{"id":8480,"date":"2025-10-15T08:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8480"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:46:57","slug":"gpe-gets-planning-for-reworked-london-bridge-office-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/gpe-gets-planning-for-reworked-london-bridge-office-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"GPE gets planning for reworked London Bridge office revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

London developer Great Portland Estates has finally secured planning approval for its long-delayed St Thomas Yard redevelopment next to London Bridge Station.<\/p>\n

Southwark councillors have backed the retrofit-first redesign by Orms, which will see the existing 1980s structure retained and extended by five storeys to create an 11-storeyoffice building with landscaped roof terraces and balconies.<\/p>\n

The 190,000 sq ft project, previously known as New City Court, was redrawn after councillors ordered changes over the scheme\u2019s impact on nearby heritage buildings, including the grade II-listed Guy\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

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GPE will now tender the project with view to starting work in summer 2026 and finish by late 2028.<\/p>\n

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The revamp will restore the historic St Thomas Street frontage and refurbish a Georgian terrace to create affordable workspace, while reusing the original concrete frame to slash embodied carbon and construction waste.<\/p>\n

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James Shipton, senior development manager at GPE, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have secured Southwark Council’s Planning Committee’s resolution to grant planning permission for this transformative re-use project, which reflects our confidence in the strength of the London office market and extends GPE’s investment in this prime location.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon Whittaker, director at Orms, added: \u201cOur scheme adds to what already exists, re-using all of the concrete frame to deliver high-quality office accommodation and making significant improvements to the streetscape and greenery of the local area.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/wIRDX3V<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London developer Great Portland Estates has finally secured planning approval for its long-delayed St Thomas Yard redevelopment next to London Bridge Station. Southwark councillors have backed the retrofit-first redesign by Orms, which will see the existing 1980s structure retained and extended by five storeys to create an 11-storeyoffice building with landscaped roof terraces and balconies. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-8480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8481,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8480\/revisions\/8481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}