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Consultation opens for new White City building

Guillaume Felix

3 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

Imperial is consulting on its plans for a new academic building at White City campus from Monday 29^th September to Sunday 26^th October. The College was granted Outline Planning Permission, an initial approval step that opens the way to the submission of more detailed plans.

The new building will offer “new facilities for research, collaboration and teaching” bringing together “computer scientists, mathematicians and business experts.”

Two public drop-in events will be held at White City campus, one from 5pm-8pm on 7^th October in the School of Public Health, and the other from 10am-1pm on 11^th October in Brickfields Hall. Three sessions for Imperial staff and students will also be held on 7^th, 9^th, and 16^th October.

Email feedback is welcome until Sunday 26^th October 2025 at whitecity.development@imperial.ac.uk.

CGI representation of the building. Imperial College London

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