City of London planners have approved Sheppard Robson-designed proposals to replace a 1950s office building near Aldgate with a 15-storey hotel.

The practice’s proposals for RP Assets – owned by Austrian hoteliers Rudolf and Christian Ploberger – received the backing of members of the City’s planning and transportation committee at their meeting last week.

Sheppard Robson’s scheme brings together two distinct masses, with the higher block facing onto Jewry Street and a lower-rise section facing onto Carlisle Avenue.

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