Row breaks out as housing secretary is urged to call in Adjaye’s Brixton tower

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-12-18T06:00:00

Popes Road Brixton Adjaye Associates tower - view from town hall - April 2020

Campaigners engage lawyers as mayor chooses to leave decision in council hands

Solicitors acting for a group campaigning against plans by David Adjaye for a 20-storey tower in the centre of Brixton have written to the secretary of state urging him to intervene.

They have also written to the mayor of London asking him to revoke his decision not to take over the planning process from Lambeth council, and alleging irregularities in the way he decided to leave the casting vote in local hands.

The building, designed by Adjaye Associates, has been revised more than once in the face of objections since plans were first submitted in April. In July Sadiq Khan said the plans did not fully comply with the London Plan. Since then Lambeth has indicated it is minded to approve the tower.

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