Wilkinson Eyre is poised to win planning permission for a 10-storey office development at Holborn Circus in the City of London, which will double the floorspace of the existing building on the site.

The practice’s plans for TIH Ltd will require the demolition of 1930s Thavies Inn House, designed by Lewis Solomon, Son & Joseph – along with a 1950s extension to the original Neo-Georgian building.

The new structure will deliver 12,102 sq m of new space, primarily for office use, on the site near the grade I-listed Church of St Andrew Holborn. The current buildings have 6,025 sq m of floorspace. A “pocket park” will also be created on the site as part of the proposals.

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