Gort Scott wins consent for extension on listed Tube station

By 2018-09-11T06:00:00

Consented Covent Garden Tube scheme by Gort Scott

Covent Garden work approved in conservation area

Gort Scott has won planning consent to build an extension on top of Covent Garden Tube station.

The project involves adding a single storey of office space to the building as well as refurbishment of the 1906 station and its later upper storeys.

The two-storey station, which is grade II listed and in a conservation area, was designed as a plinth to enable future over-development. Offices were duly added in the 1960s and refurbished in the 1980s.

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