Tulip could take weeks to clear City Hall hurdle

摘要

City Hall has said it has not yet received the application from the team behind the Tulip, which would enable London mayor Sadiq Khan to give it the green light - or call it in. The 305m-tall scheme, designed by Foster * Partners, will be built in the shadow of the practice's Gherkin tower in the Square Mile. Skanska is construction consultant on the tourist attraction, which was given the all-clear by the City of London's planning authority in April. A City Hall spokesperson confirmed that the mayor had not yet - as Building went to press -received the application for his approval and that this was set to be "some weeks away" He added: "Once the application is referred, we have 14 days during which the planners have to prepare their report and the mayor makes a decision." This is known as stage 2 in the planning process, with any calling-in of the scheme called stage 3. In this case, stage 3 would involve the mayor subjecting the scheme to further scrutiny, a public consultation and then a public hearing at which a final decision is made.