Foster + Partners breaches planning guidelines with The Tulip, says London mayor
The 305-metre-tall viewing attraction The Tulip, proposed for the UK capital by Foster + Partners, does not comply with London Plan says city mayor Sadiq Khan.
A report published by the Greater London Authority (GLA), and agreed in a letter published by the mayor's office, said it had "significant concerns with the design approach" and that "the height appears unjustified".
Along with these criticisms, the planning report states that "the proposal fails to provide free to enter publicly accessible viewing areas and is therefore contrary to London Plan".
The Tulip is designed with a height of 305 metres
Foster + Partners designed the viewing tower for a site next to the Stirling Prize-winning 30 St Mary Axe, know as The Gherkin, which was also designed by the studio. A planning application was submitted for the building by the J Safra Group, a private investment holdings company that owns The Gherkin, at the end of 2018.
The viewing attraction would be the tallest structure in the City of London, if it was built. However, the GLA planning offices believe that the structure would be too tall and that stem of the tower would detract from surrounding local environment.
The height does not comply with the London Plan, says the mayor's office
"The height appears unjustified and the introduction of significant expanse of solid and inactive building frontage would appear incongruous in the existing faceted context of the Eastern Cluster, d...
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