Newham council in London has given its commitment to grant planning to two developments in the borough which will see nearly 800 new homes being built.

More a third of the 796 new homes being built by developer Mount Anvil alongside the first phase of its 19-storey tower Royal Docks West scheme at Royal Victoria Dock in Newham will be classed as affordable by habitable room.

Phases two and three, called Royal Eden Docks, will deliver a range of studio, one, two and three-bedroom flats.