The City of London Corporation’s
Planning and Transportation
Committee has approved plans for what
will be the first building in London to
incorporate urban greening on a large
scale.
The high-rise building at 50
Fenchurch Street will incorporate
extensive vertical urban greening that
is designed to mitigate air and noise
pollution, combat the heat island effect,
improve biodiversity, and help rainwater
run-off management.
Bespoke metal planters will provide
support for climbing plants on the south,
north and east elevations to create an
expansive green façade. At level 10,
urban greening will be provided on the
roof terrace through unique sculptural
elements with vertical planting and the
double-height winter garden.
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The building will deliver 60,000m2 of
office space across 35 floors and 800m2
of retail space. A new Livery Hall and
offices for the Clothworkers’ Company
and The Clothworkers’ Foundation will
also be built at 50 Fenchurch Street.
The scheme will also relocate the
historical 12th Century Lambe’s Chapel
Crypt to a new location forming part
of the free public exhibition at lower
ground floor level.
Alastair Moss, Chair of the City
of London Corporation’s Planning
and Transportation Committee, said:
“We are proud to support world-class
development – creating more great
spaces for the people who work, visit
and live in the Square Mile.
“The new 50 Fenchurch Street
building will be of the highest quality
design and has a number of innovative
features, including extensive urban
greening all the way into the higher
floors and a new public space. It
provides a significant increase in
flexible office floorspace, meeting one
of the primary objectives of the City's
Local Plan and London Plan policies.
“We hope this new building will
provide an example of sustainable
development fit for future generations,
as the City continues its pattern of
sustainable growth.”
Working on behalf of main contractor
Kier, Mifflin Construction is fabricating,
supplying and erecting 400t of steelwork
for the first phase of Gloucester’s
Quayside regeneration plan.
The project, which is due to be
finished early next year, stands on the
footprint of the former Quayside House
and alongside the old Gloucester Prison
site.
The new building will include two
three-storey GP surgeries capable of
serving more than 17,500 patients, a
pharmacy, office space and ground floor
parking.
Gloucestershire NHS Clinical
Commissioning Group plans to replace
the Gloucester City Health Centre at
Rikenel and Gloucester Health Access
Centre in Eastgate Street.
Phase two of the project includes a
£7.5M multi-storey car park to provide
500 public parking spaces including
charging points for electric vehicles.
Cllr Ray Theodoulou, Deputy
Leader and Cabinet Member
for Finance and Change, said:
“This is a great scheme that will
significantly benefit Gloucester and
Gloucestershire, bringing investment
and job opportunities into the city for
its growing population.”
Suffolk County Council’s ambition
to build a third crossing in Lowestoft
has received a significant boost
after its planning application was
approved by the Secretary of State for
the Department of Transport, Grant
Shapps MP.
The confirmation came following
a year-long Development Consent
Order process, which effectively
sought planning permission from the
Department of Transport to build the
bridge over Lake Lothing.
Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader
of Suffolk County Council, said:
“We now have the seal of planning
approval to build a third crossing for
Lowestoft, which is very good news.
“The crossing can make a
significant difference as we continue
to invest in the area. I’m confident
that people will see positive changes,
from their daily commute to the
wider regeneration of the area.”
Councillor Hicks added: “This
is a significant step forward, and
we will continue to make good
progress behind the scenes in these
unprecedented and challenging times.
“The tender period for
construction contractors comes
to an end later in May and we are
concluding our final business case
to access the funding from the
government.”
Now that the Council has received
permission, a report is intended to be
taken to its Cabinet meeting in July
2020, so it can consider the detail of
the planning details, the outcome of
the construction tendering process,
the final project cost estimate and the
timetable for the project.
Subject to a successful outcome
to the tendering process, the July
Cabinet report will name the bridge
and authorise its senior managers to
choose a construction contractor.
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