SimpsonHaugh-designed proposals for two residential towers and a data centre inside the perimeter wall of the former East India Dock in east London have been given the go-ahead by a planning inspector.

The practice’s designs for a 36-storey student-housing block and a 30-storey build-to-rent block at Mulberry Place in Blackwall were recommended for approval by Tower Hamlets Council planning officers but rejected by Strategic Development Committee members in October last year.

In addition to 716 student rooms and 150 flats, SimpsonHaugh’s proposals also include a 35,000sq m data centre and a smaller building featuring 5,940sq m of commercial space and up to 660sq m of space for community use.

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