{"id":18462,"date":"2018-03-20T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18462"},"modified":"2018-03-19T16:42:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:42:04","slug":"milton-keynes-14-storey-luxury-hotel-la-tour-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18462","title":{"rendered":"Milton Keynes 14-storey &#8216;luxury&#8217; Hotel La Tour approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BBC_news_website200318.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18463\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BBC_news_website200318.png\" alt=\"BBC news website\" width=\"300\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>Plans for a 14-storey \u2018luxury\u2019 hotel in Milton Keynes have been approved, despite objections from Historic England and conservation advisers.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Plans for a 14-storey &#8220;luxury&#8221; hotel in Milton Keynes have been approved, despite objections from Historic England and a conservation officer.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel La Tour will be the tallest building in the town when it opens next to the Centre:MK in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Historic England opposed the plans as it believed the hotel would &#8220;harm the significance of the grade II listed shopping building&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel La Tour Ltd said the building would &#8220;raise Milton Keynes&#8217; profile&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Milton Keynes Council&#8217;s conservation officer shared Historic England&#8217;s concerns and said the scheme should only be approved &#8220;if public benefit outweighs the harm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Tallest tree&#8217; limit<br \/>\n<\/strong>The plans have been approved by Milton Keynes Council&#8217;s development control committee.<\/p>\n<p>When Milton Keynes was designated as a new town in 1967, planning guidance stated no building was allowed to be taller than the tallest tree.<\/p>\n<p>This was later changed by what was then the Milton Keynes Partnership which decided the town needed &#8220;landmark buildings&#8221; and raised the height limit&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43345097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for a 14-storey \u2018luxury\u2019 hotel in Milton Keynes have been approved, despite objections from Historic England and conservation advisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18464,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18462\/revisions\/18464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}