Fletcher Priest wins approval for 32-storey Walkie Talkie neighbour
1/17 Approved January 2021: 55 Gracechurch Street
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Fletcher Priest has gained planning consent for a contentious 146m-tall skyscraper next to Rafael Viñoly s Walkie Talkie tower in central London
Submitted to the City of London last year, the application for the 32-storey office scheme at 55 Gracechurch Street includes flattening an existing 1992 building designed by Sheppard Robson.
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The scheme was approved despite objections from Historic England, The Georgian Group, The Victorian Society, The Conservation Area Advisory Committee and Southwark Council.
Fears were raised that the tower would cause serious harm to ‘highly significant heritage assets’, including Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, the Monument and the Church of St Mary Woolnoth, and the Eastcheap conservation area, as
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.
An artist s impression of the redevelopment plans for the Harlequins shopping centre in Exeter. Image: Curlew - from the planning application
A bid has been lodged calling for the Secretary of State to make a final decision over greenlit plans to redevelop the Harlequin shopping centre in Exeter.
The request, made by the Victorian Society, comes after controversial proposals featuring homes, a hotel, bar and restaurant were approved earlier this year.
Curlew’s scheme – thought to be the first of its kind in the South West – would see the site turned into two blocks,
writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Clark.
Secretary of State asked to call in Exeter planning decision
Planning permission was granted by Exeter City Council in October for the redevelopment
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