{"id":1090112,"date":"2026-07-15T05:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1090112\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:33:27","slug":"ahmm-gets-approval-for-hammersmith-hotel-and-office-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1090112\/","title":{"rendered":"AHMM gets approval for Hammersmith hotel and office scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

The scheme was given the green light by a unanimous vote at Hammersmith and Fulham Council\u2019s planning committee on 7 July. It will create the 371-room Maldron Hotel and include space for life science research within a 13,800m2 office block.<\/p>\n

The scheme at 76-80 Hammersmith Road will transform two office buildings arranged in a U-shape and connected by a shared basement, which were built in the 1980s and now sit mostly vacant.<\/p>\n

A similar but smaller-scale office refurbishment and extension was proposed for the site in 2019, drawn up by tp bennett and given a resolution to grant permission by the council. However, this scheme stalled over S106 negotiations and was not built.<\/p>\n

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TP Bennett\u2019s previously consented 2019 proposal (left) and AHMM\u2019s recently consented proposal (right)<\/p>\n

The AHMM design will demolish much of the existing site, but retain the western structural frame and the basement.<\/p>\n

The hotel will provide a restaurant, caf\u00e9 and bar on its ground floor in Hammersmith Road. The office space has a separate entrance and will offer affordable workspaces on the lower floors.<\/p>\n

The retained basement will be used for a business centre, a gym for hotel guests, staff support spaces, plant rooms, cycle storage and end-of-trip facilities.<\/p>\n

The site was bought<\/a> from Danish pension fund and investment company Britannia Invest A\/S by MPR in June 2023. The new owner selected AHMM to bring forward the current, comprehensive redevelopment plans.<\/p>\n

Susie Le Good, executive director at AHMM, said: \u2018Developed in collaboration with the wider project team, the design seeks to retain as much of the building as possible, integrating the basement and west-wing of the existing structure into the new hotel and office offering.<\/p>\n

\u2018Neighbouring the \u00a31.3 billion Olympia culture and entertainment venue, the building will enhance and activate this part of Hammersmith Road.\u2019<\/p>\n

Landscaping to for the courtyard in the centre of the scheme has been created by East<\/a> to retain some existing trees and form a \u2018lushly planted\u2019 area to offer users a green space in which to sit.<\/p>\n

The appearance of the building, featuring red\/orange brickwork across contrasting panels, has been designed to \u2018tie the proposals in with the adjoining buildings and overall street character\u2019, according to AHMM.<\/p>\n

A total of 52 letters of objection were submitted by residents, mainly questioning the need for a new hotel in an area already containing several, including the nearby Olympia redevelopment.<\/p>\n

Others called the scale of the proposals an \u2018overdevelopment\u2019 which is out keeping with its surroundings and nearby conservation areas, and may affect the sunlight available to neighbouring residents.<\/p>\n

But the planning officer concluded that significant public benefits of the scheme outweighed the impact to sunlight access and that the design of the new building was \u2018high-quality\u2019 and provided a \u2018satisfactory design response to the site and surrounding townscape at its edges\u2019.<\/p>\n

Angus Monteith, development director at MRP, said he was hoping to show how \u2018existing buildings can be adapted for the future through careful commercial management, sustainable thinking and high-quality design\u2019.<\/p>\n

Main contractor McAleer and Rushe is set to begin construction in early 2027, with completion expected in 2029.<\/p>\n

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Project data<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong> Hammersmith Road, London, UK
Local authority<\/strong> Hammersmith and Fulham Council
Type of project<\/strong> Part retention and extension of existing building
Client<\/strong> MRP
Architect<\/strong> Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Landscape architect<\/strong> East
Planning consultant<\/strong> Gerald Eve
Structural engineer<\/strong> Elliott Wood
M&E consultant<\/strong> Caldwell
Principal designer<\/strong> Hasco Europe
Main contractor<\/strong> McAleer and Rushe
Start on site date<\/strong> Early 2027
Completion<\/strong>\u00a0Expected 2029
Gross internal floor area m\u00b2<\/strong> 28,233m\u00b2
Form of contract and\/or procurement<\/strong>
Planning application reference<\/strong> 2024\/02007\/FUL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The scheme was given the green light by a unanimous vote at Hammersmith and Fulham Council\u2019s planning committee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1090113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3939],"tags":[235833,4021,4020,4022,77,36583,24847,12308,50171,16,15],"class_list":["post-1090112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-ahmm","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-hammersmith","tag-hotel","tag-life-sciences","tag-office","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116922366206484100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1090113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}