Shock as Eric Parry’s Dolphin Square plans are rejected

By Jim Dunton2019-06-05T12:03:00

Dolphin Square - Eric Parry Architects - proposed view from Chichester St entrance

Westminster councillors fly in face of planning officers’ advice to approve redevelopment of 1930s landmark

Eric Parry Architects’ proposals to add 230 new homes to Pimlico’s Dolphin Square development have been unanimously rejected by Westminster city council’s planning committee – flying in the face of advice from the authority’s planning officers.

The practice’s plans for the 1930s quadrangle development – long a favourite of MPs, peers, and society figures – would have seen the demolition of its northernmost block, Rodney House, for replacement with a new 10-storey building.

Proposals for the landmark also involved the addition of an extra storey to the remaining blocks, the creation of 16 new townhouses, and the reconfiguration of existing apartments to boost the number of overall units from 1,225 to 1,455 homes.

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