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Plans to demolish historic Oxford Street M&S called in

By 2022-06-21T13:25:00

Pilbrow & Partners' proposals for the Marble Arch branch of Marks & Spencer, seen from the south-west

Pilbrow & Partners scheme will be looked at by public inquiry

Plans to knock down a 1930s Marks & Spencer store on Oxford Street will be examined by a public inquiry after an intervention from Michael Gove.

The communities secretary, who put the scheme on ice in April, yesterday called in the controversial Pilbrow & Partners-designed scheme, which would have seen the Art Deco store torn down and replaced with a 10-storey retail and office block.

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