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The Controversial Doon Street Tower Approved by Hazel Blears

 

Doon Street Tower

Despite of its controversy that development would damage historic views in the capital, finally Communities secretary Hazel Blears has approved the 43-storey Doon Street Tower’s planning on London’s South Bank. According to her, the settings of the Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre and the views from St James’s Park Footbridge would be preserved. But She didn’t consider this matter had been closed, she stated that the options still open to us.

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