20/00632/LBCPlanning Application 20/00632/LBC

External and internal works associated with the partial demolition, alteration, extension and conversion of Custom House from office to a hotel with ground floor internal north/south public route (sui generis), ground floor museum (Use Class F1 (c )), flexible ground floor and rooftop retail/restaurant/bar floorspace and public viewing terrace (Use Classes E and Sui Generis (Drinking Establishment)), lower ground floor leisure facilities (Use Class E) and new riverfront public realm including: External works: i.) removal of railings around existing riverside carpark, ii) demolition and re-building behind the retained facade of the 1960s East Block iii.) demolition of 1960s East Block roof and alteration of West Block roof to erect 2 x two storey extensions; iv.) demolition of Centre Block ground floor external stairs and replacement with new river terraces, stairs and step free ramped access across Centre, and parts of West and East Block (south elevation); v.) alterations to and raising of the flood defence wall; vi) facade alterations and associated works to create a first floor terrace on the Centre Block (south elevation) and reinstated door and new ramped access to West Block (west elevation); vii) removal of railings on Lower Thames Street elevation and alterations to main Centre Block entrance on Lower Thames Street viii.) associated works to the river wall ix) and other external alterations including elevational alterations; alterations to service ramp; hard and soft landscaping. Internal works: i) removal of 1990s glazed stair core and parapets, roofing over and reconfiguration of West Block courtyard, to include new service core and other works; ii) demolition and alteration of some existing walls and ceilings and erection of new across all floors in the West and Centre Blocks.

20/00632/LBC