Mixed use development with public square given green light in London
A London development trust has won full permission to build a 43-storey block of flats complete with community sports centre and swimming pool. Coin Street Community Builders' Doon Street scheme will provide 343 homes.
It will also feature a six-storey headquarters for Britain's oldest dance troupe, Rambert Dance Company.
A public square is due to link Waterloo station and the IMAX cinema with South Bank theatres and galleries.
And an eight-storey building will provide educational and office space along with street level shops and cafes.
Lambeth Council's cabinet member for regeneration, Paul McGlone, said: 'I'm pleased we can give the go ahead to this scheme, which should bring significant investment and employment opportunities to the north of the borough, as well as providing retail, residential and leisure space for local residents and visitors.'
The council said its granting of planning permission is conditional on the inclusion of the 8,300 m2 leisure centre.
Initial proposals for the scheme in 2005 were criticised by watchdog English Heritage, which said the tower was too high.
Its height has now been reduced, from 172 to 144 metres.
The new development will lie close to the Oxo Tower, Coin Street Community Builders' most famous project.
It will also feature a six-storey headquarters for Britain's oldest dance troupe, Rambert Dance Company.
A public square is due to link Waterloo station and the IMAX cinema with South Bank theatres and galleries.
And an eight-storey building will provide educational and office space along with street level shops and cafes.
Lambeth Council's cabinet member for regeneration, Paul McGlone, said: 'I'm pleased we can give the go ahead to this scheme, which should bring significant investment and employment opportunities to the north of the borough, as well as providing retail, residential and leisure space for local residents and visitors.'
The council said its granting of planning permission is conditional on the inclusion of the 8,300 m2 leisure centre.
Initial proposals for the scheme in 2005 were criticised by watchdog English Heritage, which said the tower was too high.
Its height has now been reduced, from 172 to 144 metres.
The new development will lie close to the Oxo Tower, Coin Street Community Builders' most famous project.
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