Sadiq Khan rejects £1.5bn mixed-use plan for Budweiser brewery

By Elizabeth Hopkirk 2021-07-29T05:00:00

Riverside proposals were approved by Richmond council after revisions

The mayor of London has rejected Squire & Partners’ revised plans to turn one of Britain’s oldest breweries into a mixed-use development on a 200m stretch of the Thames.

Sadiq Khan told a London Assembly representation hearing yesterday that the public benefits offered would ”not clearly outweigh the harm”. He said he was particularly concerned about the amount of affordable housing.

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