Housing crisis sees skyscraper boom in outer London boroughs

East London’s Newham has 46 tall buildings in the pipeline, the most of any outer borough

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The capital’s suburbs are in the grip of an unprecedented skyscraper boom, with more than half of the towers winning planning approval last year sited in outer London boroughs.

An annual survey shows that a record 98 tall buildings were given the green light by local authorities, up by more than a third on 2020, with 56 per cent of those in outer London boroughs.