Green Belt
Barking and Dagenham Council approved plans for 300 affordable homes on Green Belt land in October 2026.
Barking and Dagenham Council's Planning Committee approved plans for 300 affordable homes on Green Belt land at Crowlands Golf Centre in October 2026. These homes, which will be entirely affordable housing, form part of a larger scheme to build 1,298 homes across Barking and Dagenham and Havering. The approved homes are designated for social rent and key worker living rent.
The 300 homes will be split, with 56% for social rent and 44% for key worker living rent. Green Belt is an urban planning policy used to retain areas of predominantly green open land on the edge of cities and towns, protecting them from development to restrict urban sprawl.
Key facts
- Barking and Dagenham Council approved plans for 300 affordable homes on Green Belt land in October 2026. Source
- The approved development is at Crowlands Golf Centre. Source
- The 300 homes will be entirely affordable housing. Source
- 56% of the homes are designated for social rent. Source
- 44% of the homes are designated for key worker living rent. Source
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