Welcome to this dedicated project website for the redevelopment of 176- 178 York Way, where you’ll find plans and progress updates on the project. This website will be providing key updates throughout the redevelopment process.

Community Update

Thank you to everyone who participated in the consultation on the proposals for 176-178 York Way. Your feedback has been invaluable in shaping the plans for this world-class, science and technology-led commercial development in Islington.

Following the council’s resolution to grant planning permission, we are making some refinements to the internal design to enhance functionality and respond to the current market demand. As part of this process, we will be submitting a Section 73 application in the coming weeks to introduce minor amendments to the approved plans. These changes aim to reduce laboratory space while increasing technology space to better align with economic trends whilst ensuring minimal impact on the building’s external design and appearance.

Thank you for taking the time to look at the updated proposals for 176-178 York Way. The images below demonstrate there is no additional height being proposed and the design largely remains unchanged.

These images are an extract from a wider report on Design and Access, which can be found here.

If you have any comments or questions, please contact 176-178yorkway@kandaconsulting.co.uk.

Our proposals will continue to:

• Deliver a world-class commercial development in Islington.
• Secure financial investment into The Cally and York Way.
• Improve the safety, greenery and experience for residents alongside Randell’s Road and Bingfield Street.
• Support our neighbours through our Social Value Plan which invests in young people their mental health, education and employment prospects.
• Increased affordable workspace, alongside dedicated community event space and education facilities, designed to attract a broader range of businesses and support local engagement, affordable workspace, alongside dedicated community event space and education facilities, designed to attract a broader range of businesses and support local engagement.

For more details on the proposed changes, please click the button below.

Consultation Update Information

If you’d like to earn more about the project, please get in touch with us:

Email:  176-178YorkWay@KandaConsulting.co.uk
Phone: 020 3900 3676

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OUR VISION

176-178 York Way is a vacant and underused site, offering little in terms of employment space and has attracted anti-social behaviour such as fly-tipping. There is an opportunity to create a world class employment hub on the site, maximising the potential of the location between two vibrant communities in King’s Cross and Caledonian Road.

Proposed view of the site from York Road Station

Proposed view of the site from York Way

Proposed view of the Lobby

Original Planning Permission

The planning application can be found under the reference P2024/0844/FUL.

Here you will find many documents related to the application:

176 – 178 York Way Statement of Community Involvement

Design and Access Statement

176-178 York Way – Listening Exercise November 2023

December 2023 – Public Exhibition Boards

February 2024 – Public Exhibition Boards

York Way March 2024 Public Consultation Update

The submission was informed by nearly 300 conversations with local people about the future of the site and the benefits the scheme could bring to the area, including:

• New job opportunities for local people.
• Educational opportunities for local schools and young people.
• Affordable workspace for local businesses and startups.
• Improvements to the local area, including new green space, with a new pocket garden to improve biodiversity.
• Narrowing Randall’s Road, with wider pavements and clear cycle paths.
• A new route through Bingfield Street, making the areas around the site clearer for pedestrians.

This is an exciting project for an important area of Islington, and we will continue to work with the community to ensure we are making the most of the opportunity.

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Thank you for reviewing our proposals for the redevelopment of 176 – 178 York Way.

The feedback period has now closed, however should you have any further questions or comments about our proposals please don’t hesitate to contact our community engagement team via the contact us page.

If you wish to support our scheme, you can write to the Islington Council via the link.

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Location

WHAT YOU’VE TOLD US ALREADY

In summer 2023 we carried out a survey of local residents, to hear about your ambitions for the area.

You told us you wanted to improve public space and connectivity with Caledonian Road, as well as improving greenery and play spaces. All of these ideas – and more – feature in our plans.

We want to create:

• A new science and technology building to solve the world’s biggest challenges, support the growing businesses in Islington, and provide skills and jobs for residents.
• 10% affordable workspace: policy compliant offer, located on the 1st floor, accessed through the main entrance.
• A bespoke 5-year social value plan engaging local schools and residents to improve skills and access into science and technology jobs.
• Improved public spaces in and around the site which includes improved public space and connections to Caledonian Road, and new play space.
• A sustainable development that responds to the climate emergency and seeks to maximise the opportunities to transition to a lower carbon world.
• An open and inviting ground floor designed to be safer, more attractive, and better connect the communities around it, with creator and educational space.

For further information on this process, please read our report here:

  176-178 York Way – Listening Exercise November 2023

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