Can Square Mile tension between heritage and growth be eased?

Can Square Mile tension between heritage and growth be eased?

A new skirmish in the war over development in the City of London seems to be breaking out – and not instigated by the usual “heritage lobby” suspects. This time it’s the City Corporation launching the attack, with the Historic England quango in its sights. It isn’t holding back. Such heritage consultees were “too often” stalling projects with objections that were “haphazard, inconsistent and increasingly misaligned with the national imperative t…