Redevelopment at Queen Mary University
Planning ref: PA/22/00951/A1

Queen Mary University has submitted a plan to demolish a students' hall of residence at Mile End Lock and to replace it with a 7-storey building that will drown out the Lock Keeper's Cottage.

This supersedes a plan that was rejected by the planning committee in 2019. The revised plan is an improvement on the previous one in that it seeks to retain a listed building at 357 Mile End Road but the height, bulk and proximity to the water's edge will be unpalatable to many towpath users.

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Sample objections

Objection from Regent's Canal Heritage

Objection from GLIAS (Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society)

Objection from FoRC (Friends of Regent's Canal)

Response from CRT (Canal and River Trust)

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