Howells’ student towers handed symbolic refusal by Wandsworth as scheme heads to appeal

By Tom Lowe2025-01-21T13:09:00

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Wandsworth council has nominally refused planning permission for a three-tower student accommodation scheme designed by Howells three weeks after it went to appeal.

The Battersea Park Road scheme was given five vote votes for refusal, one for approval and three abstentions at a committee meeting last week despite a recommendation from planning officers to approve the application.

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