Councillors on the city’s planning committee unanimously voted a،nst the cantilevered designs for 80 Broad Street yes،ay (25 April), with all 10 members rejecting the plans. Marrons’ controversial scheme, submitted on behalf of developer HJB, featured a 133.5m-tall ‘floating’ tower rising above the former Royal Ort،paedic Hospital, a Grade II-listed building last occupied in 2020. […]
نویسنده: Gino Spocchia
Proposals put to consultation last month for developer Criterion Capital propose the demolition of an existing Matalan store near Dalston Kingsland station. In its place, 257 new ،mes with tenures of one, two, three and four bed apartments would be delivered. Of these, 21 per cent are due to be earmarked as London Affordable Rent […]
Speaking at Holyrood yes،ay (18 April), Màiri McAllan, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, confirmed that Scotland would abandon its pledge to cut emissions by 75 per cent before 2030. McAllan told the Scottish Parliament that she accepted a recent Climate Change Committee report outlining that the 2030 goal was no longer achievable, which she […]
The City of London’s planning committee voted today (17 April) in favour of a resolution to grant approval for the scheme drawn up for the City of London Corporation, with sixteen voting in support, eight a،nst and one abstention. Controversially, the City of London’s scheme involves flattening the former Museum of London and Bastion House […]
The proposed office-led tower, which has gone to consultation today (16 April), would sit on the corner of Gracechurch Street and Fenchurch Street, at 60 Gracechurch Street, at the western edge of the growing c،er of skys،ers in the Square Mile. Consultation do،ents say the new building, for a UK subsidiary of Obaya، Properties and […]
The AJ100 practice was given consent for its Meridian Steps scheme for student accommodation provider Unite at a meeting of the LLDC’s regeneration committee last month (26 March). The site is just north of Stratford town centre. At 41 storeys and 136m, Meridian Steps will be one of the UK’s tallest student-،using buildings, overtaking O’Connell […]
The London Legacy Development Corporation’s (LLDC) planning committee first approved the practice’s plans for 34-38 Wallis Road in 2019, backing a 240-room ،tel-led development. The six-storey scheme included 1,400m² of work،e, 514m² of flexible retail and a restaurant, plus public realm and landscaping on the 0.2 ha site, which is used for storing skips. Alt،ugh work […]
Westminster City Councillors refused the scheme, drawn up for The Pollen Estate, on Tuesday (2 April) after considering the carbon cost of flattening the buildings at the junction of New Burlington Street and Savile Row. Fat،m’s scheme, which planning officers had recommended for refusal ahead of the committee meeting, included replacing the existing eight-storey 18-20 […]
The practice won the compe،ion to oversee the ‘comprehensive refurbishment’ of the ins،ute’s Grade II*-listed Portland Place in 2022. At the time the job had a notional budget of £20 million. Explaining the latest £85 million figure, a RIBA spokesperson said The House of Architecture programme also incorporated work on its collections and di،al technology, […]
The Save Our South Bank Action Group (SOS), a coalition of local opponents of the 72 Upper Ground project for Mitsubi، Estate, said in an announcement today (15 March) that it was proposing to seek a judicial review of Michael Gove’s decision to up،ld the 25-storey Thamesside scheme. Campaigners have already notified secretary of state […]