Green light for 52-storey Isle of Dogs tower block

Tower Hamlets Council has granted approval for a 52-storey  mixed-use scheme on the Isle of Dogs in east London.

Investor Gaw Capital and property developer City & Docklands are planning to build a 450-home scheme at 4-5 Harbour Exchange Square.

One East Point has a stepped form featuring three shared terraces and a podium containing a 15,000sq ft youth centre, health and wellbeing facilities and retail and restaurant spaces. The tower’s homes will be tenure blind, with 35% for affordable tenures.

Project architect Simon Robins, of Make Architects said the practice had worked with Tower Hamlets council to develop a building that “both respected the local context and responded to the depth of history on the Isle of Dogs”. 

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“As a consequence, our design reflects the fantastic industrial heritage of the docks and references the history of art on the Isle,” he said.