Grid wins planning for controversial Oval gasholder project

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2018-06-15T06:00:00

Grid Oval Gasholders - Plot 1 - Gasholder Entrance

TV cricket backdrop to change dramatically

Grid has won planning to demolish three of the gasholders next to Oval cricket ground and build a block of flats in the centre of a fourth.

The project, known as Oval Gas Works, proved controversial locally and the planning committee was split 3:3. The scheme slipped through on the casting vote of the chairman after a long debate this week.

The No1 Gasholder – the largest in the world when it was built in the late 19^th century, and the well-loved backdrop to globally televised cricket matches – was listed mid-way through the process. It sits above a 13m deep water tank

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