Land north west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Farringdon Road, Calthorpe Street and Phoenix Place, Islington, London, EC1A 1BB

Observations to the London Borough of Islington for the comprehensive redevelopment of the site following the demolition of existing buildings and structures to construct six new buildings ranging from 3 to 12 storeys in height to provide 38,015 sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (336 dwellings) (Class C3), 4,260sqm (GIA) of office floorspace (Class B1), 1.428 sqm (GIA) of flexible retail and community floorspace, (Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 and D2) with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, vehicle (65 spaces) and cycle parking (523 spaces), hard and soft landscaping to provide public (approx 5,124sqm) and private areas open space, alterations to the public highway and construction of a new dedicated vehicle ramp to basement level to service Royal Mail operations, construction of an acoustic roof deck over the existing service yard (encloses 14,150sqm at basement and ground floor levels) and all other necessary excavation and enabling works. The Camden and Islington applications are accompanied by an Environmental Statement. The proposed redevelopment will be considered in the context of the proposals on the adjacent site, located on the west side of Phoenix Place (within the London Borough of Camden). The Camden planning reference no. is: [2013/3807/P].

1. Received —
2. Validated — ?
3. Decided 18 November 2015

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