PLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time

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Council gives backing to 1,300-home Isle of Dogs development four years after it was engulfed in a political scandal

PLP’s revised plans for the Westferry Printworks site in east London have been approved four years after the scheme was embroiled in a political scandal involving a Conservative party donor.

The firm’s proposals for 1,358 homes on what was once Europe’s biggest printworks were granted conditional approval by Tower Hamlets council yesterday evening.

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