Designs have been approved for a new 3,500- square -metre public square to be built in Central London.

Greyfriars Square, as it is to be known, is earmarked for a site by St Paul’s Cathedral and will be delivered as part of the £19 million reworking of the 1970s gyratory.

While work on the changes to the highway began in April, members sitting on the City of London Corporation’s Streets and Walkways Sub-Committee on Tuesday agreed updated designs outlining how the new square will look.

Deputy Tom Sleigh, Chair of the City of London Corporation Planning and Transport Committee, said the approval “marks a major milestone in our ambition to create world-class public spaces in the Square Mile”.

The square is part of a wider transformation of the area around the famous cathedral inclu

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