Metropolitan Workshop-designed proposals for new teaching facilities and student accommodation for the University of East London have received the backing of Newham councillors.

Members of the east London borough’s Strategic Development Committee on Tuesday approved the university’s plans for 650 student beds and 4,913sq m of teaching and learning space on land next to its exisiting campus at Stratford.

The new facilities – the tallest element of which will be a 16-storey accommodation block – are earmarked for a 0.92ha plot in the north-east secion of the Water Lane campus that is mainly occupied by car-parking space.

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