Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has secured planning consent for a 20-storey life-sciences-led development in Southwark almost two years after councillors went against officers’ advice and rejected an earlier incarnation of the scheme.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan subsequently called in the application and last week signed off on KPF’s Vinegar Yard proposals for the SC1 Life Science and Innovation District, subject to the completion of a Section 106 planning obligation agreement.

SC1 is a collaboration between King’s Health Partners, Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation. It aims to create a “global quarter of high-impact healthcare innovation”.

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