London needs a more coordinated approach to regulating high-rise development to give residents greater input and ensure the capital’s architectural treasures and views are not lost forever, the chief executive of Historic England has said.

Duncan Wilson acknowledged proposals from the City of London Corporation to introduce more prescriptive rules about acceptable locations for high-rise development and wider use of three-dimensional modelling as part of the planning process.

But the boss of the government’s heritage-advisory body said those plans did not go far enough and that a “pan-London” approach to prevent further harm to the capital’s skyline was required.

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