PLP wins approval for 1,300-home Westferry Printworks development

PLP’s revised plans to build 1,358 homes on the Westferry Printworks site on the Isle of Dogs have been approved for a third time, eight years after plans were first green-lit to redevelop what was once the biggest printworks in Europe. The new homes, 35% of which will be affordable, will be spread across more than half a dozen new buildings between four and 31 storeys tall, together with 23,000 sq m of commercial and community uses on a 61,516 sq m site. The proposed height of the taller towers has shrunk from previous iterations, while shorter blocks have increased. "This is a major regeneration scheme on a currently disused site, which will help breathe new life into this historic area of London Docklands. Construction is expected to start later this year and will be completed in four phases over six to eight years", commented a Tower Hamlets Council spokesperson. 

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