Architect hits out as housing secretary calls in flats after minister’s objection

By Carl Brown 2021-06-17T09:24:00

Intervention by Jenrick follows complaints about height of scheme

Stirling shortlisted architectural practice Henley Halebrown has hit out at the housing secretary’s decision to call in its 100% affordable housing scheme in west London after the local MP objected to its height.

Hammersmith & Fulham council’s approval of the 20-storey tower, which replaces another tower, Edith Summerskill House in Fulham, will now be re-examined by a planning inspector following Robert Jenrick’s intervention.

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