Thames Gateway pioneers

Thames Gateway pioneers - 2005 - HouseBuilder 64(4) May 2005, 18-29(7) .

Two features on the Thames Gateway where government intends to create 120 000 additional homes by 2016. In, "All points east", Chris Windle and Allison Heller look at Barratt's pioneering development plans and Bellway and English Partnerships' Barking Riverside vision masterplanned by Maxwan. Also comments on investment in the infrastructure. Mark Smulian in "Home and dry", considers the flood risk implications for stakeholders involved with government housing growth plans, given that the Thames Gateway is located on a flood plain beyond the protection of the Thames Barrier.