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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

M&S wins court challenge to Gove’s block on razing of Oxford Street store

A pedestrian walks past the shop
Marks & Spencer’s Oxford Street store dates from 1929. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Marks & Spencer has claimed victory after Michael Gove’s decision to block a controversial plan to raze and redevelop its main store on London’s Oxford Street was ruled to be unlawful.

The levelling up secretary refused permission to redevelop the site near Marble Arch in the West End in July last year, in a win for campaigners concerned about the carbon footprint of the plan.

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