Camden City’s Xchange has been granted consent by the council’s planning committee, which is able to ship a venue mixed with inexpensive houses and scholar studios.
On the coronary heart of the proposals is a 1,000 sq m versatile cultural and leisure area, changing the previous Mecca Bingo unit, vacant since 2024, and confirmed closure of the ODEON Camden Parkway cinema in spring 2026.
The London improvement, designed by architect AHMM, can even introduce eating places, outlets and areas appropriate for cafes.
Chris Shaw, Camden Imaginative and prescient, stated: “The unanimous approval from Camden Council primarily based off excessive ranges of native help marks an thrilling second for Camden City Xchange and the way forward for this iconic website.
“We’re sincerely grateful to everybody who shared their views by means of the session, which has helped form a unbelievable proposal that displays Camden’s distinctive character and priorities.
“We’re wanting to proceed this collaboration as we ship this lacking a part of the Camden City jigsaw and can hold the group up to date all through the journey.”
When discussing the event, native folks backed tackling tall clean frontages, which means constructing facades that lack options like home windows, doorways or retail on the bottom stage. It’s thought these gasoline anti-social behaviour.
Philip Turner, government director at AHMM, stated: “The location gives us with a uncommon alternative for a pair of serious modern buildings to reinforce the established mixture of distinct and characterful structure in Camden City centre.”
