King Street regeneration

Plans to breathe new life into the west end of King Street and create a new public square and 290 new homes have been approved.

Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council’s planning applications committee gave the green light for the plans, from King Street Developments Ltd (KSD), at a lively meeting at Latymer School on Wednesday, November 30.

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What does it look like?

Official image of the new civic square

Benefits of the scheme

Significant investment in high quality architecture and a modern, environmentally efficient scheme.
New jobs and growth in King Street
A range of new homes, helping meet the demand for high quality housing in this area of Hammersmith.
A new community supermarket and a range of new restaurants and other retailers, alongside a Hammersmith & Fulham Council ‘One Stop Shop’, all of which will draw more people down King Street, breathing new life back into this part of Hammersmith.
A high quality public square will be a vibrant and dynamic focal point for the community, enabling the historic northern façade of Hammersmith Town Hall to be viewed from King Street once more.
A striking new public footbridge, across the Great West Road, reconnecting Hammersmith to the river and Furnival Gardens – giving safe, step-free, open air access from the town centre to the waterfront.
The demolition of the Town Hall extension which has been voted the ugliest building in the borough - the new public square will open up views of the Grade II listed town hall.

Regenerating the town hall area will also save Hammersmith & Fulham residents money:

The Town Hall extension has come to the end of its life and needs to be either demolished or extensively refurbished. It would cost taxpayers millions to refurbish the building and even if this could be funded (which is highly unlikely in the current economic climate) the finished building would still look like it does today.
The council has reduced its workforce by around 1,000 staff in the last four years – meaning we need less space. By consolidating our officers in a Hammersmith campus – instead of in costly leased buildings dotted around the borough – the council expects to save even more taxpayers' cash.