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

Proposal

Comprehensive redevelopment of the site following the demolition of existing buildings & structures to construct six new buildings ranging from 3 to 12 storeys in height to provide 38,015sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (336 dwellings) (Class C3), 4,260sqm (GIA) of office loorspace (Class B1), 1.428sqm (GIA) of flexible retail & community floorspace, (Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 and D2) with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, vehicle (65 spaces) & cycle parking (523 spaces), hard & soft landscaping to provide public (approx 5,124sqm) & private areas open space, alterations to the public highway & 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 & ground floor levels) & all other necessary excavation & enabling works. The Camden & 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 London Borough of Camden). The Camden planning reference no. is: [2013/3807/P] & involves: Comprehensive redevelopment, following the demolition of existing buildings, to construct four new buildings ranging from 5 to 15 storeys (above basement level) in height, to provide 38,724sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (345 dwellings) (Class C3), 823sqm (GIA) of flexible retail & community floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2), with associated energy centre, waste & storage areas, basement level residential car parking (54 spaces), the re-provision of Royal Mail staff car parking (approx 196 spaces) cycle parking, residential cycle parking (431 residential spaces) hard & soft landscaping to provide public & private areas of open space, alterations to the public highway & all other necessary excavation & enabling works PLEASE NOTE COMMENTS DUE BY 23 JUNE 2014