Earls Court redevelopment approved by Hammersmith and Fulham Council

Alongside our co-consultants and our client, the Earls Court Development Company (ECDC), we are delighted to celebrate the unanimous approval by Hammersmith & Fulham Council for the transformational redevelopment of the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre site in West London. This milestone advances one of London’s most important regeneration opportunities and reflects years of close collaboration with residents, community groups, businesses and local leaders.

The masterplan will transform this long-vacant site into a resilient new neighbourhood, creating a mixed and inclusive new district with around 4,000 homes (35% affordable), 12,000 jobs, three new cultural venues and 20 acres of public realm and green space. Earls Court will become a major economic powerhouse for the UK, generating £3bn in GVA annually, with £1bn benefitting the immediate local area.

Central to the vision is a landscape-led approach that places nature, wellbeing and public life at the heart of the development. Gillespies is contributing to this ambition through the design of new public realm at Warwick Walk as well as landscape design for communal courtyards and roof terraces within Plot EC05 and biodiverse roofs across EC05 and EC06. These spaces form part of the wider network of parks, gardens and pedestrian-first streets that will make up one of the largest areas of new urban green space in central London.

Our work supports the masterplan’s commitment to climate resilience, biodiversity net gain and exceptional urban placemaking. The public realm, courtyards and roof landscapes associated with EC05 and EC06 will provide richly planted spaces for residents and visitors, encouraging social connection, access to nature and improved wellbeing.

We now look ahead to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s planning committee later this year, which will be another significant step for the project.

The Earls Court masterplan represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reconnect two boroughs, repair a long-isolated part of the city and shape a vibrant new place with landscape and community at its core.