{"id":743015,"date":"2026-02-05T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/743015\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:10:10","slug":"liverpool-street-redevelopment-tipped-to-get-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/743015\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Street redevelopment tipped to get green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tThursday 05 February 2026 1:42 am<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tWednesday 04 February 2026 6:33 pm\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tShare<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Facebook\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tX\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Twitter\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on LinkedIn\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on WhatsApp\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Email\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img width=\"742\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EXT18_Station_Balcony_update-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"media \" alt=\"Station balcony renovation progress showcasing updated architecture and design elements in the latest construction phase.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\"  \/>\t\tLiverpool Street&#8217;s redevelopment plans have faced opposition\t<\/p>\n<p>The controversial redevelopment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/1-5bn-liverpool-street-station-upgrade-sparks-conservationists-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Liverpool Street station<\/a> has been tipped for approval despite receiving thousands of objections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Planning officers at the City of London Corporation recognised that the plans would cause harm to a number of heritage assets, including the station itself, but said the issues were \u201cclearly and convincingly justified\u201d given the wider benefits of the scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposal would significantly upgrade Liverpool Street Station and deliver density in a suitable and sustainable location,\u201d planning officers wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk\/documents\/s228938\/04%20LSS%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a lengthy report<\/a> detailing the scheme\u2019s merits and drawbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would advance the strategic and business objectives of the City, uniquely so in view of the transformational transport benefits flowing from the proposal,\u201d they concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The City of London\u2019s planning committee will meet next Tuesday to vote on the plans. The proposals have received over 2,300 objections, as well as over 1,100 letters in support, making it an unusually contested development.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool Street is the country\u2019s busiest station, recording nearly 100m entries and exits last year, with passenger numbers forecast to rise to 158m by 2041. The planning officers described it as a \u201csingularly intensive, complex and sensitive\u201d scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Network Rail\u2019s \u00a31.2bn redevelopment will significantly increase the size of the station concourse, introduce step-free access across all rail and underground platforms, and increase the number of elevators from four to ten.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To help fund the redevelopment, a 19-storey office block will also be constructed over the station\u2019s concourse, the most controversial element of the scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Loss of significant historic fabric\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Developers hope this will contribute \u00a3500m towards the costs, but the proposals have attracted a lot of criticism from heritage groups given the impact on the surrounding area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/nottingham-forest-takes-major-step-in-redevelopment-of-city-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nottingham Forest takes major step in redevelopment of City Ground<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe location, height and massing of the proposed development would cause considerable harm to heritage assets of the highest importance,\u201d the Georgian Group said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage objected to the scheme on \u201cthe strongest terms on heritage grounds,\u201d arguing that the applicants had not considered proper alternatives to development over the station concourse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe acknowledge a need to improve the accessibility and operational functionality of the station. However\u2026we have not seen evidence that alternative options to over-station development were considered, such as providing a baseline minimum harm scheme or considering alternative sites for development to fund the station improvement works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St Paul\u2019s Cathedral also objected on the grounds that it would \u201charm the ability to appreciate the Cathedral as a Strategically Important Landmark\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The planning officers admitted that the plans would \u201centail the loss of significant historic fabric, causing harm to the station\u2019s significance,\u201d but still said this was outweighed by the wider positive impacts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe range of impacts would result in numerous policy conflicts, but officers consider that there is overall compliance with the Development Plan when read as a whole,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, construction would start in 2028 and last until 2036.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Platforms one and two \u2013 largely used by the London Overground \u2013 would be closed for up to two years during the works, but Network Rail said they would be able to mitigate the disruption, potentially through \u2018service thinning\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scheme has been carefully designed and phased to ensure that the station remains open and operational during the works,\u201d a spokesperson for Network Rail said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/premier-leagues-smallest-stadium-gets-approval-to-begin-90m-rebuild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Premier League\u2019s smallest stadium gets approval to begin \u00a390m rebuild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tSimilarly tagged content: <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSections\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCategories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPeople &amp; Organisations\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday 05 February 2026 1:42 am \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0 Wednesday 04 February 2026 6:33 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,51,393,4884,179,72544,159271,167381,41940,1836,12,15399,1264,17653,16,15],"class_list":["post-743015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-britain","tag-business","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-street","tag-liverpool-street-station","tag-london-liverpool-street","tag-national-rail","tag-network-rail","tag-news","tag-redevelopment","tag-tfl","tag-transport-infrastructure","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743015","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=743015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}