Revised plans for a new 308,817 sq ft office building at 60 Aldgate, EC3, by 4C Hotel Group and Transport for London, which is being sold to BC Partners, have been recommended for approval.
The plans have reduced the height of the building by two floors to 12 storeys and have set aside proposals to replace the Still and Star public house after it was designated an asset of community value by the City of London Corporation in December 2016 following an application from the Campaign for Real Ale.
The scheme will provide 299,495 sq ft of office space and 6,426 sq ft of retail space.
The corporation’s planners said that despite receiving 42 objections, including one from the Victorian Society over the demolition of the Still and Star, the proposals “would achieve the regeneration of an under-utilised and redundant site in a pivotal location off Aldgate High Street”.
The planning officers added that the revised scheme was an improvement on the previously approved plans and the benefits it would deliver outweighed the loss of the pub building.
The scheme is located on 4C Hotel Group’s 500,000 sq ft Minories Estate, EC3, where the firm is transforming the existing 16 Minories into a Canopy by Hilton hotel and delivering a 15-storey residential building to provide 87 homes. The entire scheme has a gross development value of £300m.
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