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Fosters makes changes to £1bn Blackfriars scheme after Historic England criticism

By 2024-02-26T07:00:00

18 Blackfriars 5

Heritage advisor warned three-tower plan would cause “very serious level of harm” to listed buildings on the site

Foster & Partners has made a series of changes to its £1bn proposals for three mixed-use towers on London’s South Bank after the plans were strongly criticised by Historic England.

The practice has been told to redesign several parts of the already long-delayed 18 Blackfriars scheme by developer Hines ahead of the application being presented to Southwark council’s planning committee.

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