Barking and Dagenham Policies for Engaging with religious groups and planning for religious meeting places

Barking and Dagenham is London’s growth opportunity. We are progressing with our emerging local plan (2015 to 2030); which will unlock growth for over 35,000 homes and 10,000 jobs. This was endorsed by an independent Growth Commission. This brief looks at a specific (but important) component of social infrastructure; religious meeting places. The borough does not have a policy on how to engage with local religious groups and this is the first purpose of this commission. To inform this (and later parts of the brie...