Neither it nor the Qatar Investment Authority have yet applied for planning permission.

In March, Canary Wharf Group asked the council if an application needed an environmental impact assessment for plans for shopping, leisure and a hotel in the tower, alongside offices.

The request said: “It is anticipated that the ground levels (lower ground and upper ground) will provide retail, the ground floor mezzanine and level 1 will provide lobby and leisure arrival and levels 2 – 32 will remain as workspace.”

The document added that although a hotel is proposed for upper floors they may also be used for offices.