{"id":40765,"date":"2024-08-27T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40765"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:01:15","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-unesco-to-probe-high-rise-impact-on-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40765","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Unesco to probe high-rise impact on Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tower_of_London_from_the_Shard_Duncan_from_Nottingham_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tower_of_London_from_the_Shard_Duncan_from_Nottingham_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40199\" style=\"width:287px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em>:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32007084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tower of London<\/a> By [Duncan] from Nottingham, UK &#8211; Tower of London from the Shard, CC BY 2.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<h3>Historic England has said it is concerned about the encroachment of tall buildings on the Tower of London, with the potential impact of new high-rise buildings on the Tower of London also to be assessed by Unesco.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n<p>Concerns were first raised in Historic England\u2019s submission to the City of London Corporation\u2019s (CLC) draft local plan consultation for new office and residential buildings, City Plan 2040\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Historic England has previously said the policies on offices and tall buildings were likely to \u2018severely harm\u2019 assets such as St Paul\u2019s and the Tower of London, in a submission seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Tower of London is listed as a Unesco world heritage site\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 A Historic England spokesperson said: \u2018Historic England and the International Council on Monuments and Sites have over the past few years raised serious concerns about a number of proposals for tall buildings that would affect the Tower of London.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Historic Royal Palaces, which manages the Tower of London, confirmed it would contribute to the report and has expressed significant concerns about the City Plan 2040\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ck7gly8lzkdo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration:\u00a0Tower of London By [Duncan] from Nottingham, UK &#8211; Tower of London from the Shard, CC BY 2.0 Historic England has said it is concerned about the encroachment of tall buildings on the Tower of London, with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40765\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,30,29,16,45],"class_list":["post-40765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-heritage","tag-planning","tag-urban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765","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=40765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40799,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40765\/revisions\/40799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}