Orchard Wharf has secured planning approval from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The scheme, designed by Howells for developer Regal, is set to deliver 208 affordable homes, 1,365 purpose-built student rooms and a revitalised working wharf on a 2.3ha site opposite the O2 Arena that has been vacant for more than two decades.

The approved project also includes 7,524 sq m of logistics floorspace for Thames Clippers Logistics, which plans to operate the safeguarded wharf as a low carbon river freight hub. According to Regal, this is intended to reduce pressure on London’s road network and support the re-use of the Thames as a transport corridor.

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