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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Charlotte Lillywhite

Fury as historic London department store gets green light to become hotel

A historic south London department store will be turned into a 92-bed hotel, despite a petition signed by hundreds of residents opposing it.

Wandsworth Council has approved the plans for the building that housed Morleys, in Tooting, for 70 years until the independent store shut in April.

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