Client: Land Securities, Victoria
The Victoria Station Interchange 2 site, known as VTI2, covers a 2.5 ha site to the north of Victoria Station. Gerald Eve LLP submitted three planning applications on behalf of Land Securities plc for the comprehensive redevelopment of the site to provide six new buildings designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, Benson & Forsyth and Lynch Architects.
Overall, the £1.1bn development comprises approximately 1.4m sq ft including nearly 900,000 sq ft offices, 140,000 sq ft of shops, cafes and restaurants, 170 private and 35 affordable residential units together with a new library for Westminster. It also includes major new north/south and east/west pedestrian routes and facilitates the dispersal of the buses from the congested Victoria bus station to the surrounding streets and the construction of Transport for London's Victoria Station Upgrade proposal and a significantly enhanced public realm. The scheme is one of the largest ever submitted to Westminster City Council.
Gerald Eve LLP provided planning and development advice to Land Securities and led negotiations with Westminster City Council, the Greater London Authority, other key stakeholders and the local community. The applications follow an earlier scheme submitted to
Westminster in 2007. Key planning issues include the need for regeneration in Victoria, the need for transport and public realm improvements at London's busiest transport interchange, important strategic and local views, the setting of important listed buildings
including Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Palace Theatre, the setting of and views from conservation areas and land use issues including the need for affordable housing and community uses.
The applications were submitted to Westminster City Council in September 2008. In October 2009 the VTI2 planning permissions were granted and separately the City Council resolved to make a Compulsory Purchase Order to facilitate the redevelopment scheme.
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