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Morris + Company gets go-ahead to flatten and replace Camden’s Sports Direct

Source: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/

Morris + Company has won approval for plans to demolish a Sports Direct store in the heart of Camden Town and replace it with a five-storey Premier Inn hotelThe London-based architect’s plans for the site on the corner of Camden High Street and Delancey Street were approved by Camden Council’s planning committee last Thursday evening (23 January). The new 2,320m² scheme for developer Demar Holdings includes an 80-room hotel, three social rental homes and 150m² of retail space.According to the architect, its ‘bold and confident’ redbrick scheme has been designed to complement the Victorian and Edwardian parades which stand as ‘prominent and iconic buildings’ along Camden High Street.