Hackney Council approves Peacocks site apartment block plan by developer Rothas

How it will look: artist’s impression of the new tower

Yet another tower block containing expensive private flats is set to be flung up in Dalston after Hackney Council granted developer Rothas permission to build a 15-storey building at 51-57 Kingsland High Street.

Rothas’s original plans for an 18-storey complex on the Peacocks store site opposite Ridley Road Market were downscaled following a campaign by planning specialists OPEN Dalston, but the group remains critical of the proportion of the new homes that will be affordable.

OPEN Dalston says that of the 98 privately owned flats to be built as part of the scheme, just 15 will be earmarked as affordable.

The group is a longstanding critic of the proliferation of tall buildings in Dalston.

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