Old War Office Whitehall London SW1A 2EU

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 10 July 2017 (RN: 16/09548) alterations to the existing building including the creation of new pedestrian & vehicular entrances; alterations to bottle balustrades & parapets; extensions to create three additional storeys at fifth, sixth & seventh floors; extension of the existing basement to create two additional basement storeys; partial demolition & reconstruction of the central wing; demolition, relocation & reconstruction of the facades comprising the Triangular Courtyard incorporating extensions to the existing building at ground to fourth floors; external alterations to the facades comprising the Quadrangle including the creation of new pedestrian entrances; landscaping works to the Quadrangle & Triangular Courtyard; creation of external terraces at fourth, fifth, sixth & seventh floor levels; addition of entrance canopies; public realm works including alterations to security walls & bollards & the removal & replacement of street trees; all in connection with the change of use of the building from offices (Class B1) to a hotel (Class C1) comprising up to 125 hotel bedrooms/suites with flexible hotel/retail/restaurant/bar use at part ground floor (Class C1/A1/A3/A4), flexible hotel/restaurant use at part lower ground, part ground & part second floors (Class C1/A3); flexible hotel/bar use at part fifth & part sixth floors (Class C1/A4); flexible retail, leisure, restaurant or bar use at part ground floor (Class A1/D2/C1/A3/A4), leisure/spa facilities within the basement levels & part of the lower ground floor (Class D2/C1) ancillary ballroom, event space & meeting rooms, food & beverage facilities, back of house facilities & associated car & cycle parking & servicing facilities; together with the creation of up to 88 residential dwellings (Class C3) with ancillary communal amenities, associated car & cycle parking & servicing facilities, & other associated works namely, additional internal demolition to central wing.