Plans to relocate the Museum of London to a new home and replace the Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya-designed building with a new concert hall have received a boost after the current buildings were granted immunity from listing.

The Certificate of Immunity from Listing (CoI) was confirmed shortly after a round of pre-application consultation on Stanton Williams, Asif Khan and Julian Harrap’s £332m plans to convert derelict market buildings at West Smithfield into a new base for the attraction.

Informed by advice from government heritage advisor Historic England, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s CoI decision grants a renewed five-year window in which Powell and Moya’s building can be demolished without fear of spot listing.

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