Final planning approval has been granted by the London mayor to Ballymore and Hammerson’s 500-home Bishopsgate Goodsyard development, masterplanned by Faulkner Browns.

Sadiq Khan gave backing in principle to the scheme at a public hearing in 2020, but now the Greater London Authority has finally issued legal planning permission, listed building consent and a section 106 agreement for the major redevelopment of the City fringe site, which sits on the border of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

The developers of the original PLP-designed scheme for the site were forced to go back to the drawing board in 2016 after GLA officials recommended refusal of the proposals, which featured 1,400 homes in towers of up to 46 storeys, following a vigorous campaign against the plans by Hackney.

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