Rockwell Property has been granted planning permission to deliver a new hotel-led development in East London.

The 30-storey landmark building will be located at 82 West India Dock Road in Westferry, and include a 400-key hotel with a ground floor restaurant, café and bar.

The site will also house 66 new one, two and three-bed tenure blind apartments, 35% of which will be affordable for local families.

Approximately 250 jobs are expected to be created in the hospitality sector.

The development, designed by UK architects Simpson Haugh & Partners, will also include:

• Ground floor retail or community space, activating the street and providing a local amenity.

• Extensive public realm and landscaping works, both on site and in the surrounding area to significantly improve place-making and provide a more connected, safe, cohesive and green environment.

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• Half an acre of gardens and 48 additional trees including the introduction of an urban arboretum, residents' garden and over 220m of children's play space.

• In addition, over £7 million in Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy to fund local infrastructure improvements, training programmes for local residents and support for local recruitment.

Donal Mulryan, Founder of Rockwell, said: "Our vision for 82 West India Dock Road will breathe new life into a neglected site that has been derelict for many years. This inspiring new building includes a hotel that will bring new jobs and business to the local area, in addition to much needed new homes for the local community in an inspiring new building. We are dedicated to delivering this exciting, high-quality development and look forward to turning this site into a place that locals can be proud of."

Mark Savage, Partner, SimpsonHaugh, added: "We have worked closely with Rockwell Property to design a high quality, mixed-use scheme that will improve connections across West India Dock Road, providing new homes, employment and training opportunities, whilst creating a safer and more secure public realm environment for the community."

Construction work is due to start on the site in Summer 2019.

(CM/MH)