{"id":56027,"date":"2019-04-26T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T08:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=56027"},"modified":"2019-04-26T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T08:20:09","slug":"mclaren-barking-regeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mclaren-barking-regeneration\/56027\/","title":{"rendered":"Be First appoints McLaren for Barking town regeneration scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56028 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Be-First-appoints-McLaren-for-Barking-town-regeneration-scheme.jpg\" alt=\"Barking Town, Be First, McLaren Construction,\" width=\"555\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Be-First-appoints-McLaren-for-Barking-town-regeneration-scheme.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Be-First-appoints-McLaren-for-Barking-town-regeneration-scheme-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Be-First-appoints-McLaren-for-Barking-town-regeneration-scheme-518x420.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/befirst.london\/\">Be First<\/a> has confirmed the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mclarengroup.com\/\">McLaren Construction<\/a> to construct 169 affordable and shared ownership homes at the heart of Barking Town Centre<\/h2>\n<p>The contract award, at an undisclosed value, is for the construction of 169 homes on a former local authority car park at Linton Road, just metres from Barking station.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Hayes, managing director of Be First, said: \u201cThe contract forms a vital part of our plans to build affordable homes and rejuvenate a neglected part of Barking town centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge project, so we are delighted to have the expertise and know-how that McLaren Construction brings to help us deliver it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darren Gill, managing director, London, at McLaren Construction, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to secure this important project following our appointment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/barking-dagenham-regeneration\/51667\/\">Be First framework<\/a>. We recognise that the Crown House development is an important step in regenerating this part of the Barking Town Centre and are looking forward to delivering it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McLaren Construction was among the seven companies recently selected to join Be First\u2019s \u00a31bn construction frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>The Linton Road development forms the first of a two-part scheme which will also see a separate contract for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/barking-and-dagenham-demolishing-homes\/55960\/\">demolition of Crown House<\/a> in favour of new flats rising to 29 storeys.<\/p>\n<p>The planning application for the Linton Road-Crown House development was approved in March 2019 and is currently being considered by the Mayor of London.<\/p>\n<p>Work is expected to begin early in the new year, with an expected completion date of 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be First has confirmed the appointment of McLaren Construction to construct 169 affordable and shared ownership homes at the heart of Barking Town Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[666,676,572,639,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-affordable-housing","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-housebuilding","10":"tag-procurement","11":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Be First appoints McLaren for Barking town regeneration scheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Be First has confirmed the appointment of McLaren Construction to construct 169 affordable and shared ownership homes at the heart of Barking Town Centre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mclaren-barking-regeneration\/56027\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be First appoints McLaren for Barking town regeneration scheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Be First has confirmed the appointment of McLaren Construction to construct 169 affordable and shared ownership homes at the heart of Barking Town Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mclaren-barking-regeneration\/56027\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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