Victory for Brixton campaigners as Hondo Tower plans collapse Fight the Tower campaign alleged the building would result in 'ethnic cleansing' by LeahMahon_
COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans for a 20-storey controversial proposed tower block were withdrawn by the developer.Developers at Hondo Enterprises formally withdrew their planning application for the office tower just three days before a long-awaited hearing at City Hall that would make a final decision on whether to approve the building.
a local campaign group, was behind a three-year long lobbying effort to stop the tower from being built.supported the campaign, and in December 2021 reported that Black communities were being driven out of Brixton due to gentrification.Joe Cole, a member of the group, told: “I’ve engaged in conversation with a woman who owns an Eritrean cafe on Station Road, and she said that once Pop Brixton moved in, it’s become a box park of high end, bougie businesses with majority white clientele.
In March, the Greater London Authority was also revealed to be opposed to the high-rise tower and recommended that “the public benefits and areas of compliance with the Development Plan do not outweigh the harms and policy conflicts identified”. obtained by the campaigners, they uncovered that City Hall would have likely recommended that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, reject the construction of the tower in what campaigners dubbed a “floundering application”.
Following the victorious news, the group wrote on Twitter: “TAYLOR TOWER HAS FALLEN!! In the face of 3 years of community campaigning and resistance- Taylor McWilliams has WITHDRAWN application on his office block! More to come tomorrow, but tonight celebrate a victory of local people over 1 millionaire landlord.”
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