Save Liverpool St Station

Please come to our SAVE LIVERPOOL ST STATION campaign event at 7pm tonight, Tuesday 7th November at Hanbury Hall, 22 Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Speakers include Griff Rhys Jones, Eric Reynolds and Robert Thorne.

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We invite readers to SAVE LIVERPOOL ST STATION by objecting to the redevelopment by writing a personal letter to the City of London Corporation as soon as possible before 23rd November.

We understand City of London Planning Officers are recommending APPROVAL of the appalling scheme so we need as many objections as possible to stop it.

HOW TO OBJECT EFFECTIVELY

Anyone can object wherever they live. Members of one household can each write separately. You must include your postal address.

Please write in your own words and head it OBJECTION.
Quote Planning Application 23/00453/FULEIA

Email your objection to PLNComments@cityoflondon.gov.uk and copy it to Shravan.Joshi@cityoflondon.gov.uk (Chair of Planning & Transportation Committee)

Or send it by post to:
The Department of the Built Environment,
City of London,
PO Box 270,
Guildhall,
London,
EC2P 2EJ

Or post it online on the City of London Planning website by clicking here and searching Planning Application 23/00453/FULEIA

IMPORTANT POINTS OF OBJECTION

Here are the four material points of objection that carry most legal weight. Please include these in your own words along with any other reasons for objection of your own.

1. SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO THE GRADE II LISTED STATION through the demolition of the roof of the existing concourse and replacement with a new structure, compromising the setting of the surviving 19th century train shed over the platforms.
2. SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO THE GRADE II* LISTED HOTEL through adding a 16-storey tower cantilevered over the existing building, plus internal alterations to historic fabric to create new entrances to the station concourse, and the change of use from hotel to office use, resulting in the loss of the last continually-functioning nineteenth century hotel in the City.
3. SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO THE BISHOPSGATE CONSERVATION AREA through imposing a tall building in an area characterised by low and medium scale buildings.
4. HARM TO THE GRADE I LISTED ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL through the proposed tower which will disrupt views protected under the London Views Management Framework.

QUOTE NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK otherwise your objection may be dismissed. Paragraph NPPF 200 states: “Any harm to, or loss of, the significance of a designated heritage asset (from its alteration or destruction, or from development within its setting) should require clear and convincing justification.

Liverpool St before Courtesy Sellar/Herzog & de Meuron

Liverpool St after Courtesy Sellar/Herzog & de Meuron

Liverpool St before Courtesy Sellar/Herzog & de Meuron

Liverpool St after Courtesy Sellar/Herzog & de Meuron

The proposed new entrance to Liverpool St Station Courtesy Sellar/Herzog & de Meuron

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