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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

FOUND: City hall approves plan for 1 500 new homes in poplar after tower hamlets moved to block scheme | Mind Blowing Facts

Permission for more than 1,500 homes to be built in east London has been granted by City Hall, in a decision overturning the local council’s rejection of the plans last year.

At a packed-out public hearing on Friday, Jules Pipe - London’s deputy mayor for planning - said the scheme would make a valuable contribution to the capital’s housing targets.

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