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In November of last year, we submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, for proposals to create a mixed-use development at Blackwall Yard. Here is a community update of everything that has been going on since then, and what we have planned for our next steps.

Recent Government guidance indicates that the planning system should continue to operate - but that face-to-face events should be discouraged. As a result, we have been forced to shift our plans for public engagement to a ‘digital first’ approach, which will also be supported by letter drops, phone and video call lines, video and social media.

We ran a number of online polls in January to establish what people want to see at Blackwall Yard, what your concerns may be and how we can help mitigate them. The results were as interesting as they were useful - here's how people voted.

Our first public exhibition will open on January 29th 2020 at Virginia Quay Community Centre. Come down, or take a look at the proposals and feed back to us online...

We want to talk to our closest neighbours, who are also those most affected by our proposals. To that end we have booked the Viriginia Quay Community Centre for Wednesday 20th and the business suite at the nearby Radisson Blu on Saturday 23rd November to hear from you, and for you to meet the team as early as possible...