Ryder Architecture, Roots and Erect, and Gillespies are also working on the mixed-use housing, office and healthcare scheme, which replaces earlier, abandoned proposals by Peter Barber Architects and Architecture 00.

The scheme will provide 180 new homes – 70 more than under the previous proposal.

The north London project will sit next to the nearly complete £300 million Oriel eye hospital, designed by Penoyre & Prasad and White Arkitekter just north of St Pancras station.

It will be delivered in partnership with North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), and officially goes out to public consultation tomorrow (13 June),

The team says more than half the site will be given over to public space to create a ‘well-connected and family-friendly neighbourhood’ with stronger links connecting King’s Cross and Somers Town.

The £500 million regeneration also includes a major new office block – part of a ‘broader commercial offer’ of more than 44,000m² of office space. It will also deliver cafés, shops and ‘modern healthcare facilities’ for Camden, including upgraded facilities within the refurbished south wing of the existing St Pancras Hospital.

The proposals include the retention and refurbishment of five existing buildings: south wing, gatehouse, west wing, east wing and the residence building.

The King’s Cross Group, which owns the neighbouring 27ha King’s Cross estate and was formerly known as the King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP), said the latest designs had evolved from a first phase of public consultation which had ‘helped inform the approach to routes, visibility, lighting, access and the design of public spaces across the site’.

The AJ understands Maccreanor Lavington and AHMM are working on the residential and office elements, respectively, with Bennetts Associates acting as the site’s masterplanner.

KCCLP originally chose Peter Barber Architects and Architecture 00 from nine local or emerging firms, following an AJ-organised contest and charrette in 2022.

Peter Barber Architects was subsequently picked to design an eight-storey, two-block housing on Plot C, while Architecture 00 was asked to draw up proposals for the 21-storey commercial building on Plot D.

The architects took their schemes through a series of public consultations in 2023, but neither was ultimately submitted for planning.

Speaking about the latest plans, King’s Cross Group chief executive Leo Shapland said: ‘Since the first consultation, we have continued to speak with local residents and stakeholders to better understand how the site should feel, function and connect with the surrounding area, and that feedback has helped shape the latest proposals.

‘As the long-term custodian of the King’s Cross estate, we understand the importance of creating places that are well-managed, inclusive and rooted in their local context. We look forward to continuing the conversation with residents, businesses and stakeholders as the plans develop.’

Related Argent continues as the development manager on the scheme. A future timescale has yet to be set out.

View of the proposed commercial building from Granary Street (plans as per the public consultation in June 2026)