Squire & Partners’ Final Masterplan
The Final Masterplan has evolved through a process of consultation and dialogue between the design team, the developer team, the public, and key stakeholders since November 2011.
The Final Masterplan comprises the following key elements:
- Retention of the existing Shell Tower
- Demolition of adjoining Hungerford, York and Chicheley wings
- Mixed-use development comprising offices, residential, retail, leisure/community uses located within eight new buildings and basement
- Up to 798 homes including affordable housing
- 76,043m² of office floorspace including a new headquarters building for Shell
- Up to 5,957m2 of retail floorspace
- Up to 2,557m2 of community/leisure floorspace
- Reconfiguration of existing basement to incorporate parking, servicing, plant and associated infrastructure
- Provision of new public realm and landscaping within the development, including: new public square incorporating water feature; additional tree planting; new pedestrian through routes, including additional routes between York Road and Belvedere Road
- Creation of a shared surface treatment on Belvedere Road, improvements to Chicheley Street including new landscaping and street widening, new crossings provided on York Road
- Modifications and incorporation of London Underground ticket hall into one of the proposed buildings
