The construction go-ahead comes after a deal with developer partnership the English Cities Fund and Metropolitan Thames Valley housing association to take half the units as affordable homes.

The Manor Road Quarter in the heart of Canning Town is being brought forward as a multi-block 2-acre linear park by ECF – a strategic joint venture between Muse Developments, Homes England and Legal & General.

Morgan Sindall Construction will soon mobilise on site for phase one of the scheme, consisting of 355 homes, much of it delivered in a 33-storey tower.