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Redevelopment of the City Pride site could be back on the agenda after the site was sold.

However, mystery surrounds just who has bought the pub site in Westferry Road, along with a linked site at Island Point at the southern end of the Isle of Dogs.

The redevelopment of the City Pride pub has been thrown into doubt after Irish property company Glenkerrin went into receivership.

The popular Canary Wharf pub was earmarked for demolition after Glenkerrin received planning approval two years ago to build a 62 storey tower on the land.

Boris Johnson has approved Glenkerrin's linked Island Point and Pride proposals on Westferry Road.

The London Mayor followed Tower Hamlets Council in backing the plans this week, despite concerns from neighbours about their high density and effect on light.

Island Point scheme granted after deferral

Bow Safeway site housing scheme approved, but St Katharine's Dock plans blocked

Roosting bats could force a developer to tinker with its plans for an island development.

Residents near the proposed Island Point development have reported four separate sightings of the nocturnal mammal flying to and from the current site, a disused building on Westferry Road.

A crucial planning meeting for Islanders has been postponed due to a clash with the G20 summit.

Tower Hamlets Council initially claimed it would proceed with Thursday's Strategic Development Committee meeting, but changed its mind due to concerns over traffic and protester disruption.

The council is going ahead with a crucial planning meeting which clashes with the G20 summit.

Residents hoping to hear Island applications - which include Glenkerrin's contentious Island Point and Pride plans - fear their journey may be affected by travel disruption and protests on April 2.

Many residents around the proposed Island Point development have lived in their homes for decades.

And they are not welcoming their potential new neighbour with open arms.

Residents will continue their fight against Island Point after councillors failed to come to a decision on Glenkerrin's controversial development.

The application for the Westferry Road scheme was deferred on Thursday night due to concerns over insufficient developer contributions, delaying its sister project on the City Pride site as a result.

Island residents are to make one last effort to block a controversial “ghetto� development.

Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development committee will decide whether to grant planning permission to the linked Pride and Island Point schemes next Thursday.

DEVELOPER Glenkerrin has tinkered with the skyscraping development planned for the current City Pride pub site.

The Irish firm has reduced the size of the hotel attached to the 63-storey scheme, and has also altered the design of its Island Point residential project further down Westferry Road.

GLENKERRIN could shift its required social housing from the City Pride tower to a scheme down the road.

Government regulations require any developer to provide 40 per cent social housing on a scheme. But the Irish developer is looking to transfer the majority of its affordable units to Island Point, a residential project further down Westferry Road.