This means that the Westminster council can now formally approve its replacement plan with a nine-story office building that has a smaller M&S store downstairs. Only an intervention by Communities Secretary Michael Gove can now stop the plan. Simon Sturgis, who helped draft the London Plan for the carbon-fiber aspects of construction projects while working as a subcontractor, told the Architects’ Journal that the decision indicated that Mr Khan “did not is serious “about achieving” zero zero carbon emissions.
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Mr Khan’s green credentials have been repeatedly challenged by opponents of the Silvertown Tunnel. Mr Sturgis said: “It seems that the mayor is not really serious about achieving the climate goals he has set or zero [2030]. “Given the climate crisis and the need to change direction [on development and construction], many local authorities say they want to achieve the net zero faster than the central government. But they just do not attribute it. That’s business as usual. “ Idea images for the new design Standard learned on Friday that, following the revelations, the planning team of the Greater London Authority is now going to reconsider its decision not to intervene. Sources said that a report sent by Mr. Sturgis to the GLA had not reached the case officials in time. But because the Westminster council had not signed the petition, there was still time to verify that the application complied with the GLA’s carbon policies – including the new guidance released this week. It is said that the City Hall did not intervene because the current Edwardian building is not energy efficient and its preservation could result in a larger “carbon footprint” over time from its replacement with a new building. M&S is trying to renovate its Marble Arch store / LADY Mr Sturgis’s report was commissioned by the SAVE Britain’s Heritage campaign. Done after Westminster Labor consultant Geoff Barraclough warned that the new construction, designed by Pilbrow & Partners, would cost 39,500 tonnes of pre-coal more than 20 times what the council intended to save annually through remodeling. . Neighborhood activists had called for at least the M&S storefront to be retained amid concerns of further loss of character on Oxford Street. Historic England has expressed concern that the loss of the building would “damage” the adjacent Selfridges setting, which is listed in Grade II *. Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, said: “Simon Sturgis is the GLA’s climate change adviser. Surprisingly, his report highlighting the climate crisis concerns over the demolition of the M&S store has apparently been overlooked, or even mentioned, in this decision. “We are writing to the mayor and urging him to reconsider this decision in the light of the findings of the Sturgis report.” SAVE also plans to send a message to Mr Gove urging him to invite the project, according to the Architects’ Journal. A spokeswoman for Mr Khan said: “The mayor wants London to be a leader in this area and London was one of the first cities to publish a climate change action plan in line with the highest ambitions of the Paris Agreement. “The mayor’s commitment is driven by sustainable policies in the London Plan, with the requirement that all new buildings have zero carbon. “According to the policy of the London Coal Plan for Lifetime, the issue of conservation and renovation or demolition and new construction was considered in the evaluation of this application by the GLA and on the advice of an officer that there was no proper planning reason for intervention, in March. 7 the mayor made the decision to allow Westminster to determine the application. “However, the city of Westminster has not yet made its design decision and the GLA has now published its design guidance on carbon and the lifelong circular economy. In light of this situation, GLA officials consider it prudent to consider a further report in Stage 2, which would also allow consideration of Simon Sturgis’ detailed report examining the effects of carbon emissions from the proposed demolition. “An updated Stage 2 report will be presented for consideration at the mayor’s meeting on Monday, April 4.” London Assembly member and former Green Party co-chair Sian Berry warned that the mayor’s decision not to consider Mr Sturgis’s report could leave him open to question. He said: “Other parts of the mayor’s team are actively working on policies to challenge just such decisions. “As the mayor is very proud to be president of the C40 [group of world cities tackling climate change]”It would be good to see him not only formulate policies on embedded carbon but actually implement them when he has the opportunity.”
