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Closed petition Bring in a law to stop any more buildings over 30 floors being built in London.
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London isn't Manhattan. Our original environment is dwarfed by mega-towers that no-one lives in. Let's ask the Government to bring in planning law to prevent any more towers over 30 floors being built in Central London. Those extra floors aren't solving any housing crisis - just overseas investors
Guardian article on 50 story St George's Wharf tower - the blight of Vauxhall riverside:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/24/revealed-foreign-buyers-own-two-thirds-of-tower-st-george-wharf-london
This Ipsos mori survey for Skyline Campaign suggests that lots of people agree with me:
http://workplaceinsight.net/majority-of-londoners-support-greater-restrictions-on-new-tall-buildings/
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