Plans for 50 key-worker homes in Portsmouth could be scuppered if a local heritage group wins its bid to have this derelict building listed.
The 1960s-built Tricorn Centre is part of a development site that has been earmarked for mixed use. The scheme would include 200 homes, one-quarter of them affordable.

But the Portsmouth Society has applied to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to have the Tricorn Centre listed. A decision is expected in the next few weeks.

The Tricorn Centre was designed in 1963 by Rodney Gordon and Owen Luder. It was a multi-purpose centre that included a shopping centre, a covered market and a car park.

The Portsmouth Society called it "a true Corbusian fantasy", referring to the work of seminal architect Le Corbusier.

Local councillor and MP Mike Hancock has vowed to fight the application. He said: "You'd have to be deluded about architecture to think the Tricorn was worth listing.

"The culture secretary would look very silly if she listed this building."

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Housing Today