Kanda was delighted to see proposals for the retrofit and extension of 1-5 Lower Marsh receive unanimous approval from Lambeth Council’s Planning Committee in December 2023.

Kanda carried out a thorough consultation process for this application, with the site’s existing use as a GP Practice meaning that engaging with local residents and the GPs at the health centre was of paramount importance. Following a number of meetings with the Health Centre, local stakeholder groups and residents at a public exhibition, proposals for the site were developed, with patients reassured when the GPs secured a temporary space for the health centre close by on Lower Marsh.

Following the building’s extension, 1-5 Lower Marsh will deliver 1,438 sqm of office space, three new retail units on the ground floor, alongside the reprovision of space for medical use. The building’s façade will also be massively improved, with green walls, new roof terraces and greening helping to improve the streetscape on Lower Marsh.