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The Trocadero in London’s West Pause has been derelict since 2006
A mosque for as much as 1,000 worshipers shall be built internal the Trocadero building at London’s Piccadilly Circus.
Builders hang submitted plans to Westminster Council to rework parts of the pale basement cinema correct into a community centre and match areas.
The West Pause landmark has been derelict since 2006.
The Aziz Foundation acknowledged the fresh mosque would abet provide prayer home in a suite where there became “a significant shortfall in locations of handle”.
The training charity for British Muslims is owned by Asif Aziz, who feature up property huge Criterion Capital and in 2005 bought the London Trocadero and Piccadilly Hotel for £225m.
The Trocadero became originally built as a cafe in 1896 and became an exhibition centre and entertainment home in the 1980s.
The building now houses a 740-bedroom hotel with a rooftop bar, the Native Democracy Reporting Service reported.
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Planners are expected to get hang of a choice on the mosque pattern later in the year
A charity spokesman acknowledged surveys had revealed a shortfall in the amount of prayer home for Muslims residing and working in the West Pause, with finest three in the feature.
“This over-ability causes many folks to pray in hallways, stairways, and even originate air on the avenue,” he added.
The utility has obtained bigger than 700 feedback on the council web site.
Some hang objected to probably elevated web site visitors, with others claiming that a feature of handle is now no longer in line with an feature celebrated for its bars, clubs, casinos and nightlife.The proposed mosque dwelling obtained permission for use as a community and humanities centre in 2018.
Planners are expected to get hang of a choice on the mosque pattern later in the year.