London Sustainable Industries Park
{{Short description|Eco-industrial park in London, England}}
{{Infobox business park
| name = London Sustainable Industries Park
| mapframe = yes
| location = Dagenham Dock, London
| address = Choats Road
| coordinates = {{coord|51.523122|0.136288|region:GB-BDG|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = December 2008
| owner = GLA Land and Property
| size = 60 acres
}}
London Sustainable Industries Park (LSIP) is a 60 acre eco-industrial park in the Dagenham Dock area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in London, England.{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Matthew |title=Eco-industry park promotes shared vision |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/europe/london-sustainable-industries-park |publisher=CNN |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=21 December 2011}} Around half the plots are taken up by whole businesses and the remaining half have been sold to Segro to be divided up into spaces for smaller businesses, marketed as Segro Park Dagenham.
History
In 2007 the London Development Agency started developing the 60 acre site in Dagenham Dock.{{cite web |title=Capital consumption |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lsdc_-_capital_consumption_report_2009.pdf |publisher=London Sustainable Development Commission / Bioregional |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=November 2009}} The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation announced plans for the site in August 2008.{{cite web |last1=Prigg |first1=Mark |title=£50m 'green' business park will boost jobs in east London |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/ps50m-green-business-park-will-boost-jobs-in-east-london-6877593.html |publisher=Evening Standard |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=22 August 2008}} Closed Loop Recycling, a plastic recycling plant, were the first business to become operational in December 2008.{{cite web |title=New contract aims to take 100,000 tonnes of PET and HDPE to Closed Loop facility |url=https://www.veolia.co.uk/press-releases/veolia-awards-major-contract-closed-loop-recycling |publisher=Veolia |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=14 November 2012}} In 2012 the site ownership transferred to GLA Land and Property when the London Development Agency was wound up. The Mayor of London announced improvements to roads, footpaths, cycle ways, utilities, drainage and landscaping at the site in 2012.{{cite web |title=Mayor announces £30m investment for London’s first Sustainable Industries Park |url=https://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/purpose/mayor-announces-30m-investment-for-londons-first-sustainable-industries-park/27772.article |publisher=Fresh Business Thinking |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=3 September 2012}} TEG Biogas, an anaerobic digestion and composting facility, began operating in April 2014.{{cite web |title=First project funded by Green Investment Bank completed on time and within budget. |url=https://www.greeninvestmentgroup.com/en/news/2014/londons-first-commercial-anaerobic-digestion-plant-teg-biogas-opens-for-business.html |publisher=Green Investment Group |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=24 April 2014}}
The sustainable industries park is defined in the Barking and Dagenham local plan as "a defined industrial location in which new employment opportunities embrace the following: research and development, sustainable industrial and business accommodation, recycling operations, energy efficiency, ‘green links’ between businesses, sustainable transportation, environmental technology and waste minimisation."{{cite web |title=Draft Local Plan 2037 |url=https://ehq-production-europe.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/623c689cdf134ce2c7ae93a9632d345eb43574ee/original/1639652790/c15b3623b70dc6fe4cb6b8b91386d043_C1_Regulation_19_%282%29_Draft_Local_Plan.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4KKNQAKICO37GBEP%2F20230115%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20230115T094037Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=05cc48e109db3de6a9b0a9badf104a824287a73a9dd073c2d12771d67b270412 |publisher=Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council |access-date=15 January 2023}}
==Businesses==
Land north of Choats Road is known as LSIP North:
- Plot 1 - Segro Park Dagenham (Segro) - 13 units{{cite web |title=Segro Park Dagenham Plot 1 |url=https://www.segro.com/media/cs5djlsn/segro-park-dagenham.pdf |publisher=Segro |access-date=15 January 2023}}
- Plot 2 - Thames Gateway Waste To Energy/Cyclamax{{cite web |title=Cyclamax announces plans for flagship gasification facility |url=https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/cyclamax-announces-plans-for-flagship-gasification-facility/ |website=letsrecycle.com |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=12 March 2009}}
- Plot 3 - Segro Park Dagenham - 2 units
- Plot 4 - Thames Gateway Institute for Sustainability
- Plot 5 - Saria Ltd/ReFood{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Jessica |title=Construction starts on ReFood’s Dagenham AD plant |url=https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/construction-starts-on-refoods-dagenham-ad-plant/ |website=letsrecycle.com |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=4 April 2016}}{{cite web |title=Britcon to build Dagenham AD plant |url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/britcon-to-build-dagenham-ad-plant |website=theconstructionindex |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=19 May 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Perchard |first1=Edward |title=First food waste collections received at ReFood’s state-of-the-art Dagenham AD plant |url=https://resource.co/article/first-food-waste-collections-received-refood-s-state-art-dagenham-ad-plant-11973 |publisher=Resource |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=7 July 2017}}
- Plot 6 - Not owned by GPA Land and Property
Land south of Choats Road is known as LSIP South:
- Plot 7a - TEG Biogas/East London Biogas (Bio Capital Group){{cite web |last1=Shumkov |first1=Ivan |title=Teg Group's 1.4-MW biogas plant in London starts work |url=https://renewablesnow.com/news/teg-groups-14-mw-biogas-plant-in-london-starts-work-416695/ |publisher=Renewables Now |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=24 April 2014}}
- Plot 7b - Segro Park Dagenham
- Plot 8 - Capital Dairy Company
- Plot 9 - City of London Corporation for part of future Dagenham Dock wholesale market
- Plot 10 - Segro Park Dagenham
- Plot 11 - Closed Loop Recycling{{cite web |title=New Closed Loop Recycling plastics line opened by UK Business Secretary Cable |url=https://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/news/newsnew-closed-loop-recycling-plastics-line-opened-by-uk-business-secretary-cable-4221060/ |publisher=Packaging Today |access-date=15 January 2023 |date=28 April 2014}}