{"id":33644,"date":"2022-06-24T17:40:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33644"},"modified":"2022-06-24T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:40:11","slug":"ms-blasts-gove-after-oxford-st-rebuild-plan-called-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33644","title":{"rendered":"M&#038;S blasts Gove after Oxford St rebuild plan called in"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Marks_and_Spencer_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1466040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33134\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Marks_Spencer_Marble_Arch_Gary_Rogers_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a>Marks and Spencer\u2019s bosses have attacked Michael Gove for \u2018political grandstanding\u2019 after the Housing Secretary called-in the retailer\u2019s plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship store.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only by Gary Rogers \/ Marks and Spencer, Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 building should be refurbished instead because of the amount of embedded carbon it contains\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Construction Enquirer <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n<p>Plans for a new ten-storey steel and glass office complex on the site have been approved by Westminster City Council and the GLA.<\/p>\n<p>But Gove and his department have now stepped-in after campaigners claimed the building should be refurbished instead because of the amount of embedded carbon it contains.<\/p>\n<p>Sacha Berendji, M&amp;S Group Property, Store Development and Technology Director said: \u201c\u2026 we are bewildered and disappointed at Michael Gove\u2019s baseless decision to call in the proposed redevelopment of our Marble Arch site\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a government purportedly focussed on the levelling up agenda, calling in this significant investment in one of our most iconic shopping locations will have a chilling affect&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The future of the site will now be decided following a full public enquiry led by a planning inspector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2022\/06\/21\/ms-blasts-gove-after-oxford-st-rebuild-plan-called-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savebritainsheritage.org\/campaigns\/item\/804\/PRESS-RELEASE-SAVE-welcomes-public-inquiry-for-MS-landmark-Oxford-Street-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAVE Britain&#8217;s Heritage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marks and Spencer\u2019s bosses have attacked Michael Gove for \u2018political grandstanding\u2019 after the Housing Secretary called-in the retailer\u2019s plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship store. image: for illustration purposes only by Gary Rogers \/ Marks and Spencer, Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33644","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\/33644","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33645,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33644\/revisions\/33645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}