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A few weeks back, Kitty McLaughlin (pictured) was working on one of her paintings when a group of children burst in.
Sounds like the start of a story about teen crime, doesn't it? Not at Atelier Court, a Poplar development where artist studios and homes sit side by side.
When the £1.5billion Silvertown Quays scheme was approved in 2007, the London Development Agency said it would "bring new life to this part of the old docks".
Last month, it declared the current vision dead. So where does this leave Royal Docks?
Plans to put five-a-side football pitches in an Isle of Dogs car park have been dismissed.
Tower Hamlets Council has rejected Powerleague's bid to install five pitches in the NCP multi-storey in Selsdon Way, citing concerns over noise and light pollution.
Horseferry Road residents have been told they now live in a "car-free" development - even though they've been given permits for eight years.
Occupants have learned that they are not entitled to cars under the building's planning agreement, a fact they say was not mentioned when they moved in nearly a decade ago.
National five-a-side football specialist Powerleague wants to build pitches at the top of a Crossharbour car park.
Tower Hamlets Council is due to decide tonight (Wednesday) whether to clear its plan for five flood-lit all-weather pitches on the upper levels of Selsdon Way's 500-space NCP multi-storey.
Canary Wharf Group has secured the One Park Place site near Westferry Circus for £17.5million.
The estate landlord picked up the long leasehold interests from receivers acting for Park Place SARL last week, after several years of interest.
The Wharf was at City Hall as Crossrail bosses briefed the London Assembly
Your average Londoner can bang on about transport for hours, sometimes even with good reason.
When 10am rolled around at City Hall, snow jitters had stripped the London Assembly's transport committee down to a skeleton crew.
West India Dock will be partially drained in the next few weeks as Crossrail construction continues in Canary Wharf.
Piling has now been completed at the site known as Adams Place, and Crossrail has claimed work is "proceeding to schedule" as the £16billion project enters 2010.
Plans for a 305-bedroom hotel in Marsh Wall have failed to impress Tower Hamlets Council.
The authority's Strategic Development Committee refused to grant planning permission for the 39-storey tower at 40 Marsh Wall this week, citing concerns over its size.
Will this 305-bedroom hotel be cleared to spring up directly opposite the Britannia International Hotel?
Applicant Marsh Wall Chelsea LLP will learn next week if Tower Hamlets Council approves its design for a "boutique" hotel at 40 Marsh Wall.
Tower Hamlets Council has warned its overspend for the year could approach £8million.
At a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny committee last night, officers predicted a general fund overspend of £3.74million and a housing overspend of as much as £4million, based on spending up to September.
Tower Hamlets Council saw Canary Wharf Group's contribution to a training centre as a "driving factor" in its decision to force occupiers off land at Heron Quays, an inquiry heard.
Documents referenced last week indicate officers described the money as "the key rationale" behind its decision to clear the way for CWG's Heron Quays West scheme.
News International's plans to re-develop its Wapping headquarters have been approved by Tower Hamlets Council.
An earlier scheme to remodel the existing print works and Rum Warehouse in Virginia Street was rejected by the Strategic Development Committee in June, but a revised version was cleared on Tuesday night.
Heron Quays leaseholder Michael Gross will tell an enquiry this week that he was "deceived" by Canary Wharf Group during talks for his stake.
Mr Gross is one of two leaseholders who pushed for a public enquiry after they were served with a compulsory purchase order by Tower Hamlets Council last year.
Improving transport links to east London is essential to safeguard the economy of the region.
The topic was one of a number discussed at the Thames Gateway Forum at The Indigo2 yesterday, which drew together agencies and organisations involved in developing the region flanking the river east of Canary Wharf.
Developers have submitted firm plans for a nine-building development in the heart of the Millennium Quarter near South Quay.
Millharbour LLP and Millharbour 2LLP have filed a planning application with Tower Hamlets Council for the Millharbour Quarter project, which will include 1,634 homes, 44,938sqm of office space and 2,859sqm of retail.
Columbus Tower has been approved by Boris Johnson, securing a £4million contribution to Crossrail.
Tower Hamlets Council rejected plans for the 63-storey West India Quay scheme in June, but the London Mayor called in the decision in August.
Columbus Tower may be back on the table after London Mayor Boris Johnson "called in" the scheme.
The 63-storey West India Quay project was rejected by Tower Hamlets Council in June, as councillors felt its scale was "totally unsuitable" for a development in a conservation area.
Plans to revamp Greenwich Market have been thrown out by the council's planning committee.
Greenwich Hospital was keen to overhaul the 1950s market buildings on the centuries-old site to make way for 1,214 square metres of retail, offices and a 100-room boutique hotel, but the scheme was unanimously rejected last night.
McDonald's plans to sell its Blackwall site after finally getting planning permission for Helix-London.
The fast food company's joint application for a two-tower residential scheme in Trafalgar Way was granted at the third attempt this week, but it will not be tackling the project itself.
