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| Simon Jenkins (Who let this Gulf on Thames scar London? Mayor Boris, 12 July) is both alarmist and misleading. London does have a strategic approach to protecting its skyline, with 26 key landmark views across the city safeguarded from the impact of tall buildings through the London view management framework. We also have detailed policies in the London Plan, which deal specifically with tall and large buildings, alongside others that are aimed at ensuring the highest quality of architecture and design. These policies are designed to ensure that the right buildings are in the right place, that tall buildings sit well with their surroundings and that prominent buildings embody the highest standards. | Simon Jenkins (Who let this Gulf on Thames scar London? Mayor Boris, 12 July) is both alarmist and misleading. London does have a strategic approach to protecting its skyline, with 26 key landmark views across the city safeguarded from the impact of tall buildings through the London view management framework. We also have detailed policies in the London Plan, which deal specifically with tall and large buildings, alongside others that are aimed at ensuring the highest quality of architecture and design. These policies are designed to ensure that the right buildings are in the right place, that tall buildings sit well with their surroundings and that prominent buildings embody the highest standards. |
| What we can't do is try to impose some kind of skyline blueprint and freeze the capital in stasis. As Wren discovered after the Great Fire, this kind of approach simply does not work for a dynamic, growing city like London that depends on development for economic growth. The key issue in any discussion of London's skyline is whether a building makes a positive contribution to London's urban realm, protecting the things we value about our city, while helping us meet the challenges of growth and ensuring the continued prosperity of London and Londoners. Edward Lister Deputy London mayor for planning | What we can't do is try to impose some kind of skyline blueprint and freeze the capital in stasis. As Wren discovered after the Great Fire, this kind of approach simply does not work for a dynamic, growing city like London that depends on development for economic growth. The key issue in any discussion of London's skyline is whether a building makes a positive contribution to London's urban realm, protecting the things we value about our city, while helping us meet the challenges of growth and ensuring the continued prosperity of London and Londoners. Edward Lister Deputy London mayor for planning |
| • Once the financial cleansing of London is completed, will the millionaire bankers and high earners clean the streets and carry out the "menial" low-paid employment that keeps society ticking (Rents bar poor from third of UK, 16 July)? Jake Fagg Bristol | • Once the financial cleansing of London is completed, will the millionaire bankers and high earners clean the streets and carry out the "menial" low-paid employment that keeps society ticking (Rents bar poor from third of UK, 16 July)? Jake Fagg Bristol |
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