220m high Docklands residential tower given final approval

The tallest residential building in the UK stretching 220m high is set to be built in the London Docklands after the scheme was given the final stamp of approval.

South Quay Plaza, on the Isle of Dogs, will involve the demolition of a 1980s block and the creation of a 68-storey building in its place.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson wrote to Tower Hamlets Council and said he would not call in the scheme to his own planning team. The local authority granted initial planning permission last year to developers Berkley Homes.

The proposals, designed by architects Foster + Partners, have been scaled back from the original planned 73 floors which would mean the building reached almost the same height of One Canada Square.