A planning inspector has upheld the London Legacy Development Corporation’s rejection of a 435-home high-rise scheme designed by Karakusevic Carson Architects.

The practice’s scheme was drawn up for Southern Housing Group and would have delivered the new apartments in three 26-storey blocks, with lower-rise elements, on a 1ha plot next to the River Lea at Bromley-by-Bow.

LLDC’s planning decisions committee rejected the proposals – known as Bow River Village phase 3 –  in January last year. They cited the scheme’s mix of unit sizes, design quality in relation to the development’s scale, and “excessive density” among their reasons.

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