Johnson approved the £500m Foster + Partners-designed Crossrail station at Canary Wharf.

Also given the go ahead was Wood Wharf, a new office complex which is being developed by Ballymore, Canary Wharf Group and British Waterways. It will also see 1,700 apartments built.

Canary Wharf Group's 27-storey 150-room hotel, dubbed Newfoundland, was also granted consent. The development will also provide shops, restaurants and learning training facilities.