Rooms with a phew view

New flats planned for London will have the most breathtaking views of any in London.

Permission has been granted for a 50-floor residential tower block in Docklands - and when built it will be the tallest in Europe at 560 feet. Homes

on the upper floors of 1, Millharbour will be higher than the London Eye and St Paul's Cathedral when they are finished in 2009.

The price tag for some of the flats is, appropriately, skyhigh. The duplex penthouse, on the 49th and 50th floors, will cost ?10million. Other flats lower down the block will go from ?200,000.

The 50-storey tower will be linked with another, 36 floors high, and together they will contain more than 700 flats. Just over a third will be affordable homes aimed at key workers.

Sean Mulryan, chairman of developers Ballymore, said the flats will offer "some of the most luxurious living spaces in the world".

The waterside site is 500 yards from Canada Square. A landscaped podium - with restaurants, shops, a health spa and a five-star hotel - will link the towers. A champagne and oyster bar is planned for the top floor of the taller block.

Tower Hamlets council has agreed the plans but they need Mayor Ken Livingstone's approval. His enthusiasm for tall buildings is well known, though he normally requires affordable homes to make up 50 per cent of a new development.