Office towers to tower over the Tower?

Let's hope not:

Britain's 27 World Heritage Sites, including the Tower of London, are not formally protected by planning laws.

But the government is now proposing to put buffer zones around them, in an attempt to prevent the tower being put on a UN blacklist of endangered sites. . .

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell wants to change planning laws to give heritage sites similar development protections to those currently given to areas of outstanding natural beauty and national parks. . .

Unesco, the UN's cultural organisation, has already warned that plans for skyscrapers near the Tower of London could put it on its "in danger" list.

Posted by David on March 11, 2007 12:45 PM