Lamb's Passage

Islington Council is keen to improve the large open land at the junction of Lamb’s Passage and Sutton's Way. This site in the south of the borough has long been neglected and suffers from a lack of proper street frontages. Given its extremely central location, it would be desirable to turn the site from a back yard to a proper urban square that serves the community.

Development Brief

A development brief has been prepared that aims to steer future development, to provide planning and design advice and to assist in the determination of future planning applications. This is a framework and should not be mistaken for a specific design proposal. Images of future development within the brief should only give you an indication of the scale and character of the development. Broadly speaking, the brief is aiming for:

• a new two-storey block with about nine live/ work units on the west side, abutting the faceless ground and first floor of the Whitbread Centre

• a new four-storey block with about nine flats above retail on the north side, replacing the faceless Works Building

• a preferably car-free open space (option 1: car-free, except disabled parking provision; option 2: continuing provision of residents’ car parking on the south side of the open land)

Consultation

The council carried out consultation on the Lamb’s Passage Development Brief from 12 July 2006 until 1 August 2006. The brief is available to download below, by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.

The consultation included residents in the wider area, (i.e. the area defined by Bunhill Row, Chiswell Street, Whitecross Street, and Dufferin Street), as well as borough-wide and amenity groups. Responses to the consultation informed the revised brief, which was adopted 16 November 2006

If you require any further information not contained in the brief below, please contact Michael Asselmeyer on 020 7527 2380