Iceni Projects were appointed by Merchant Land Investment Ltd to provide Townscape, Heritage, and Visual Impact Assessment services in support of applications for a tall building development within the City of London.

The redevelopment of the Site includes the demolition of a smaller, 5 storey office block, located within the Eastern Cluster, which was identified as not utilising the full potential of the Site, to be replaced with a 22 storey building comprising office and retail and associated works which has been developed by Assael Architecture.

As the Site is within the City of London, a number of highly significant heritage assets are within its immediate and wider setting, including the Grade I listed Bevis Marks Synagogue, Grade II* listed Former Port of London Authority Building, and the Tower of London World Heritage Site. Iceni Heritage were commissioned to provide advice regarding the setting of these sensitive heritage assets.

As well as detailed analysis on the setting of heritage assets, aided by the use of Vu.City, the height of the scheme required analysis of views and townscape impacts, with key views agreed with City of London, which included viewpoints within the LVMF.