One Knightsbridge Green receives planning 06.03.25

On Tuesday 04 March Westminster Council granted planning for the redevelopment of One Knightsbridge Green, the site of an underutilised 1950’s modernist office building located on a highly prominent site in The City of Westminster, London.

Developed for Berkeley Estate Asset Management the scheme retains over 50% of the existing post war office structure and offers two types of office spaces, each with its own unique character. The scheme also seeks to re-use over 80% of the existing materials on site in the new development as part of our Circular Economy approach and Westminster’s emerging Sustainability policies.

The Raphael Street office, retrofitted into the existing structure with a new facade, will provide smaller scale, shallow-plan office space suitable for smaller businesses and start -ups. The façade of this building takes inspiration from the mid-century modernist architecture of the existing structure.

A new building facing Knightsbridge Green, built over an existing basement, will offer larger floorplates and flexible open-plan workspace. This building responds more directly to the conservation context of Brompton Road and its neighbour Harrods. The proposals also aim to repair the townscape with the new building creating a continuous street frontage along Brompton Road and a new frontage addressing Knightsbridge Green designed with a hierarchical projecting bay structure, clad in glazed terracotta.

Both buildings will attract a wide variety of occupants, helping to diversify the office market in Knightsbridge and contribute to the wider business and international shopping district.

New retail at ground level will promote a better street front to Brompton Rd whilst a retained public house, restaurant and post office function will enhance and activate Raphael Street. New public realm including a new pocket park sitting between the two offices on Raphael Street will provide a neighbourhood atmosphere for the local community and visitors alike.