Tycoon’s £1bn Docklands flats scheme approved at third attempt

Newspaper tycoon Richard Desmond has gained planning at the third attempt to redevelop his former Isle of Dogs printworks site in London with a vast luxury flats scheme.
The 1,360-home Millwall outer dock waterfront plan will see the comprehensive redevelopment of the 6.15 hectare brownfield site, formerly occupied by his Northern & Shell publishing company’s Westferry Printworks.
Latest plans for the mixed-development have been scaled down slightly while around a third of the homes wi