Guinness at
Old Brewer’s Yard

This figure is a combination of different types of footfalls. It includes hyper local, local London, GB visitors and international visitors. The usages range from F&B, retail, brand tours and events.

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We will have several event spaces in the buildings, the main one being in the underground event space of Langley Bar. That space will be fully enabled for any type of event which could include screening events. We are hopeful that being in the basement will be a reassuring location to hold events in terms of noise The courtyard is designed to be a food and beverage space with ambient background music – any larger scale use we would anticipate requiring temporary event notices Capacities are in the separate document

Old Brewers’ Yard: The proposals include new openings at ground floor level to Old Brewers’ Yard – all light spill from these new openings will be contained within the yard itself, surrounded as it is by five / six storey buildings. Similarly in terms of noise, the day-to-day use of the yard will be for approximately 150 – 250 people generally seated with ambient music. An acoustic assessment has been carried out for the development and has been shared in the BOX file to which the CGCA has access to.

1, Mercer Walk: The proposals do not entail any new openings to the building with the exception of the reinstatement of eight former windows to the Langley Street (East) façade which have been blocked up in recent years and are located predominantly at ground and first floor levels. No neon signage is proposed – any external signage and lighting shall be subject to a separate (future) planning application.

15A Neal Street: The shopfront shall contain more glazing than the existing façade (at ground floor level only) but as the street already contains public lighting at high level the impact to surrounding properties of any additional light spill from the ground level would be negligible. No neon signage is proposed – any external signage and lighting shall be subject to a separate (future) planning application.

Shelton Street Roof Extensions No neon signage is proposed and any potential light spill as a result of the internal lighting to the proposed roof extension shall be considered and mitigated against if required in detail design proposals. Any external signage and lighting shall be subject to a separate (future) planning application.

Toilets will be provided in the basement space via the newly created entrance from OBY. The provision of toilets has been allocated within Westminster guidelines for the spaces. Public will have access to the courtyard and toilets under the management of the facility.

Yes there are original features peppered around buildings and our approach is to retain

Other than retail, no. Food and drink are served to be consumed on site

We will be applying to operate no later than core Westminster hours for all premises

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We hope to engage with the community in many ways and to use the scheme in many ways. One of these ways would indeed be to have a space for local groups to use at peppercorn rental

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yes we believe there is, as the experiences are all within the buildings or courtyard there will be little nee to accommodate visitors beyond that

There will be appropriate management plans in place to manage people. We do not anticipate queues as ticket purchase or experiences are booked within the spaces. 1 Mercer walk for example is open retail on the ground floor where anyone can come in and then book for additional experiences

Yes – we anticipate people leaving in small groups, especially after a tour / brewery experience

The proposals do not entail any new openings to the building with the exception of the reinstatement of eight former windows to the Langley Street (East) façade which have been blocked up in recent years and are located predominantly at ground and first floor levels. There are no residential properties affected by this as all opposing windows (East side of Langley Street) do not have a residential use. No neon signage is proposed – any external signage and lighting shall be subject to a separate (future) planning application.

Unfortunately, there is not a green roof, but we will have solar on some roof space. We also will be submitting permission for a green / living wall to bring biodiversity to the scheme

The physical windows will remain the same, but they will be a darker colour in our proposal

Our approach is to retain

The recessed entrance is to allow for fire doors which have to open outwards, and not cause risk to footfall on street. We are exploring solutions to closing the recessed entrance in closed hours / evening

We are not resurfacing anything on Shelton Street

Not applicable – this is out of our demise

We are exploring solutions to design with the Heritage team at Westminster – the original proposal is being stepped back as one of those considerations

There is a limited view from street level. Once we have finished re-working the scheme, we will submit verified views of the appearance from multiple viewpoints as part of our submission.

Yes it could be - This is also a design option that is now being explored as part of the consultation process

Yes, the courtyard has been designed to allow for all deliveries to be delivered into the courtyard. The roof structure will have appropriate space for vehicles to continue to use it and to turn around. Waste will be collected and stored in the dedicated basement space within the Mercers’ waste management plan and collected from within the courtyard, during the allocated Westminster hours

See document above. There will be a mixture of seated and self service

Yes – this will be uploaded onto the website

During the confidential period we could not speak to groups directly. Now we can, we are receiving contacts from community groups, resident groups, local initiatives and welcome any groups of partner introductions. We will update a list of partners as soon as we have engaged directly with each of them

Yes -this is of course something we would like to discuss

This will be a mix of columns and fixings to some of the existing building facades where possible

This space will be fully enabled for any type of event which could include screening events. We are hopeful that being in the basement will be a reassuring location to hold events in terms of noise. There will be a wide range of events both internal, external and community. Please see capacities in separate document

we hope to partner with local London artist and talents to create bespoke collaborations for retail and exhibition

We are working on an operational management plan and will be focussing on management of footfall, later hours operating times and overall management of noise and impact on Neal Street and its residents. This will all be included in our final planning submission

See document above

See document above. There will be a mixture of seated and self service

This is proposed to be a green wall. We are working with Mercers and the council to potentially relocate the public art within the site

This space will be fully enabled for any type of event which could include screening events. We are hopeful that being in the basement will be a reassuring location to hold events in terms of noise. There will be a wide range of events both internal, external and community. Please see capacities in separate document

This is an ongoing workstream to establish relevance in the local community by partnering and establishing community needs, and then hosting them in the space, as well curating a wide and varied cultural event program throughout the year.

These are provided as part of the Mercers block’s C & D, where communal waste facilities are in place for tenants of each of the blocks. Guinness within the scheme will be served as Draught.

All deliveries for Block D will be consolidated within Old Brewer Yard and those for 1 Mercer Walk will be done via the existing Mercer Walk operational management plan. Details of these will be set out in the Site management plan

This is prepared in draft form, with finalisation planned within the coming days.

Transport statement is developed and will form part our planning submission .

As per point 2 above, we are going to operate all deliveries for 1 Mercer Walk in line with the existing operational management plan for the Mercer Walk Development.

Not planned as we have no parking within the scheme and we would encourage people to use alternative forms of transport.

The current plan was to add tanks within the scheme to hold the rain water

We are not using any underground water

Yes and our approach is to retain. For example: Original Façade and brickwork will be retained

yes it does

Yes it is and yes there are two – one for clean and one for dirty items

This is a space which can be used for multiple event uses. E.g. private dining, or exhibition, or meeting room

Yes this is a covered area, with a small outside terrace overlooking the courtyard and facing the rear. There will be ambient music only on the external terrace. We are exploring with the design team to add an additional screen to the small terrace which would then close off any view onto Neil Street / Odhams walk

Yes – we will retain as per the rest of scheme approach. E.g. here – we will keep all original columns

See document above

please see website for our hours

this is the area not in our demise

this is the area not in our demise

it is a retail unit predominantly, however we are opening the original rear aperture to open u the view from Neal street and add permeability

is it seated or vertical drinking? Is it a proposed A4 use – this is a bar and outdoor eating and drink location, as per the above answers

please see the separate document for capacities. This space is firstly the microbrewery, providing the innovative liquids. Secondly it operates as a retail space on the ground floor and then finally it has an experiential tour element which people have to book in small groups. The bar experience is part of that ticket. Please note this also houses the Southern hub for Diageo’s learning for life program

please see above. This is a live workstream and foundation of the project – we look forward to getting to know the community and truly collaborate together

See document above. It is not an open bar, please see experience description above

this is secondary brewing and kegging of liquid plus learning for life southern hub

this is staff welfare

We are brewing speciality brews and seasonal innovations. Guinness itself will be brewed in Dublin, but available on draught here

As planned this are with you today Friday 18th

Yes they have already been taken into account and we will continue to take your valuable input

We are hoping to submit planning by the beginning of next month and continue to adapt and amend thinking over the next week with any further inputs.