KPF\u2019s proposal for Linea Properties \u2013 a joint venture between the Estate Office Shoreditch and HDG \u2013 includes a varied range of workplace typologies, including 65,000m\u00b2 of offices and workspaces and 4,080m\u00b2 of retail space in new and refurbished buildings.<\/p>\n
The plans, which have been slightly scaled down since an original planning submission in late 2024<\/a>,\u00a0also feature 78 new homes, of which 35 per cent are earmarked as affordable, as well as new public realm, community spaces and 770m\u00b2 for a community space.<\/p>\n The tallest building is 18 storeys \u2013 reduced from 19 \u2013 and the scheme also contains nearly 40 low-rise buildings of up to six storeys.<\/p>\n In his decision, Pipe said although the tallest building was located outside the area of Hackney allocated for tall buildings, he found the proposals acceptable given their accordance with other conditions of the London Plan.<\/p>\n Describing the designs as \u2018high quality\u2019, Pipe continued: \u2018The development will also deliver new homes and an uplift in quality from the residential already on site \u2026 this would create a genuinely mixed-use development in accordance with the site allocation.\u2019<\/p>\n City Hall called in the scheme in March following a surprise decision by Hackney Council\u2019s planning committee, which voted to provisionally back the application<\/a> despite planning officers recommending its approval.<\/p>\n That unprecedented outcome meant an official decision on the scheme was deferred and was set to return to committee at a later date for a formal approval. However, the mayor\u2019s call-in meant City Hall became the decision maker.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite the one-storey reduction and other amendments, Hackney planning officers called the application \u2018an incompatible and obtrusive development\u2019 which would harm the surrounding conservation area because of its \u2018excessive scale and volume\u2019. The officers also criticised the scheme\u2019s viability and the sunlight access for half the proposed homes.<\/p>\n In response, supporters of the development and self-proclaimed \u2018yimbys\u2019 including consultancy and built environment research institute Create Streets, used social media<\/a> to criticise the planning officers\u2019 recommendation.<\/p>\n Commenting on this week\u2019s decision, Create Streets wrote on X<\/a>: \u2018The Mayor of London has greenlit Shoreditch Works, delivering an important symbolic win for urban regeneration, jobs, beauty and new homes.<\/p>\n KPF\u2019s submitted Shoreditch Works scheme (October 2025)<\/p>\n Source: WAX\/KPF<\/p>\n \u2018Huge credit to Linea Properties Ltd for pushing this forward, and we dare to hope that we at Create Streets helped with our groundbreaking visual preference survey. This proved that the public overwhelmingly backs beautiful, dense design. Our research with DeltapollUK showed an undeniable 76-to-78 per cent public approval rating \u2013 demonstrating that the public support architecture that is public-friendly.\u2019<\/p>\n A Linea Properties spokesperson said: \u2018We are delighted that the application has been approved and look forward to working with our local partners to deliver good growth for Shoreditch and London.\u2019<\/p>\n The existing site includes offices, homes, retail, including bars and caf\u00e9s, and educational facilities (the Broadgate Nursery). Its building typologies are \u2018varied in nature\u2019 due to being heavily bombed during the Second World War, but include Victorian warehouses, terraces and post-war buildings.<\/p>\n Under the proposals, around half of the plot\u2019s 40 existing low-rise buildings would be demolished. However, all heritage buildings in the South Shoreditch Conservation Area site would be \u2018retained and refurbished or extended and repurposed\u2019. These include the Grade II*-listed 91-101 Worship Street, and the Grade II-listed 103 and 105 Worship Street. Heritage specialist Richard Griffiths Architects<\/a> is also working on the scheme.<\/p>\n Linea has proposed delivering the scheme in phases.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/03_Shoreditch_Works_CREDIT_Kiasm_courtesy_KPF-scaled.webp\")
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