Khan signs off on Bishopsgate Goodsyard

Final planning approval has been granted by the London mayor to Ballymore and Hammerson’s 500-home Bishopsgate Goodsyard development, masterplanned by Faulkner Browns.

Sadiq Khan gave backing in principle to the scheme at a public hearing in 2020, but now the Greater London Authority has finally issued legal planning permission, listed building consent and a section 106 agreement for the major redevelopment of the City fringe site, which sits on the border of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

原plp设计方案的开发商在2016年被迫回到图纸板，因为GLA官员建议拒绝该方案，该方案包括多达1400个住宅的46层塔楼，在哈克尼的计划遭到强烈反对后。

The new masterplan, drawn up by Faulkner Browns, includes 10 buildings and just over a third as many homes, with a 29-storey office block designed by Eric Parry Architects marking its highest point. As well as housing, the scheme includes 131,000 sq m of space for business use and an 11,000 sq m hotel, plus a further 18,400 sq m of retail, financial and professional services usage. It will also get a New York-style high line park.

Other architects involved with the scheme include Buckley Gray Yeoman, Chris Dyson and Spacehub.

The applications approved include outline permission for the whole eight-phase masterplan, as well as detailed permission for the first phase, which has to be commenced within the next three years. A reserved matters application for the next phase must also be submitted within three years from now.

The section 106 planning-obligation agreement negotiated by City Hall will see the developers pay £71m in Community Infrastructure Levy and affordable housing contributions to the GLA and the two London boroughs, plus a further £7m toward new bus infrastructure. Half of the homes will be affordable.