Canary Wharf is to become home to a health club and spa alongside the site's first residential tower since the development was originally conceived in 1990.

The east London office district is the base for more than 100,000 workers a day, but the Newfoundland tower will contain the first purpose-built homes on the estate, with a gym and spa incorporated into the plans.

Planning permission for the 58-storey development was granted by local authority Tower Hamlets Council, with a final-approval decision being made by London mayor Boris Johnson.

If the mayor gives the nod, the Canary Wharf Group (CWG) expects work to begin later this year, with a completion date planned for 2018.

Once finished, the development will include 566 apartments, as well as shops and 16,000 sq ft of internal amenity space, which will incorporate both the health club and spa.

The development is part of the on-going diversification of CWG’s portfolio, which has seen the company move beyond the wharf with joint ventures at 20 Fenchurch Street and the Shell Centre, while also broadening the type of space it develops.

The Horden Cherry Lee-designed tower marks an increasing interest in luxury developments in London, especially towards the east, with the Group also looking to build a project on the nearby Wood Wharf site.

The residential development, featuring predominantly low-rise buildings, is to include a residential tower by Herzog & de Meuron, as the company looks to make us of London’s developing Crossrail network.