Victoria Area Schemes and Proposals

Over the next 5 - 10 years there are a number of emerging proposals for major developments in the Victoria area.

• The Victoria Area Factsheet March 2012 provides an overview of building works in Victoria Street and at Victoria Station.
• Land Securities' Development Newsletter Spring 2012 includes detailed updates on Land Securities' developments.

Victoria Overland Railway Station

Network Rail, who own the main line station, are currently continuing a masterplan process for the Victoria Station complex.  Two of their key objectives for development at the station are to relieve congestion, and to improve the connectivity of the station and its facilities with the surrounding areas.  They have recently completed improvements to the front of the station, and a new pedestrian access point into the Station is to be provided from Wilton Road through the archway previously occupied by Boots.

Victoria Underground Station Upgrade (VSU)

In August 2009, the Secretary of State for Transport granted Transport for London (TfL) planning permission for the redevelopment of Victoria Underground station.  The principle objective of this scheme, known as the Victoria Station Upgrade (VSU) is to increase capacity of the underground station, and improve passenger flows between it, the National Rail station, and street level.

There will be a new northern ticket hall provided at the junction of Bressenden Place and Victoria Street, and the existing southern ticket hall will be enlarged with new escalators and lifts.

The 'Approval of Details' Application provides some additional information relating to the construction works/dates associated with this scheme.  You can find this by searching for application number 11/00994/ADFULL on http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/.  The original planning application is available on TfL's website: Victoria Underground Station application.  A lot of the road works going on in Victoria Street have been in relation to the VSU works.

Victoria Circle (formerly known as the 'VTI2' Scheme)

In  February 2009, the Council granted conditional approval to the Land Securities development scheme known as 'VTI2'.  Now knows as Victoria Circle, this provides for the comprehensive redevelopment and regeneration of a 2.5 hectare site bounded by Victoria Street, Buckingham Palace Road, Bressenden Place and Allington Street, and will incorporate a new station entrance, as part of the VSU scheme.  This scheme will be constructed in 3 phases to allow for completion of the VSU works.  Work on the scheme is likely to commence in Autumn 2012.

Planning Applications for the 3 phases of Victoria Circle Development:

To find out more about the Victoria Circle scheme, please use our planning applications search function: http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/ and search for the following applications:

• 08/08205/FULL
• 08/08206/FULL
• 08/08207/FULL

Other proposals in the Victoria area that already have planning permission:

• Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street: 11/03853/FULL, 11/03854/FULL, 11/04184/FULL
• 1-7 Howick Place: 08/05789/FULL
• Abford House and 333 Vauxhall Bridge Road: 04/08391/FULL
• Ashdown House, 123 VIctoria Street: 10/07982/FULL
• Davis House: 04/10033/FULL
• Emanuel House: 05/00566/COFUL
• Wilton Plaza:  05/06537/FULL

• In March 2009, City Council also approved the redevelopment of Selborne House (08/08381/FULL), and Wellington House (08/09077/FULL), both of which are now under construction.

Further details and plans for the Victoria Area are included in the Victoria Area Planning Brief, in the Victoria Area Factsheet March 2012 - which includes a map of key development sites, and in Land Securities' Development Newsletter Spring 2012.

You can find further details about individual applications by using our search function here: http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/