The Southwark Street scheme, designed by architect Allies and Morrison, will provide around 200,000 sq ft of commercial space and 36 homes with 50 per cent affordable.

The Landmark Court building complex will be built on a 1.7-acre derelict site restoring old lanes at the historic Southwark site.

Importantly, the development provides a package of support for the historic burial ground, Crossbones Graveyard and Memorial Garden, securing the long-term future of the former paupers’ graveyard said to hold the remains of some 15,000 people.

Today, the graveyard has become home to a garden of remembrance, which has evolved over two decades as a contemplative space.

Richard Upton, chief development officer at U+I, said: “These plans represent the final piece of the puzzle on the Southwark Street.

New pedestrian routes through the site will reinstate some of the medieval yards and lanes of historic Southwark

“This site has been a blot on an otherwise vibrant and successful High Street, but now we can bring forward a development that will stitch the streetscape back together, providing contemporary workspace, homes, shops and restaurants, all set within a carefully considered masterplan that reinstates the medieval lanes and yards of Southwark.”

These proposals form part of TfL’s housing programme, which will provide 10,000 homes across the capital as well as a commitment to deliver 50 per cent affordable housing across all sites brought to the market since May 2016.

Construction has already started on almost 1,400 homes in the capital, as the programme continues to build momentum.

Lewisham Borough Council has given the thumbs up to the first major residential block of 456 flats in the Farrells-designed scheme on the Royal Docks in Deptford.

It is the first of 22 plots within developer Hutchison Property Group’s large-scale consented masterplan to develop the former site of Henry VIII’s royal dockyard, established in 1513.

The redevelopment of Convoys Wharf will sustain 1,200 construction jobs as the formerly inaccessible site is transformed into a new waterfront district.

Planned park to be built on existing pontoons in the Thames

Plans include building a 1.5 acre park on an existing pontoon on the River Thames, cultural and commercial space, along with 3,500 homes including three ‘landmark’ towers up to 40 storeys tall.

Riverside view of planned high-rise towers at Convoys Wharf

It will include three acres of new public parks, a new school, space for cultural usage, a range of shops, restaurants and cafes, as well as link to and enhance the existing High Street in Deptford and the historic town centre.

Mike Stowell at Farrells said: “The regeneration of this former brownfield site creates a fantastic new opportunity for Deptford releasing to the local community new public realm, cultural, commercial and education opportunities and new greenspace.

“There is the additional important benefit of releasing 500m of the borough’s riverfront to the public for the first time in 500 years. We are looking forward to developing the first phase of this long-awaited scheme and working with the local community on the next phases”

Plan of the Royal Docks site in Deptford