Flagship Oxford Street Marks & Spencer store to be demolished
Westminster Council had previously approved plans to pull down the Edwardian buildingThe retailer wants to replace the Art Deco building with a new block with a smaller shop, offices and a gym.
The mayor of London reviewed the plans after environmental concerns were raised, but has given Westminster Council approval to go ahead.Due to the size of the proposed development, the plans had to be cleared by the Greater London Authority, as well as by the local authority, Westminster Council. Mr Khan approved the scheme in March, but reconsidered after a report was published into the potential carbon footprint of bulldozing the building at 458 Oxford Street.
The report's author Simon Sturgis warned the environmental impact of demolishing it would be so great it would contravene the"It's absolutely crazy in my view," he said. "The climate crisis means we need to do things differently but they're doing things the same." Mr Sturgis, who helped produce parts of the London Plan, thinks the existing store should instead be retrofitted and renovated.
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