Labour wants inquiry into ‘biased’ Westferry Printworks approval

By Joey Gardiner2020-06-03T05:00:00

PLP's Westferry Printworks proposals, seen from the south

Scheme had planning revoked last week after it emerged date of permission saved developer up to £50m

Labour is calling for a full Cabinet Office inquiry into the “biased” approval by communities secretary Robert Jenrick of plans for the redevelopment of the Westferry Printworks which were overturned last week after a legal fight.

The party’s shadow housing minister Mike Amesbury wrote to the civil service permanent secretary Mark Sedwill as details emerged of a meeting between Jenrick and the applicant, media tycoon Richard Desmond (pictured), last November in which the application was raised.

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