The City of London Corporation hereby gives notice that it proposes to make an order under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to stop up West Poultry Avenue, all in order to enable the development of the Poultry Market, General Market and The Annexe Buildings West Smithfield London, EC1A 9PS.

If the order is made the stopping up will enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted by the City of London Corporation on 13 April 2023 under reference 19/01343/FULEIA.

Copies of the draft order and plan may be inspected without charge at the offices of the City of London Corporation, Guildhall North Wing, Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 7HH during normal office hours until 12 August 2025 and may be obtained without charge by e-mailing Transport.Planning@CityOfLondon.Gov.UK, quoting reference PC627.

Any person may object to the making of the proposed order. Objections must be made in writing and must be received by 12 August 2025, being 28 days from the date of publication of this notice. Objections may be e-mailed to Transport.Planning@CityOfLondon.Gov.UK or sent to City of London, PO Box 270, Guildhall, London EC2P 2EJ quoting reference PC627. Objectors should note that their objection will be forwarded to the applicant for the stopping up order, who is likely to want to communicate with them to seek to resolve their objection.

Dated 15 July 2025

Katie Stewart

Executive Director of Environment

Schedule

General Market Partial demolition, repair, refurbishment and extension of the existing building known as the General Market at 43 Farringdon Street on the basement, ground, first and roof levels; creation of a new entrance structure on West Poultry Avenue (and associated refurbishment of the existing canopy over West Poultry Avenue) with new facades to West Smithfield and Charterhouse Street; new entrances on the corner of Farringdon Street and Charterhouse Street; Change of use to provide a museum and ancillary uses and areas, together with a flexible retail, restaurant, drinking establishment and leisure (gym) use for the perimeter 'houses'. Poultry Market Partial demolition, repair, refurbishment and alteration of the existing building known as the Poultry Market, Charterhouse Street at basement, ground and first levels; change of use to a museum and ancillary uses and areas. Annexe Site (Red House, Iron Mountain, Fish Market and Engine House) Partial demolition, refurbishment and extension of the existing buildings known as the Annexe Site at 25 Snow Hill and 29 Smithfield Street at basement, ground, first, second and third levels; creation of a triple height canopy above a public realm space; change of use to a flexible museum, offices, retail, restaurant, drinking establishment, events and functions use. Refurbishment of and minor alterations to the existing building known as the Engine House at West Smithfield at basement and ground levels; Change of use to a flexible retail and museum use. (The proposal would provide 32,864sq.m of Museum floorspace (Class D1), 4,079 sq.m of flexible A1/A2/A3/A4/B1/D1 & D2 floorspace, 2,377sq.m of flexible B1/D1 floorspace, 870sq.m of flexible A3/A4/D1 & D2 floorspace, 18sq.m of flexible A1/D1 floorspace and 82sq.m of flexible A1/A3/A4/D1 floorspace.)