Tower Hamlets rejects Limehouse tower proposal

21st July 2017

Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development committee has rejected proposals for a part 18- and part 37-storey residential and hotel block in Limehouse. The plans, submitted by West India Property Investments Limited and architects Simpson Haugh and Partners, would have seen 320 hotel rooms and 202 residential flats, as well as retail and community floor space, built at 82 West India Dock Road, near Westferry DLR station. A conservation and design advisory panel meeting last October raised a number of concerns about the project, including the height of the building in comparison with its surroundings, the high density of homes within it, and the designation of just 34% of the properties as affordable.

The Wharf (18/07/2017)