CJCT gets go-ahead for 30-storey Docklands tower

Tower Hamlets Council has given permission for Criterion Capital's 30-storey residential tower in east London, after architect Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher (CJCT) added a second staircase. Just east of Canary Wharf and north of Poplar dock basin, the development will contain 169 one, two and three-bed homes, of which 52 will be affordable, across a three-part building bordered by Aspen Way and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) tracks. The original single-staircase design raised concern from the Health & Safety Executive. The addition of a second set of stairs within the central core came after the start of a government consultation on compulsory second staircases for tall buildings last December. Planning officers said they were impressed by the 'biodiversity-led' landscaping plans for the space underneath the DLR line, which include 'native woodland-style planting, wildflower meadows and species-rich lawns'.

Architects' Journal (11/04/2023)