CO—RE

(London) – Aviva Investors has received unanimous planning approval from the City of London Corporation’s Planning Applications Sub-Committee for the redevelopment of 130 Fenchurch Street, which CO-RE has been appointed to develop.

Designed by WilkinsonEyre, the new building will be a landmark 34-storey commercial tower in the heart of the Square Mile, replacing a currently vacant and dated scheme.

The approved design includes nearly 58,000 sq m of commercial office accommodation and a public exhibition space in the mid-level of the building. New surrounding public spaces will also be created as part of the scheme, including nearly 4,000 sq ft of retail and hospitality facilities and improved pedestrian access between Cullum Street and Fen Court.

The building’s striking architectural form will feature a staggered silhouette and be characterised by a distinctive “crown”, designed to connect the building with its surroundings and visually link it with the neighbouring roof garden at 120 Fenchurch.

Designed to incorporate measures that optimise energy efficiency, thereby lowering ongoing energy usage and costs, as well as reducing embodied carbon, the new building will target leading industry BREEAM, NABERS, and WELL certifications.

The scheme also includes ‘Seed130’, a meanwhile-use cultural space that is hosting collaborative projects during the building’s vacancy, and which has already welcomed over 3,700 visitors since opening its doors earlier this year.

Ben Littman, Head of Development, Real Estate, at Aviva Investors, said:

“We are incredibly pleased to receive approval for our plans at 130 Fenchurch Street, which will be a landmark scheme for the City of London and its evolving skyline, aligning with the City of London’s ‘City Plan 2040’. Together with One Liverpool Street, 101 Moorgate and New Broad Street House, 130 Fenchurch Street and is another example of how Aviva Investors is helping the City get ready for the future by delivering a scheme incorporating the latest technologies and targeting best-in-class standards of energy efficiency, whilst creating a flagship location capable of attracting world-leading businesses to the Square Mile.”

Chairman of the City of London Corporation Planning and Transportation Committee, Tom Sleigh, said:

“130 Fenchurch captures our ambition to unlock growth: a striking new workplace in the heart of the City, with routes and views that open up the City for everyone. This is about more than one building – it’s part of a pattern of proactive planning decisions that are helping to shape a future-ready Square Mile: greener, denser, more dynamic, and firmly aligned with the UK’s growth mission.”

Planning can be a growth engine, and 130 Fenchurch proves it. We’re delivering jobs, public space, and best-in-class offices at the scale the UK economy needs.”

Stephen Black, Director at CO—RE, added:

“We’re delighted that planning permission has been granted for 130 Fenchurch Street, a major milestone and significant step towards delivering new high quality commercial space in the City of London.”

This scheme will positively contribute to existing and planned development across the Fenchurch Street area, further enriching the public realm and delivering new cultural spaces, whilst connecting the site to the Fenchurch Street area. We’re pleased to be bringing forward a scheme of this quality within the City that will offer world-class spaces and support the City of London Corporation’s target of creating an additional 1.2 million sqm of new workspace for current and future occupiers of the Square Mile.”

Dominic Bettison, Board Director at WilkinsonEyre, added:

"130 Fenchurch Street has been thoughtfully designed to successfully align with the existing and evolving Eastern cluster, enrich the public realm, open up new green pedestrian routes, and create visual and physical linkages to the surrounding area. Partnering with CO—RE and Aviva Investors, we are proud to be bringing forward a sustainable scheme that offers world-class space to meet the needs of the Square Mile whilst putting the wellbeing of tenants first."