Decision details

Received a report outlining a policy framework to ensure the redevelopment of Barking Town Centre meets high standards of environmental sustainability.

Agreed, in order to develop the environmental sustainability of Barking Town Centre to help meet national, regional and borough policy objectives and to enhance the appeal of Barking as a place to live, work and visit, to:

1.  Adopt the framework as the basis of further work to develop a fully costed action plan for an environmentally sustainable development of Barking Town Centre.

2.  Commit to the targets set out in the London Mayor’s Spatial Development Strategy and associated strategies for energy, waste, air quality, noise and biodiversity and to embed these, or more challenging targets appropriate to the borough’s circumstances, in policy relating to the town centre.