London’s Tower Hamlets council has approved plans for a near-1,000 home twin-tower scheme on the Isle of Dogs at Mastmaker Court in Millharbour.

The hybrid planning application will see two existing warehouse buildings demolished and replaced with two residential towers delivering co-living and affordable housing alongside community and education facilities.

The development has been designed architect Squire & Partners for site owner Pirin Limited and its development partner Fifth State.

The centrepiece of the scheme is a 42-storey tower containing 843 purpose-built shared living units aimed at young professionals and key workers.

Next to it, a 27-storey tower will provide 153 affordable homes, delivering 42% affordable housing across the development.

Of these homes, 121 will be low-cost rented properties and 32 will be intermediate homes. Around two-thirds of the rented homes will contain three or four bedrooms aimed at families.

At ground level the affordable housing block will include a 161 sq m community hub facing onto a new 1,500 sq m public park located in the south-west corner of the site.

The hybrid application also includes outline plans for a new alternative provision school for up to 100 pupils in the north-west corner of the site. The facility could deliver up to 4,510 sq m of education floorspace.

Both towers will feature terracotta-coloured metallic aluminium cladding. A darker shade will be used on the co-living tower referencing nearby railway infrastructure, while a lighter tone will be used on the affordable housing building.

Developers said the scheme will transform an under-utilised brownfield site while helping deliver new homes and community facilities in the Isle of Dogs Opportunity Area.