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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment application (s96a) of planning permission reference P2013/1423/FUL dated 30/03/2015 that granted 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 38,015sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (336 dwellings) (Class C3), 4,260sqm (GIA) of office floorspace (Class B1), 1.428sqm (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 non-material amendments sought include: A] widening of the Royal Mail vehicle entrance on Farringdon Road to include a central security gatehouse including to introduce an amended kerbline and pedestrian safety features; B] Alterations to the fenestration patterns to the approved office building fronting Farringdon Road to better relate to the proposed amended vehicle entrance; C] Internal alterations to the consented office building fronting Farringdon Road; and D] Introduction of an amended office entrance to the southern most point of the ground floor elevation of the office building that fronts Farringdon Road.