Policy information sourced from the Bunhill and Clerkenwell area action plan

BC6 Mount Pleasant and Exmouth Market

The Mount Pleasant Sorting Office site is a major redevelopment site which spans the Camden/Islington borough boundary. The site has planning permission for a major residential led mixed use scheme.

The Council will preserve and enhance Exmouth Market Local Shopping Area as a destination for food, drink, retail and entertainment uses. The mix of uses must be managed to support the vitality and viability of the centre, while not harming local character or amenity.

Public realm improvements at Exmouth Market should further improve pedestrian priority of the street, including consistent paving, further pedestrianisation at the western end of Exmouth Market and junction improvements at the eastern end of Exmouth Market (Skinner Street/Tysoe Street junction).

The disused Clerkenwell Fire Station, a Grade II Listed Building, offers an important development opportunity in a very prominent location. The site should be brought back into use as soon as possible. Any development on this site must preserve and enhance the listed building and contribute towards meeting the Council’s key objectives, such as maximising the provision of genuinely affordable housing.

Farringdon Road and Rosebery Avenue are key routes for sustainable transport. The Council supports enhancements to the public realm and road network to improve conditions for walking, cycling, and public transport, including improvements to the route toward Farringdon Station. Improvements should also include provision of green infrastructure including planting, and must ensure active frontages are provided where development proposals come forward.

Spa Fields is a prominent, historic green space in the area, and one of the largest green spaces in the entire south of the borough. Proposals in proximity to Spa Fields must ensure avoid adverse impacts on this important green space, and must maximise opportunities to enhance its multifunctional role, including through improvement to routes leading to Spa Fields.

For more information please see the Bunhill and Clerkenwell area action plan