RSHP’s £400m British Library extension set for approval next week

By Tom Lowe2023-01-26T10:43:00

Conservationists’ fears about height of scheme rejected by Camden planners

A decision on RSHP’s plans to extend the British Library could be announced within three months.

Camden council said the proposals to attach a 100,000 sq m office and library block to the north of Colin Wilson and MJ Long’s grade I-listed landmark could be presented to the planning committee as soon as next January.

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