Carlyle Group and PLP鈥檚 plans for cluster of nine buildings approved by Southwark Council
Plans for a cluster of nine buildings of up to 48 storeys high on London鈥檚 South Bank have been approved by Southwark council.
The huge scheme, by developer the Carlyle Group and designed by PLP Architecture, involves the demolition of two existing buildings in Southwark, the late seventies Samson House and late eighties Ludgate House, current home of UBM, the publisher of 星空传媒.
The two existing buildings would be replaced with 1.4m sq ft of floorspace, including 494 homes, 450,000 sq ft of offices, 25,000 sq ft of retail and 18,500 sq ft of cultural space plus a 鈥榗ultural pavilion鈥�.
The tower cluster (left of picture) will be built alongside the already approved 52-storey Ian Simpson-designed residential tower One Blackfriars (right of picture), which will be built by Berkeley.
Approval of the Carlyle scheme comes despite opposition from English Heritage and the City of London.
Carlyle Group will now wait to see if the scheme is 鈥渃alled in鈥� for review by the government.
Another proposed tower cluster at the Shell Centre further west along the South Bank was called in last month.
Shell Centre joint developers Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar said the government鈥檚 decision