Southwark council has given the green light to Bell Phillips Architects’ 15-storey residential tower in a move which paves the way for a major AHMM office scheme to be built above the adjacent Southwark tube station.

The council voted unanimously late last month to approve the Bell Phillips-designed tower, which is set to provide 25 one- and two-bed homes on the existing council-owned Styles House Estate at the corner of The Cut and Hatfields in the north of the borough.

The scheme, which will include 16 affordable homes, requires the demolition of several existing buildings on the site including the Platform Southwark building, a three-storey arts hub housing studio space, an art gallery and a theatre.

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