The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has agreed a compulsory purchase order that paves the way for the redevelopment of Shepherd’s Bush Market, W12.
A council cabinet meeting this week agreed that the scheme, backed by Development Securities and Orion Land and Leisure, would help regenerate the area and said the council would now seek confirmation from the secretary of state to use a CPO.
The council will now enter a CPO indemnity agreement with the jv behind the £150m project.
Plans for the 4.7 acre site include 212 homes and 140,000 sq ft of commercial space, including 60,000 sq ft of shops and market stalls and 40,000 sq ft of restaurants.
Objections to the scheme have been led by a group of local shopkeepers on the Goldhawk Road who will be forced to leave their leasehold premises to make way for the development.
A judicial review led by the 13 local retailers claiming the council’s consultation process on its local development plan was flawed and that it failed to follow proper procedure was upheld by the high court in June.
However, the council said the decision would not force it to reconsider the scheme because consent had been granted against its core strategy, not the development plan.
A further legal challenge to the plans is ongoing. But H&F believes the challenge will not hinder progress of the CPO.
Negotiations over the majority of the parcels of land needed for the redevelopment are at various stages of advancement, with terms agreed on London Underground’s market, the Broadway London Day Centre, the Peabody-owned houses at Market Lane and the former laundry site on Pennard Road.
The developers have failed to reach agreement over the proposed refurbishment of the Lime Grove Hotel and the parade of shops at 30-52 Goldhawk Road.
All of the parcels will be included in the CPO.
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