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https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/olympia/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:49:55 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=36635 Nomination for an Environment Award, 2026. Although we’ve heard a range of opinion, there’s a lot to like in the total refurbishment of Olympia, now complete and open, aside from the theatre, due in 2027. A mixture of well restored and cleaned existing exteriors of the exhibition halls, conversion of the car-park into a Hyatt]]> 36635 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/about/agm/2025-agm/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:35:36 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?page_id=35685 The delayed 2025 Awards Evening and AGM was held on Monday 9th February 2026, in the recital hall at Latymer Upper School, King Street, W6 9LR. Due to recent boundary changes, we now have two MP’s serving our area, and we were delighted that both Andy Slaughter MP and Rupa Huq MP were able to]]> 35685 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/olympia-update-3/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:18:02 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=34422 The Olympia project is approaching completion after over seven years of planning and construction, and has been holding ‘sneak peeks’ for locals to see in and around selected parts of the building in recent weeks. We were fortunate enough to join one of these tours.   As has been fairly longstanding policy, no independent photos were]]> 34422 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/development-permitted/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:29:51 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=33182 Since the election of the new government, we’ve seen a significant rise in medium to large offices in Hammersmith being proposed for conversion to residential use, under Permitted Development (PD) rules which are much more relaxed than normal planning rules. So far, nearly 400 potential flats have been proposed, all on busy main roads, with]]> 33182 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/olympia-update-2/ Mon, 08 May 2023 08:58:41 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=30210 On a brisk March morning, we looked at the new West Hall music venue, the most advanced of the structures being built at Olympia, and viewed some of the rest of the site. As you can see, it’s still a major construction site and will be for the next couple of years.  From the roof,]]> 30210 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/shepherds-bush-market/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:08:02 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=29521 Property company Yoo Capital, who are currently undertaking the ambitious expansion of Olympia, bought Shepherds Bush Market in 2020.  Over recent months we’ve advertised and attended a number of public consultations, revealing plans for the area. These include (i) the redevelopment of the Old Laundry site, the triangular area behind the east side of the market,]]> 29521 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/royal-masonic-hospital-update/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:00:04 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=28600 Earlier this month we met with the new owners of RMH, Telereal Trillium, their planning consultants, Turley, and Trevor Morriss of SSPARC architects appointed for the redevelopment, who you may remember giving a presentation on the Olympia redevelopment at our AGM in 2019. They gave us a rundown of Telereal Trillium’s background (mainly a large]]> 28600 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/66-hammersmith-road-big-yellow-proposals/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:16:31 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=28199 We wrote about this site nearly five years ago, and in summary, our view then was that it was rather overbearing on the listed buildings opposite, and adjacent conservation areas. Since then, Olympia has come along and given us a whole new perspective on large redevelopments in the vicinity. You can see a CGI of]]> 28199