Key meeting abandoned after opponents of west London proposals stage committee room protest
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has been forced to delay determining 础贬惭惭鈥檚 proposals to revamp Shepherd鈥檚 Bush Market with a scheme that also includes new offices and homes.
Members of the authority鈥檚 Planning and Development Control Committee were more than an hour into a meeting at which the proposals, drawn up for developer Yoo Capital, had been recommended for approval when demonstrators struck.
Committee chair Omid Miri called for security officers and adjourned the meeting after protesters began chanting 鈥淏ush Market is not for sale鈥� on Tuesday night. The session was not reconvened.
A council spokesperson said the proposals would be rescheduled for determination at a future date.
鈥淲e鈥檙e disappointed that the democratic process of last night鈥檚 Planning and Development Control Committee meeting was disrupted,鈥� they said.
鈥淗ammersmith and Fulham Council has received more than 251 consultation responses about the re-development of Shepherd鈥檚 Bush Market from all corners of the community since the application was submitted on 11 May 2023.
鈥淲e have listened and analysed all the consultation responses, and we have sought independent advice from numerous experts to evaluate the proposed scheme. Members of the public were also invited to speak at the meeting.鈥�
础贬惭惭鈥檚 would deliver new and replacement stalls and shops for Shepherd鈥檚 Bush Market, fa莽ade improvements to the railway arches that form its western boundary, a replacement canopy and new entrance signs at Goldhawk Road and Uxbridge Road.
The plans also include a stepped nine-storey commercial building with 32,380sq m of space, dubbed Goldhawk Studios. Proposed uses include office accommodation, a life-science incubator that would be operated by Imperial College London, a caf茅, meeting rooms and space for market traders.
Additionally, a six-storey residential block on the 1.8ha site would offer 40 鈥渁ffordable鈥� homes, split between rent and shared-ownership.
Yoo Capital became the majority owners of Shepherd鈥檚 Bush Market and the neighbouring Old Laundry Yard site, where the new homes and offices would be built, in September 2020.
It bought a 75.5% stake in the market from U&I after earlier redevelopment proposals drawn up by Robin Partington Associates foundered following a lengthy legal battle on the part of traders.
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