The Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral could be “severely harm[ed]” by the expansion of the Square Mile’s office space and tall buildings, Historic England has warned.
The watchdog said the City of London Corporation’s draft City Plan 2040 was “unsound in its current form” due to its wider heritage impacts, according to a submission seen by the BBC's Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The plans, which include adding 1.2 million sq m of office floorspace across the City, put the Tower of London’s UNESCO World Heritage status under “real threat”, said Historic England.
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