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Free Family Event on Saturday 19th July at Bunhill Fields (or Barbican Children's Library if raining)

July 19, 2025 from 12pm to 2pm
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100+ Drummers on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral at St Paul's & Holy Sepulchre Church

July 19, 2025 from 1pm to 5pm
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Free event at Barbican Children's Library this afternoon at Barbican children's library

July 11, 2025 from 4pm to 5pm
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Story Garden - Summer Reading Challenge 2025 at Barbican and Community Libraries at Barbican children's library

July 9, 2025 at 6pm to September 13, 2025 at 4pm
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RCS CoLPAI - alternative plans

Is it possible to achieve the same amount of school and housing accommodation on the RCS site in a low to medium rise format that matches the surrounding housing?

We have looked at possible plans in more detail and it turns out that not only is it possible; you could achieve 15% more social housing on the site. The key is to combine the school and housing in one building which saves space. This layout would:

  • Be planning policy compliant
  • Be cheaper to build. (The tower is £3m over budget, partly because it is high-rise)
  • Achieve more and better quality Social Housing (76 flats instead of 66)
  • Provide the same area for the school with an integrated School Hall
  • Provide public open space  Avoid the fire safety compromises of a single-staircase tower

These plans are not meant to be fully worked up proposals for the site, but realistic schematic layouts. We call on the City of London to withdraw the highly damaging and misguided proposals for the CoLPAI tower and look urgently at a low-rise scheme along these lines.

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