Pair cleared for next phase of Beam Park development after addressing flooding concerns
Vistry and L&Q have been cleared for the latest phase of their 4,000-home regeneration scheme in east London after the Environment Agency withdrew its objection to the plans.
Proposals for Phase B of the Beam Park development were originally submitted in August 2025, with Barking and Dagenham council’s planning committee resolving to approve the scheme last November, subject to the resolution of the agency’s concerns.
The Environment Agency’s objection was on the basis that the flood risk assessment for the project had failed “to assess the most up to date Thames Tidal breach modelled data” and to “demonstrate that sleeping accommodation will be located above the tidal breach flood level.”
The applicants, which are bringing the scheme forward as a joint venture, subsequently made minor changes to designs, raising floor levels and adding ramp access and steps to provide a short step up to accommodation in some blocks.
Some ground floor private terraces and a communal entrance are proposed to include an external ramp.
The council considered the changes to be “very minor in design terms” and did not consider it necessary to return the scheme to planning committee.
According to its planning portal, a decision notice was issued in late May giving the joint venture permission to proceed.
The first phases of the project, which is regenerating a 72-acre former Ford manufacturing plant site, have already been completed, delivering 1,158 new homes as well as a range of community facilities, with 520 more homes to be delivered in the coming months.
The latest approval will see 405 homes delivered through Vistry’s Countryside Partnerships brand, with construction is set to begin in early 2027.
Designed by architects PRP, it includes a mixture of unit types, ranging from two-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom homes, and will feature air source heat pumps, wastewater heat recovery systems and low energy lighting
A new green space with sustainable drainage features will also be delivered as part of the phase, with 58% of the wider eight-phase masterplan allocated for open spaces.
The project team includes Barker as civil and structural consultants and MWL on MEP.
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