A new skyscraper is set to join Croydon’s mini-Manhattan skyline after plans for a 55-storey tower were approved.

The Odalisk, a 200m tall £350m scheme, was given the green light by Croydon Council at a strategic planning meeting last week.

The Lansdowne Road development is the latest proposal in central Croydon alongside the Cherry Orchard Road and Ruskin Square approved plans.

The development will include a 217 bedroom four-star-hotel, 397 residential apartments, office space, as well as a café/bar, brassiere, coffee shop, branded restaurant and health club.

Plans include a new pedestrian piazza and widened pavements to connect with the proposed crossing of Wellesley Road. A further 40 low-rise residential units will be provided off site.

Architect Piers Gough said: “The design celebrates this most prominent of sites at the epicentre of the town.

“The mixed uses of the tower and the surrounding landscape re-imagines the liveability of central Croydon and gives it a gorgeous memorable image.”