Glenn Howells Architects has won planning for Minoco Wharf, part of the vast Royal Docks redevelopment project in east London.

The 17ha masterplan – which replaces a prevously consented scheme by 3DReid – will create one of the largest mixed-use developments in London, along a 1.5km reach of the Thames.

The practice said it would lead to the creation of a new urban quarter off North Woolwich Road consisting of 26 plots, each with its own landscaped squares.

A spokesman said: “Glenn Howells Architects was inspired by the success of London’s great estates with their uncomplicated typologies of streets and squares that create a rich and subtly diverse tapestry within the urban realm.”

The scheme, for Ballymore, will include shops, a school, a healthcare centre, a community centre, offices, business start-up units and up to 3,385 residential units in typologies ranging from terraced houses to 16-storey towers.

Newham Council and the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation approved the masterplan unanimously.