Developer BGO has submitted plans for a £750m mixed-use healthcare and research campus in Whitechapel, east London. The development is part of the newly announced Barts Life Sciences Cluster and could contribute £1bn a year to the UK economy, according to its promoters. Plans cover a 64,427 square metre research and outpatient facility alongside five new residential buildings and refurbished terraces. Half of the homes will be for affordable social rent, with 167 units allocated to key workers on capped salaries. Barts Health NHS Trust group chief executive Shane DeGaris said the scheme would accelerate the development of clinical research “into life-changing clinical practices and products for our patients”.