{"id":37054,"date":"2023-07-21T17:28:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:28:13","slug":"gove-ms-marble-arch-store-cannot-be-torn-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37054","title":{"rendered":"Gove: M&#038;S Marble Arch store cannot be torn down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><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\" \/>Marks &amp; Spencer will not be able to bulldoze and redevelop its flagship central London store, after the secretary of state blocked the plans, reports the BBC.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration:\u00a0 Gary Rogers\u00a0\/<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Marks_and_Spencer_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1466040.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Marks and Spencer<\/a>. Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Despite strong opposition, Westminster Council and City Hall previously approved the scheme before it was later recalled by the government.<\/p>\n<p>M&amp;S boss Stuart Machin said the decision was an act of &#8220;self-sabotage\u2026 It is utterly pathetic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The decision\u2026 follows a public inquiry<strong>\u2026 <\/strong>\u00a0ordered by the Communities Secretary Michael Gove &#8211; who has the power to overturn local planning decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2026 report raised concerns that its public benefits were offset by the potential harm to nearby heritage landmarks and criticised the environmental impact of the redevelopment\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Planning inspectors had recommended the proposals be approved\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-66258032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marks &amp; Spencer will not be able to bulldoze and redevelop its flagship central London store, after the secretary of state blocked the plans, reports the BBC. image for illustration:\u00a0 Gary Rogers\u00a0\/\u00a0Marks and Spencer. Commons Wikimedia<\/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-37054","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\/37054","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=37054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37055,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions\/37055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}