Broadcaster Stephen Fry and artist Tracey Emin are among dozens of public figures and conservationists urging the Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to prevent a “grossly opportunistic” development of a major London railway station. In a letter published in The Times, they called on Mr Gove to intervene in proposals by developer Sellar to build offices, shops and a hotel above Liverpool Street station. Network Rail, which owns the station, and transport company MTR are partnering with Sellar in developing the project. In their letter, opponents to the plans wrote: “The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities must call in the planning application for Liverpool Street Station and its terminus hotel. A campaign to preserve the station against development was first launched in the 1970s by Sir John Betjeman, then poet laureate.

Source: The Times May 09, 2023 08:31 UTC