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Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Cancer Centre (Frontage Building)

Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, Frontage Building Great Ormond Street London WC1N 3JH

About this development

Redevelopment of the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Frontage Building comprising demolition of the existing building, and erection of a replacement hospital building (Class C2) with a basement, landscaped amenity spaces at roof top and balcony and ground floor levels, plant equipment, cycle storage, refuse storage and other ancillary and associated works pursuant to the development.

Application type

Full Planning Permission

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Full planning application

An application to alter, change the use of or construct a building. A full planning application provides all the details of the proposed development in one go.

Outline planning application

An application seeking approval for the principle of the development — including size, layout, uses and key features. The rest of the details are provided later with a reserved matters applications.

Reserved matters application

Provides the additional details that aren't provided in an outline planning application. This could include layout, materials and landscape details.

Application for removal/variation of conditions

Planning applications are often approved with 'conditions', which have to be delivered before, during or after construction. Applicants have to apply to change these conditions.

How the site will be used

  • Hospital

Height

Maximum 8 storeys

Estimated construction time

3 years

Application reference

2022/2255/P


How could this affect you?

Any new development in your local area will have an effect on your community.

We've outlined some of the ways we think this development would impact your community, so that you can give us feedback on what's important for us to consider when we're deciding what to give planning permission for.

Carbon emissions

11%
less than minimum requirements
How did we calculate this?

Building regulations set the amount of carbon emissions a development can generate once it is in use. This shows how far below the legal requirements the proposal is.


Where are we in the process?