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Josh Salisbury

Greenwich Council orders developer to knock down riverside towers in Woolwich in ‘unprecedented’ action

Greenwich Council has ordered two occupied tower blocks in south London to be demolished for breaking planning rules in an extraordinary move.

Officials said the Mast Quay Phase II rental development, two high-rise tower blocks near the Thames in Woolwich, was so different from approved plans that it should be knocked down and rebuilt.

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