Developers behind 3D Reid proposals to convert a monolithic Richard Seifert office tower in south London into homes and build two sister blocks nearby have seen the scheme rejected at appeal.

The practice’s design for the 22-storey Tolworth Tower, built in 1964, would have created 499 new homes in the structure and the 19- and 15-storey blocks set to be built on the site of shops on Tolworth Broadway.

When it lodged the proposals at the beginning of 2021, developer Meadow Partners said it had become increasingly hard to attract office tenants because of low floor-to-ceiling heights in the tower, which would have hosted 261 flats, ranging from studios to three-beds, under the 3D Reid scheme.

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