Park Plaza operator PPHE today ended a years-long battle to build a hotel on the site of an abandoned petrol station in London’s South Bank after it obtained planning permission from Lambeth Council. The firm, which recently completed work on a 27-story tower in Old Street, plans to construct a 15-storey building opposite Lambeth North tube station, with a 186-room hotel, two floors of office space and an all-day dining bar and cafe.
The company acquired the site for 2019 for £12.6 million using an overseas entity called North Lambeth Holding BV, Land Registry documents show. The land was previously owned by Shell-Mex and BP which operated a petrol station – but the site has been vacant for the past two decades and used as space for advertising hoardings.
