Henley Halebrown-designed proposals for an £80m mixed-use scheme in east London that would deliver student housing and commercial space have been approved.

The 2018 Stirling Prize-shortlisted practice’s Stour Road proposals, in the Fish Island area of Bow, will deliver two new buildings on a 0.3ha site previously known as the Truman Brewery.

The taller of the two blocks will deliver 330 student bedrooms in a part-six, part-seven-storey building with “incubator” space for small businesses at ground-floor level. A separate five-storey block will be dedicated to commercial space.

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