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Woods Bagot tower would contradict City’s new carbon guidance, heritage group says

By 2023-03-20T07:00:00

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Planners set to decide on 32-storey office scheme this morning

The Victorian Society has become the latest heritage group to lay into Woods Bagot’s plans to build a 32-storey office above Leadenhall Market.

The campaign group said the designs for developer Hertshten Group to partially demolish a 1930s building at 85 Gracechurch Street and replace it with a 35,000sq m tower would contradict the City’s newly adopted planning guidance on building reuse.

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