Case Study

Blackwall Reach

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Estate Regeneration and Affordable Housing Delivery

Client: Swan Housing Association

Savills secured permission for 268 new residential homes and improvement to the existing public open space; Phase 2 of the Blackwall Reach Regeneration Project which will see the demolition of the existing Robin Hood Gardens Estate. This phase forms part of wider regeneration proposals comprising 1,575 new homes, a new school and other non-residential floorspace. Savills advised both on planning and EIA. Phase 3 of the project was submitted in early 2021 for a further 315 new homes.

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