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Blow for 31/44 Architects as minister calls in bell foundry plans

By 2020-01-24T12:01:00

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Whitechapel heritage and hotel project will go to public inquiry

31/44 Architects’ plans for London’s historic Whitechapel Bell Foundry have been called in by communities secretary Robert Jenrick.

The proposals to turn the 18th-century listed buildings into a café and small production facility with a six-storey hotel next door will now be scrutinised at a public inquiry.

The final decision will then be made by the minister – who in December put the plans on hold while he considered demands for an inquiry.

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