A London council is seeking the demolition of a recently completed 204-home Thameside development because of significant differences between the consented scheme and the built-out version.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has issued an enforcement notice demanding the demolition of the Mast Quay Phase II development at Woolwich, which comprises three blocks, the tallest of which is 23 storeys.

In a statement yesterday, the council said that “extensive investigation” since the scheme completed last year had concluded that the development was “so substantially different” to proposals consented in 2012 that the build-to-rent scheme had effectively been constructed without planning permission.

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