City of London planners have given the green light to Allies & Morrison’s 13-storey office scheme in the shadow of the Square Mile’s Guildhall.

Work will involve demolishing the existing postmodern building at 55 Basinghall Street, also known as City Place House, which was designed by Swanke Hayden Connell - now Aukett Swanke - and built in 1992.

The scheme, for Great Portland Estates, will also see the partial demolishing of 40 Basinghall Street, with some work also required at the grade II-listed 65 Basinghall Street.

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