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Sellar is still hoping to work with Network Rail as development partner on the scaled back 拢1bn redevelopment of Liverpool Street station despite no longer having an official role on the project.

好色先生TV understands the developer has been regularly meeting with Network Rail鈥檚 property arm, with the most recent taking place last Thursday.

Network Rail Property has taken control of the project and has unveiled a set of radically different proposals for the station designed by Acme, replacing former lead architect Herzog & de Meuron.

The transport operator said it plans to appoint a development partner only after the scheme is granted planning permission, with a planning committee date expected towards the middle of next year.

A project insider told 好色先生TV it was 鈥渃lear the contours had shifted鈥� but that Sellar would still be 鈥渋nterested in continuing as development partner鈥�, although it is currently too early to know what form the arrangement would take.

Sellar and Herzog & de Meuron had been redesigning their own version of the scheme after the original plans, submitted last year, were criticised by heritage groups, members of the public and neighbouring London boroughs.

The current application has still not been withdrawn from the City of London鈥檚 planning portal and the developer is now planning to release images and details of the revised plans for the first time.

A source involved in the redesign claimed Herzog & de Meuron had been given a 鈥渧ery difficult brief鈥� by Network Rail but had 鈥渇inally cracked it鈥� following a 鈥渓ong process of improvement鈥�.

Herzog & de Meuron鈥檚 highly controversial initial designs would have seen a 20-storey office development cantilevered above the grade II*-listed former Great Eastern Hotel and large parts of the grade II-listed station鈥檚 Victorian-style 1980s extension replaced with a contemporary design of white-coloured arches.

It is understood that the firm鈥檚 revised designs would have retained the entirety of the station extension鈥檚 existing roof structure while rebuilding its concourse.

Under Acme鈥檚 new proposal, which is expected to cost around 拢500m less to build than the previous scheme, a large part of the station鈥檚 roof would be removed to make way for structures to support the overstation office development.

Network Rail Property group property director Robin Dobson has said the new application, which is currently out for consultation, is expected to be submitted to the City of London within the next two months.

Network Rail Property has been contacted for comment.