PLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme thrown out in government Uturn

摘要

The government has turned down controversial plans by media mogul Richard Desmond to build 1,500homes on the site of the former Westferry Printworks, reversing the decision of former housing secretaryRobert Jenrick.Jenrick’s approval of the 30-storey Isle of Dogs scheme in January last year, against the advice of theplanning inspector, was later quashed for reasons of “apparent bias” in favour of the applicant, a Toryparty donor, provoking a major political row.