At a glance
• Campaigners, conservationists and cultural institutions believe a proposed 18-storey office block would damage the Whitechapel conservation area
• Tower Hamlets councillors approved the proposal despite officials’ concerns
• Mayor Sadiq Khan decided not to intervene, despite more than 1,000 people signing a petition
Campaigners and conservationists have failed in their bid to get Sir Sadiq Khan to block proposals for a “vast and overbearing” £500m office block in an east London conservation area.
