OVERVIEW

The site has been identified as suitable for development by the London Borough of Hackney. It is included within a Tall Buildings Opportunity Area within the Adopted South Shoreditch SPD (Supplementary Planning Document) and the adopted UDP (Unitary Development Plan) also designates the site as an area suitable for new employment development.

Hammerson submitted a planning application in August 2007 to the London Borough of Hackney for a high quality office and residential mixed-use regeneration project. The proposal was deferred at a planning committee meeting in July 2008 due to concerns over the retention of 233 Shoreditch High Street (known as the The Light Bar building).

Following this, we have now taken on board issues raised by the planning committee along with local concerns. The revised proposals now incorporate 233 Shoreditch High Street (The Light Bar Building) into the scheme. The proposed scheme will deliver:

• Around 4,000 jobs
• Much-needed new homes, including 50 affordable units located on site within the scheme
• A hotel
• A variety of retail uses
• Public open spaces
• High quality offices