M&S launches legal challenge against Gove’s Oxford Street rejection

By Tom Lowe2023-08-31T15:15:00

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Retailer slams government’s ‘misguided agenda’ against spurned redevelopment plans

Marks & Spencer has launched a legal challenge against Michael Gove’s landmark ruling to reject its plans to demolish and rebuild its flagship Oxford Street store.

The retailer said it was taking action because it believed the communities secretary had wrongly interpreted planning policy to “justify his rejection of our scheme on grounds of heritage and environmental concerns.”

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