Situated above Cowcross Street and Farringdon Road, the scheme will include ground floor and basement retail spaces and seven storeys of “high-quality” office space.

Official Network Rail performance data shows Southeastern currently has the lowest recorded passenger satisfaction score (75%) of any British rail operator.

In the 1970s the London Heliport in Battersea was granted planning permission by the Greater London Council, London’s previous regional Government, to operate up to 80 flights per day and up to 12,000 per year.

The technology, which automatically checks those passing a camera in a public place against images on a police ‘watch-list’, was deployed at both last year’s Notting Hill Carnival and the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph.

Many redevelopments of existing estates have proven controversial with both residents and housing campaigners concerned at potential reductions in the level of social housing available.