Welcome to our Community Hub to display an overview of our proposals Park Tower Hotel.
We appreciate you visiting our consultation website and sharing your views on the proposals to deliver a significantly improved public realm that will be attractively landscaped and will offer new opportunities for retail, restaurants, and cafes. Additionally, the proposal will comprehensively refurbish the hotel, and create a better proportioned building.
The site comprises the Park Tower Hotel, located on the south side of Knightsbridge, bounded by William Street to the east, Lowndes Square to the south, and Seville Street to the west. Parts of the ground floor, fronting Knightsbridge, are in use as a casino and a restaurant. To the south of the site, fronting Lowndes Square, is the hotel’s main entrance.
The site is not listed nor is it located within a conservation area. It is adjacent the Hans Town Conservation Area (RBKC) to the west and Albert Gate Conservation Area (Westminster) to the north and east. It is also visible from nearby Belgravia (Westminster) and Knightsbridge (Westminster) conservation areas and within the settings of various listed buildings.
Knightsbridge/ Seville Street corner view Knightsbridge
View along Seville Street
View along William Street, including across ramp
The proposed development intends to significantly improve on the current building, in addition to providing enhanced benefits compared to the scheme for the Park Tower Hotel that was approved in January 2020 (RBKC reference PP/19/05840).
These benefits include:
Key
Existing Podium
Fragmented Podium
Proposed Podium
Unified Podium
Overall, the proposals will result in considerable public benefits, including:
01.
William Street view
02.
Knightsbridge view
03.
Lowndes Square view
Design Proposal: Albert Gate
Design Proposal: Knightsbridge
Podium Proposal: William Street
Design Proposal: Knightsbridge
The project aims to reuse the existing building and make sensitive improvements that will extend the building’s life and enable operational carbon reductions. As such, we have sought to undertake, and make use of, the following:
BREEAM
CLIMATE MITIGATION
WHOLE LIFE CARBON
GREENED PUBLIC REALM
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
DEEP RETROFIT
TRANSPORT LINKS
CYCLE STORAGE
Stanton Williams is a London based design studio that has gained international recognition for its thoughtful and innovative approach to sensitive sites and complex, ambitious projects.
The studios’ work demonstrates a commitment to place people at the forefront of the agenda and to create sustainable, resilient spaces that respond to their cultural, social and physical context.
Stanton Williams’ portfolio has expanded from an initial focus on the arts to encompass a wide range of projects at different scales; and the quality of our work has been recognised with over 150 major awards, including the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and the RIBA Award for International Excellence for the Musée d’arts de Nantes.
Royal Opera House, London, UK
60 Sloane Avenue, London, UK
Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
Lipton Rogers, Development Manager,
on behalf Drift Properties Ltd.
DP9
Planning Agent
Montagu Evans
Townscape Consultant
Arup
Sustainability Consultant
Millerhare
Graphic Design Consultant
Target Application Submission
Target Planning Permission
Construction Time