Wates has been lined up to build more than 200 homes in Barking, east London, for the local council’s development arm, Be First, after the proposed scheme was given the planning nod last week.

The homes, to be built as part of the first phase of the redevelopment of the west side of the Gascoigne estate, were designed by Swedish architects’ firm White Arkitekter, which is also overseeing the design of the estate’s eastern revamp.

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