Mace and Venus discuss planning permission for floating river walk

Mace is advising its client, Venus Group of Singapore, on a planning application for a 1km long floating river walk along the north bank of the Thames. Venus has agreed to finance Gensler鈥檚 拢60m 鈥淟ondon River Park鈥 which won the Mayor鈥檚 Award for planning excellence at the 2010 London Planning Awards and will stretch between Blackfriars and Tower Bridge. A planning application will be submitted in the summer and backers hope to complete the 12m-wide pontoon in time for Jubilee and Olympic celebrations in 2012.

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