The horseshoe shaped site, comprising a post-war office block fronting Piccadilly, the Holiday Inn on Berkeley Street, offices on Dover Street and a single storey 1980s block arranged around Dover Yard, was originally acquired in 2011 by our Client. The first proposal approved in 2016, was for a mixed-use hotel and residential scheme that saw the existing buildings being demolished and replaced with a ten storey building. The Client subsequently decided to progress with an alternative refurbishment scheme for office and hotel space with ground floor retail.
Project Objective
For the revised proposal the Client wanted to deliver a sustainable office and hotel mixed use development in Central London suited to a post Covid world. The scheme would deliver 184 bed hotel, 60,000 sq. ft of office space and 20,000 sq. ft of prime retail space at the gateway to Mayfair.
Role Of DP9
DP9 acted as planning consultant on both schemes, leading the projects on all town planning matters, devising strategy and directing negotiations with the local authority, the Mayor of London and all other stakeholder and community bodies.
Key Challenge
In the second proposal the challenge was to help produce a scheme that balanced viability and the heights of the extensions with the introduction of new public space and improved thoroughfare in Dover Yard. Of key importance was to maintain the setting, heritage and context of this distinctive and historic area of London.
David Morris
Director
David joined DP9 shortly after its inception. He is a Chartered Town Planner with more than 20 years’ experience. David specialises in complex development projects in London and the South East across the commercial and residential sector. He contributes to the teaching programme at the University of Westminster’s Urban and Regional Planning MA and also works alongside a number of charities offering town planning advice. David's PA is Rebecca Ward.
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Alasdair Buckle
Director
Joining DP9 in 2019, Alasdair is a Chartered Town Planner with more than 6 years’ experience advising Clients on a diverse mix of schemes ranging from commercial developments, through to multi-phase major regeneration projects and smaller specialist schemes. He has experience in several London Boroughs including Inner London as well as across the South East and other major cities in England.
