Eight Storey Building on Walkabout Site Gets Go Ahead
To provide serviced apartments and restaurant behind art deco style facade
Plans for an Art Deco style eight storey building at 56 Shepherd's Bush Green have been approved by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
The site, which is owned by Dorsett Hospitality International, sits between two Grade II listed buildings, their Dorsett Hotel, formerly the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion and Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Locally it is nicknamed the Walkabout site as it was previously the home of the iconic Walkabout pub.
A previous application for a 16 storey high tower on the site, which was formerly the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion, was refused by Hammersmith and Fulham Council after opposition from residents and organisations including the Hammersmith Society.
Now however, the revised proposals, designed by Flanagan Lawrence Architects who were also responsible for the award-winning restoration of the Dorsett Hotel itself, have been given the green light.
The architects say: "We have received planning approval for our residentially led development in Shepherd’s Bush. Adjacent to our multi award-winning Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion for Dorsett Hotels, the project features an eight storey building with 74 serviced apartments, along with a restaurant and entertainment uses behind a retained 1923 façade."
At public consultations held last year, the entertainment plans included a cinema in the basement, but it has not yet been confirmed if this is still part of the scheme.
The proposed cinema in the basement
The ground floor will include a restaurant which will be linked to the Dorsett Shepherds Bush Hotel through a glazed courtyard entrance.
Construction will commence in 2018, with completion expected in 2019.
April 3, 2017
