City of London planners have given their backing to amended proposals for the Museum of London’s new home at West Smithfield.

Project architects Stanton Williams and Asif Khan originally received approval for the scheme to relocate the museum from its current Barbican base in June 2020. At that time the project came with a £337m price tag.

On Tuesday, the City’s planning applications sub-committee approved a package of minor alterations to the consented scheme, which will make Smithfield’s General Market and Poultry Market the museum’s new home.

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