Bouygues development arm Linkcity has secured planning permission from the London Borough of Newham for the fourth phase of its masterplan for the £600m Hallsville Quarter development in Canning Town, E16.
The penultimate phase of the project proposes a mixed-use city block offering 377 purpose-built student accommodation rooms, amenity spaces including a first-floor garden and seventh-floor roof terrace and around 6,100 sq ft of new ground-floor, flexible commercial floorspace and landscaped public realm.
When complete, the overall scheme will deliver 1,148 new homes, nearly 323,000 sq ft of leisure and retail space, a health centre and community facilities close to Canning Town Underground station. Pedestrian links and cyclist provisions are also included as part of the 14.8-acre development.
The project is expected to be completed in June 2025.
Phillippa Prongue, managing director of Linkcity, said: “This phase will provide much-needed student accommodation in close proximity to some of London’s world-leading education institutions and this will add vitality and diversity to the local community and businesses.”
Simon Marks, partner at Montagu Evans, which provided planning, townscape and heritage and viability advice, said: “This approval facilitates the next stage in unlocking this vital development for Canning Town.
“Hallsville Quarter will help meet local needs with more and a greater variety of homes, many of which will be affordable, in a well-planned development close to public transport, shops, health and leisure facilities.”
PRP Architects designed the scheme for phase four.
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