AHMM’s proposals to revamp Shepherd’s Bush Market with a scheme that includes new commercial and a residential blocks have won the backing of Hammersmith & Fulham Council.

A meeting of the authority’s Planning and Development Control Committee voted to approve the plans, drawn up for developer Yoo Capital, by three votes to two at a meeting last night. The decision, which is subject to approval from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, comes two weeks after a meeting expected to determine the proposals had be halted because of protesters opposed to the redevelopment.

AHMM’s designs for the 1.8ha site in west London would deliver a stepped nine-storey commercial building with 32,380sq m of space. Proposed uses for the building – dubbed Goldhawk Studios – include office accommodation, a life-science incubator that would be operated by Imperial College London, a café, meeting rooms and space for market traders.

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