• I haven't posted anything about the dozens of major tower blocks planned all over, as frankly they're all the same and will probably get waved through, anyway. The exceptions are the Liverpool Street Station nonsense and this.

    This one's more interesting because of the heritage context of Bevis Marks Synagogue. Note that the Secretary of State's action in calling it in doesn't really mean anything. The local planning authority can still grant planning permission at its planned hearing, it just means that it can't issue a decision notice to the applicants. It's not clear what will happen further in the process. It could go to a public inquiry that determines the application, which would probably accelerate the process, as there would have been a public inquiry in any case.

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/angela-rayner-bevis-marks-synagogue-bury-house-city-of-london-b1196343.html

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