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By Joey Gardiner2021-11-22T08:50:00
Junior housing minister turns down Tory donor’s 1,500-home east London project originally approved by Robert Jenrick
The government has turned down controversial plans by media mogul Richard Desmond to build 1,500 homes on the site of the former Westferry Printworks, reversing the decision of former housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
Jenrick’s approval of the 30-storey Isle of Dogs scheme in January last year, against the advice of the planning inspector, was later quashed for reasons of “apparent bias” in favour of the applicant, a Tory party donor, provoking a major political row.
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