The application, submitted jointly with Frogmore and Galliard Homes, sets out plans for a residential-led mixed use development on a 1.9 hectare site in Islington, London.

Arranged around a new central public piazza, the development will provide:
• 720 homes, 30% of which will be affordable housing. All residential units will be Lifetime Homes Compliant and 10% are designed to Wheelchair Homes standards.
• New office, retail and restaurant floorspace, a new hotel and student accommodation.
• Significant community benefits, including new landscaping and public realm improvements, affordable workspace, local construction placements, contributions to new community facilities, open space and playspace and accessible transport measures.
• More than 800 jobs, an increase of 600 over the 215 currently employed at the site.

City Forum has also been designed to deliver sustainability benefits. It will feature green and brown roofs, roof gardens and landscaping, while greywater and rainwater will be used for landscape irrigation. It is also intended to be a largely car-free development, except for a small number of mainly disabled parking spaces. Instead, there will be 965 secure and sheltered on-site bike spaces and 70 secured public cycle parking places in the central piazza.

The brownfield site currently comprises 1980s offices and related parking spaces.

Colette O’Shea, head of development for Land Securities’ London Portfolio, says: “City Forum further demonstrates Land Securities’ active approach to development in London, where we look to create developments which drive London forward. We are delighted to have the go-ahead from Islington Council for this scheme. A force for positive change, we believe this scheme will regenerate City Basin and make this part of the borough a place where people will want to be.”