Plans for the development of Westfield’s mixed-use retail and residential extension to its flagship Westfield London shopping centre have been granted new planning consent.
Outline planning consent was originally granted in March 2012 for the scheme, and the approved plans were refined last year to deliver the new full line John Lewis department store and an enhanced experience for customers, visitors and future residents by separating the residential from the retail and leisure facilities.
Biggest shopping centre in Europe
Once built, Westfield London will be the biggest shopping centre in Europe linking Shepherd’s Bush Town Centre and Kensington and Chelsea to the White City Opportunity Area whilst servicing a market size of £30bn.
The development immediately north of the existing centre includes up to:
- 61,840 sq m of retail space in the form of an extension to Westfield London and John Lewis’ first west London four-level department store
- 8,170 sq m of space for restaurants and cafes (Westfield London already has more than 60 restaurants)
- 2,065 sq m of office space
- 3,500 sq m of leisure facilities
- 1,600 sq m of community space
- Up to 1,522 new homes across the site
Duncan Bower, Director of Development at Westfield, said:
“The approval of our Westfield London expansion is an important part of our £3.5bn+ development pipeline in the UK and Europe. This investment in Westfield London after just five years since opening is a testament to the strength of this centre and its market which attracts the best UK and international retailers and generates current annual sales of close to £1bn from nearly 28m customer visits.”
The target programme includes enabling works which are due to start this year and main construction in 2015 with an expected opening of Christmas 2017. Residential will be delivered in number of phases post retailer opening.
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