Westminster councillors have voted to oppose David Adjaye’s National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, earmarked for Victoria Tower Gardens – next to the Palace of Westminster.

The controversial scheme has been reworked several times in a bid to minimise its impact on the gardens and the wider Westminster Unesco World Heritage Site. In November decision-making powers on the project were taken away from the city council when the project was “called in” for minsterial approval.

At a planning committee last night, councillors formally agreed to oppose the scheme at a public inquiry that will inform the government’s decision on whether to proceed with the scheme.

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