Tower Hamlets planning officers recommend 56-storey Marsh Wall tower for approval
East London planning officers are recommending approval for a 56-storey Maccreanor Lavington tower earmarked as the latest addition to the Isle of Dogs tall-buildings cluster.
The practice鈥檚 proposals, drawn up for developer Far East Consortium, would see the demolition of a six-storey 1980s office building to make way for the 230m-tall residential block on the site, just north of Marsh Wall on the Isle of Dogs.
Boasting a crown and a 25-m spire, the tower would feature 500 apartments, 131 of which would be categorised as 鈥渁ffordable鈥�. A report to next week鈥檚 meeting of Tower Hamlets council鈥檚 strategic development committee said the development would deliver 35% affordable housing, based upon habitable rooms.
The tower鈥檚 lower levels will feature three commercial units, with a total of 275sq m of floorspace. Its 38th floor is a dedicated 鈥渃lubhouse鈥� level with a range of residential amenities. The developers are also promising public-realm improvements, including a pocket park under the eleveated section of the Docklands Light Railway that crosses the site.
Planning officers said Maccreanor Lavington鈥檚 proposals were a 鈥渃onsidered approach鈥� tbat maintained the 鈥渃entral emphasis鈥� of the Canary Wharf cluster of buildings to the north at the same time as fitting in with other buildings of comparable height along Marsh Wall.
They include Squire & Partners鈥� 75 storey Landmark Pinnacle; Foster & Partners鈥� 68-storey South Quay Plaza; and Make Architects鈥� 55-storey The Madison.
Government heritage adviser Historic England has not objected to Maccreanor Lavington鈥檚 proposals. Tower Hamlets鈥� strategic development committee meets to consider the application next week.
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