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Councillors set to approve transformation of London's old City Hall
Evening Standard
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12/10/2024
Councillors set to approve transformation of London's old City Hall
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Plans to transform and repurpose London's former City Hall building into shops,
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restaurants and offices are set to be approved.
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Planning officers at Southwark Council have advised local councillors to grant permission
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for the scheme. The building was purpose-designed by Lord Norman Foster as the Greater London
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Authority's headquarters and was opened by the Queen in 2002.
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It stood empty and unused for the last three years, after Mayor Sadiq Khan relocated
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operations to a conference centre in East London in a bid to cut costs.
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In 2020, the building was estimated to cost the GLA £11.1 million a year and was set
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to increase. Khan said the move would save £55 million over five years.
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Under plans submitted by the building's private landlord, the London landmark would
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undergo a major facelift, with the exterior glass shell removed and several new balconies
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created. The ground floor will include spaces for new cafes, shops and restaurants, with
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office spaces proposed on the upper floors. Southwark Council have recommended that the
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project be approved as it would modernise the building and surrounding area and bring
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it back into use. Most of the organisations and public bodies consulted on the proposals
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have raised few or no objections to the plans. However, some, including Historic England,
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have shared concerns about aspects of the scheme or asked that conditions be imposed
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as part of planning permission. The decision will be taken by councillors at a Planning
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Committee meeting on Tuesday 10 December.
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