Planning applications for tall buildings in London dropped by almost a third last year, according to the latest annual tally of high-rise construction activity.

New London Architecture’s 2021 Tall Buildings Survey found that last year in the capital work started on just 24 buildings of 20 storeys or more – down from 44 in 2019.

The round-up acknowledges the impact of covid-19 on the construction sector, but points to a “rebound in developers’ confidence” after the initial economic shock of the pandemic.

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