Foster & Partners’ hugely controversial Tulip tourist tower has been denied planning consent by Sadiq Khan – effectively blocking the permission-in-principle given to the proposals by the City of London three months ago.

Members of the City’s planning and transportation committee voted by more than two-to-one in favour of the 305m-tall scheme at a packed meeting in early April, despite strongly-worded concerns from Historic England and Tower of London manager Historic Royal Palaces

But the Mayor of London has authority to overrule borough-level decisions on certain categories of major project, and today Khan did just that, directing the City to turn its resolution to approve into a refusal.

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