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The only impediment in producing the views with which the impact of this bridge could be objectively appraised is the fact that they would be so damning as to kill the project stone dead.
It is glaringly obvious to anyone familiar with this site that a bridge of this height with 15m trees on it in this location would completely block views of St. Paul's and the City skyline from The South Bank, Victoria Embankment, as well as from Hungerford and Waterloo bridges.
It is a scandal that neither Lambeth nor Westminster planning authorities have required such impact studies before rendering judgement.
That it should be down to initiatives such as Thames Central Open Space to thematise this (and probably they will end up producing the missing renderings to prove the point and kill the thing) is a damning indictment of the planning process in the capital.