Foster & Partners has won approval for a further reworking of its redevelopment of former Bayswater department store Whiteleys – which will increase the number of new homes at the scheme by 18%.

Westminster council agreed in principle to the latest reconfiguration of the scheme – originally granted consent in 2016 and subsequently amended twice already, subject to the approval of London mayor Sadiq Khan.

Fosters’ updated plans – drawn up for client Queens Road W2 – will take the number of homes set to be delivered to 153, up from the previously consented 129. The rejigged proposals also include 14 on-site affordable homes; earlier incarnations of the scheme had none.

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