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Barking Riverside is a large area of redevelopment in East London, England. It is being built on land formerly occupied by Barking Power Station, adjacent to the River Thames. Purchased by Bellway Homes in 1994, the brownfield site has planning permission for 10,800 homes, of which only 1,200 can be built until improved public transport access is provided. The area was initially to be served by an extension of the Docklands Light Railway, but it was announced as part of the 2014 United Kingdom budget that the London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Line would be extended to Barking Riverside to allow the development to be completed as planned.〔 Between 1995 and 2000 Bellway built 900 homes and since 2004 the development has been managed by Barking Riverside Ltd, a partnership between GLA Land and Property and Bellway. Building work under this partnership commenced in 2010 and the first homes were occupied in 2012. There will be three neighbourhood centres and, when complete, the development as a whole will have a population of approximately 26,000. ==History== The development is taking place on brownfield land that was formerly occupied by Barking Power Station. Prior to being drained for industrial use, it was tidal marshland. The power station closed in 1981, with a concentration of National Grid pylons, overhead lines, cables and sub stations remaining. In the early 1990s, the Department of Environment sought brownfield sites in the Thames Gateway area for development. The Barking project started as a public-private venture between the Greater London Authority, English Partnerships and developer Bellway Homes.〔 National Power sold the land to Bellway Homes in 1994. The site has low land value, but the cost of converting it from industrial use caused Bellway to be concerned about profitability. Initially Bellway constructed 900 homes on the site between 1995 and 2000, but these were criticised for poor design and for being cut off from services. Barking Riverside Ltd provided essential infrastructure such as roads, utilities and community facilities. Work started in 2010, and the first homes following the establishment of Barking Riverside Ltd were completed and occupied in 2012.〔(Barking Riverside | Greater London Authority )〕 The site is in the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway and was within the area of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC), established in 2004. The development corporation was abolished in 2013 and responsibility passed to GLA Land and Property (GLAP), a subsidiary of the Greater London Authority (GLA). The project was jointly managed by the Homes and Communities Agency until its London operations were folded into the GLA in April 2012.〔(London | Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) )〕 In 2004 Barking Riverside Ltd was formed as a joint venture of Bellway Homes and the Homes and Communities Agency (later replaced by GLAP) to deliver the project. Outline planning permission was granted in August 2007, with detailed consent for the first phases given in June 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/MD1198%20Barking%20Riverside%20PDF.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barking Riverside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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