00:00A new town of up to 20,000 homes could be created on the banks of the Thames in East London.
00:06Plans for thousands of flats, as well as two new schools, care home, shops, parks, offices and student accommodation have been submitted to Barking and Dagenham Council.
00:17The application by Barking Riverside Limited, a partnership between the Mayor of London and Housing Association, L&Q, is one of the largest in the UK.
00:27It could see 443 acres of brownfield land, an area larger than Hyde Park, expanded to include homes for around 50,000 people.
00:37Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said,
00:40The fresh proposals include 13,000 new homes, of which 35% would be affordable.
01:01More than 6,000 residents already live in Barking Riverside after smaller schemes saw 2,700 houses built there.
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