Phase 2 of the North Wharf Gardens development in Paddington has been granted planning permission.

The Amwaj Property Ltd's masterplan will deliver a further 335 homes, affordable business, retail and social and community spaces, including a new primary school, serviced apartments, a gym, a five star hotel and a new public garden.

Russell Pedley, Director at Assael Architecture, said: "North Wharf Gardens presents a new residential urban quarter for Paddington, encapsulating a unique set of culturally led, placemaking ideas, which will combine to contribute to the City of Westminster's
cultural identity.

"It will establish active physical links with its surroundings and tie into strategic networks for local connectivity and will be a permeable development that highlights routes and pathways through the site into the wider area and beyond."

The whole £300m masterplan spans the former North Westminster Community School site, covering 1.48 hectares in Paddington. It aims to regenerate the area, creating a new residential quarter that connects the development to the wider area, especially for pedestrians, and creates new public spaces. Work is due to start on
Site 2 in 2015.