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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Cameron Blackshaw

'We'll look like New York on the Thames’: High-rise blocks plan rejected over World Heritage Site impact fears

An artist's impression of the proposed development viewed from the west side of the Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge - (Citydesigner)

Plans to build two high-rise student tower blocks have been refused over fears they would negatively impact views from Greenwich Park and Maritime Greenwich.

Greenwich Council's Planning Board first discussed the contentious proposal-which garnered 294 letters of support and 251 objections-on May 27, where it decided to defer its final decision until a site visit had been made by councillors.

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