âSignificant applicationâ matters for whole West End
24 December, 2020 â By Tom Foot
James Raynor, left, and Robert Rigby. Photo: Grosvenor Group
REMAINS from a Tyburn River prehistoric settlement could be unearthed when an entire block in Mayfair is bulldozed, archaeologists predict.
Planning chiefs on Tuesday night approved GrosÂvenor Propertiesâ appÂlication to demolish a large triangle site in Mayfair spanning Davies Mews, South Molton Lane and Brook Street, sparing the façades.
It will be replaced by a nine-storey block of offices, restaurants, 33 flats, 22 private and 11 âaffordableâ and a hotel.
The scheme has won broad support from Mayfair neighbourhood groups but there were objections from Victorian Society, the Georgian Group and Historic England.