Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of his decision to grant planning permission for the Westferry Printworks site, PA/18/01877/A1 on the provision of affordable housing in Tower Hamlets.

The Secretary of State’s Decision Letter of 14 January and the Inspector’s Report, set out the reasons for the decision, including in relation to the Community Infrastructure Levy and the implications of providing the proposed quantum and type of affordable housing.

The proposed development would have provided nearly 300 new affordable homes and a brand new school for the local community.