O2 car park site - revised plans

No one will be surprised that Land Securities has chosen to revise its plans for the Phase 1 development of the car park site at the O2 centre. Hot on the heels of the government and Mayor of London's planning requirements' changes, Land Securities has chosen to reduce its affordable housing offer from 35% to 20%.. It has submitted a bunch of revised planning documents to Camden which are available at https://www.camden.gov.uk/search-for-planning-applications application number 2025/0484/P. The new documents are dated 2 February 2026 onwards and comments are due by 28 February While there are some oblique references to changes in massing and footprints it is almost impossible to tell what the changes are to its proposals. or its commitments to the local area.

Land Securities update is at: https://o2centremasterplan.commonplace.is/en-GB/news/our-response-to-new-government-policy-to-tackle-industry-wide-challenges-facing-delivery-of-new-homes and there is a drop in at the O2 centre Tuesday 24 February, 12-6:00pm. This will be followed by a Quarterly Community Meeting from 6:30-7:30pm which will be held in the O2 Centre’s ‘Number 7’ unit (the former Pizza Express).

Meanwhile a separate application for the former Homebase site has been submitted with the full knowledge of Land Securities proposing 10 padel courts, sauna and  club house for five years or until Land Securities is ready to bring their project forward. The planning application number is 2026/0201/P with a deadline of 20 February.