To refurb or rebuild? Join the great M&S Oxford Street store debate

2022-12-09T07:00:00

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Henrietta Billings and Fred Pilbrow put the case for and against plans to build a new flagship store for Marks & Spencer on Oxford Street

SAVE Britain’s Heritage has been campaigning for the retention and re-use of existing buildings for nearly 50 years, and at first glance, the M&S building in London’s West End looks no different from many of the cases that cross our desks on a weekly basis: a handsome and re-usable historic building under threat from demolition and the hope of a lucrative planning permission.

What marks this battle out from others is that the M&S campaign breaks new ground on several fronts. It is the first public inquiry to consider sustainability alongside heritage as a major issue. The policy and the science is also new and we are all reacting to the new climate reality.

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