A planning inspector has thrown out a planned mixed-use development by BUJ Architects that would have resulted in the demolition of a famous East End fetish club.

Developer Galliard offered to reinstate the Backstreet bar club, which was founded in Mile End in 1985, in the basement of the new building, but planning inspector Julia Gregory said she was not convinced the venue would be well-received by familiies who would move in above.

In a letter written to Tower Hamlets council in 2017 the club’s owners said they welcomed the opportunity to be rehoused in the new building, which would have featured 46 flats plus commercial space across a building ranging in height from three to 12 storeys.

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