Planning approval has been secured by joint venture partners Lendlease and LCR from the LLDC’s planning committee for their International Quarter London development in Stratford.

The building is a 600,000 sq ft structure that will offer accommodation for more than 7,000 employees, which can be ready for tenant handover from the end of 2019.

David Joy, Chief Executive at LCR, said: “Planning permission for the third office scheme at International Quarter London is further good news for the project. This will be an exceptionally designed building, with exemplary Grade A office space for over 7,000 employees – to join the ranks of the FCA’s and TfL’s new headquarters, both of which are progressing well. International Quarter will create more than 25,000 jobs overall, becoming a major new employment hub in East London. We look forward to continuing to work with Lendlease to make this happen.”

The building will make up the largest of three new buildings being designed for International Quarter London, totalling 1.2m sq ft of Grade A office space. The construction of the new building will incorporate a series of external areas and a flexible interior design to accommodate multiple occupants across a range of sectors.

Ben O’Rourke, Lendlease’s Managing Director of International Quarter London, said: “The flexible design will allow it to be occupied by single or multiple tenants, and includes a number of technological innovations which are firsts in the UK on this scale. For example, it will feature an intelligent closed-cavity façade which tracks the sun with dynamic shading and a supply of 100% fresh air throughout the building.”

Once completed, more than 25,000 people will work at the development each day.