Derwent and Lazari’s Baker Street scheme tipped for approval

Derwent London and Lazari Investments are a step closer to getting the nod for a 240,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme on Baker Street. Planning officers at Westminster City Council have recommended that the major applications planning committee approves the plans for 50 Baker Street, W1, at a meeting next week. The AHMM-designed scheme will almost double the size of the existing buildings at 38-70 Baker Street, 64-66 Blandford Street and 43-45 Dorset Street. The site sits on the Portman Estate, which also has an interest in the scheme. Those buildings will be demolished and replaced with an eight-storey block comprising retail, office and community space, as well as 17 flats. The community space will be used for cultural and educational purposes and managed by the Baker Street Quarter Partnership, let at a peppercorn rent. Westminster’s approval would include the owners delivering an off-site carbon savings project at St Mary’s Bryanston Square Primary School, just to the south of Marylebone Road. View other planning applications in the London Borough of Westminster >> Images © Derwent London and Lazari Investments