of the Barking Riverside masterplan being delivered by Barking Riverside Limited, the joint venture between L&Q and the Mayor of London.

Of the affordable homes, 50% will be for Affordable Rent and 50% will be London Living Rent – a Government-backed scheme that offers Londoners an affordable way to save towards home ownership.

Housing Design Approach by GRID architects

GRID’s proposals define the surrounding streets with perimeter blocks, establishing large landscaped courtyard gardens at ground level to provide high-quality communal amenity space. More than 2,000sqm of communal space is included, featuring children’s play areas, food growing facilities, rain gardens, and street furniture. Extensive green roofs across the scheme further enhance the ecological value of the area.

Buildings range between 6 and 15 storeys, in line with the outline consent, creating a varied roofscape while maximising sunlight into the courtyards. Parking is concentrated along the central spine road and small parking courts, while generous cycle storage and residents’ facilities support sustainable living.

The appearance of the buildings aligns with the Design Code guidelines. The building’s distinctive brickwork facades are enlivened with coloured and patterned balconies inspired by the local context. Interest and rhythm across the façades, and individual Block identities are created with brick detailing, patterns, and contrasting brickwork panels within the site.

Colin Veitch, Director at GRID architects, said:
“We are delighted that our designs for Barking Riverside Phase 210 have received unanimous planning approval. This milestone reflects the close collaboration between GRID, L&Q, the wider consultant team and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The project will deliver much-needed new homes – more than half of which are affordable – within a richly landscaped and sustainable neighbourhood. We are proud to play a role in shaping this ambitious regeneration project that is transforming East London and creating a thriving community for the future.”

Jacqueline Esimaje-Heath, Director for Growth and Sales at L&Q, added:

“At L&Q, we believe that homes matter to everyone and our mission is to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of. This is why we are very pleased to receive planning permission for this next stage of development at Barking Riverside, a phase that will be delivering much needed high quality homes in this growing, thriving community.

“Barking Riverside is an exemplar, transformative new neighbourhood, and this phase reinforces our commitment to tackling the housing crisis and delivering genuinely affordable homes that give people the chance to live a better life.”

Barking Riverside Phase 210 (A&B) Housing – Property Information

Local Authority: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Developer: L&Q
Architect: GRID architects
BRPD: GRID architects
CDMPD: GRID architects
Fire Engineer: Ashton Fire
Planning Consultant: Savills
Landscape Architect: PRP
Transport: Curtins
MEP, Energy, Acoustics & Air Quality: XCO2
Civil & Structural Engineering: Walsh
Daylight/Sunlight: EB7
Wind Analysis: Windtech

Visuals: GRID architects

GRID architects

GRID architects and GRID interiors is an award-winning practice of architects, urban designers and interior designers formed in 2010. Based in London’s cultural Bankside, the 60 strong practice undertakes projects across the UK and overseas with a particular focus on the living sectors.

Website: www.gridarchitects.co.uk
LinkedIn: GRID Architects
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Barking Riverside Phase 210 London housing images / information received 250925 from GRID Architects UK

Location: Barking, London, Southeast England, UK.