Ealing Council scraps approved plans for a 26-storey tower which would have created 477 homes over rising cost of building materials, reports The Evening Standard.
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Ealing Council Building
The Evening Standard writes:
… The council had previously approved the scheme for the site of its headquarters in Uxbridge Road, west London, which would have seen six buildings ranging from six to 26 storeys constructed.
However, the council will now ditch the plan, citing a rise in the cost of building materials, and the two-staircase rule for all London residential buildings over 30m tall…
