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2 The application is referable under Category 1A, 1B(c) and 1C1(c) of the Schedule to the
Order 2008:
1A: “Development which comprises or includes the provision of more than 150 houses, flats, or
houses and flats.”
1B (c): “Development (other than development which only comprises the provision of houses,
flats, or houses and flats) which comprises or includes the erection of a building or buildings
Outside Central London and with a total floorspace of more than 15,000 square metres.”
1C.1(c): “Development which comprises or includes the erection of a building of one or more of
the following descriptions— the building is more than 30 metres high and is outside the City of
London.”
3 Once Hammersmith & Fulham Council has resolved to determine the application, it is
required to refer it back to the Mayor for his decision as to whether to direct refusal; take it over
for his own determination; or allow the Council to determine it itself.
4 The environmental information for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning
(Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 has been taken into
account in the consideration of this case.
5 The Mayor of London’s statement on this case will be made available on the GLA website
www.london.gov.uk.
Site description
6 The site is 2.04 hectares and includes the existing Town Hall Extension, properties on King
Street, The Friends Meeting House and Registrar Office, Thomas Pocklington Trust Buildings on
Cromwell Avenue and King Street (Cromwell Mansions) and the existing Cineworld Cinema. Land
in Furnival Gardens, located south of the A4, is also part of the application. The vast majority of
the site is within the Hammersmith town centre. The original town hall, which is not part of the
application, but is an integral element of the regeneration strategy, is a grade II listed building, and
is within the King Street (east) Conservation Area. Furnival Gardens is within the Mall
Conservation Area.
7 The eastern element of the site, with the cinema and Cromwell Avenue lies outside the
conservation area. Other relevant listed buildings include Sussex House, listed grade II*
(residential property adjacent to Furnival Gardens), and the Salutation Inn on King Street, listed as
grade II. The cinema is identified locally as a building of merit. The surrounding environment is
fairly low-grade retail uses as part of the fringe of town centres uses. The built form ranges in
scale from 3, 4, 5 and 7 storey.
8 King Street (A315), forms part of the Strategic Road Network (SRN). The site is bounded
to the west by Cromwell Avenue and to the south by the A4, which forms part of the Transport for
London Road Network (TLRN), although there is no direct vehicular access from the site to the A4.
The site is served by six bus routes along King Street, two night buses plus two other services
within walking distance. The site lies within a five minute walk (approximately 350 metres) of
Ravenscourt Park London Underground station which is served by the District line and is also
within ten minutes walk (approximately 900 metres) of Hammersmith London Underground
station where a wide variety of public transport services are available including access to the
District, Piccadilly and Hammersmith and City lines. The A4 also forms part of the Olympic Route
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