Controversial east London housing scheme gets green light

By Jim Dunton2018-08-01T06:00:00

Sheppard Robson’s Chrisp Street proposals

Project by Sheppard Robson includes more than 600 homes on site made famous by 1951 Festival of Britain

Sheppard Robson’s controversial plans to redevelop east London’s Chrisp Street Market have won planning permission five months after councillors expressed significant doubts.

Members of Tower Hamlets council’s strategic development committee have unanimously approved the proposals, which will see most of the area’s buildings demolished except for a core of groundbreaking post-war structures.

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